What did you do today?

[Ed Harley]

That's a list. Heard a swap to 1200 injectors makes a large difference.

After 26 years I reckon originals should be cleaned and serviced so might as well change them. Spray pattern on the newer Bosch injectors is very fine compared to "squirt" of the older ones.

I know of two injector kit suppliers, Tills and Q-Tech. My earlier got Tills kit but this time I think I will buy a Q-Tech kit. The bracket seems better way of fixing than the long bolts on Tills kit.

[Capt Sisko]

I had to investigate an absolute disaster. The heated seat stopped working! I mean if it wasn't for the dirty great big fairing & screen on my R1250RT that diverts most of the cold air away from you, the heated grips, my heated vest, trousers, insoles and gloves, then several woolly layers and a GoreTex suit I might have got cold. It was only a broken connector and BMW relieved me of £22 for a new cable, but at least my nether regions will be warm.

[Doctor T]

After the 2 years of boredom I said to myself this is getting stupid. So I started to get up at 5:30 again and made jobs for myself. 8 years down the line am now busy more than when I worked. Sometimes it's just little things other times it's like full time with overtime.
By doing this my mental health has gotten better.

[Doctor T]

Rode home from st Ives. Long way to camp over night. This bike surprises me everytime on a long trip. 2007 with 60 odd thou miles on the clock and it never misses a beat or rattles. It's just a pleasure to ride. Makes me doubt if I really need a new bike.

[LochiesDad]

Drove home 396 miles in the rain from Manchester after visiting my precious 99 year old mother in law in her care home. Drove down on Friday with 252 miles of rain going south and didn't think it could be any worse coming home today.......wrong, rained the entire journey and my wife, dogs and I were ever so pleased to be home safe

[Doctor T]

The main thing is you saw your mum and made her happy

[Doctor T]

entering my garage this morning i noticed a large puddle of oil under the engine. Firstly I got on the floor only to find the oil was only at the front. After swearing and kicking I thought it was the crank seal that I'd just fitted before going to st Ives. Then a second though if that was leaking it would have covered the under belly of the engine. After a cuppa I removed the front plastic cover with more oil dripping on the floor. The crank area was dry. Under the crank is a square plastic plate held on with 4 bolts. This is where it was leaking from. On removing it I found an "O" ring seal and hard red sealer of some kind.
With the O ring in place, the sealer doesn't need to be used, let alone a hard sealer. Looking closer at the O ring I noticed that the sealer had cut into the O ring. To me it looks like someone was trying to save £3 for a O ring and just put some crap sealer on it.

Before I bought the bike it was serviced at only 2 BMW dealers. After buying the bike I contacted the prev owner who told me the reason it went to BMW for everything was he wouldn't be happy even putting a new bulb in the bike. He would only wash and ride it
So somewhere down the line one of these dealers had left the old O ring in and just slabbed a load of the incorrect sealer on it.
Now waiting for Motoworks to post me a new O ring

[1gewehr]

FYI, the driveshaft on my 2014 R1200RT-P (K26 oil-head 2013-spec, NOT WC) can NOT be removed from the rear past the final drive. The inside of the swinging arm is too narrow to allow the wide parts of the driveshaft to pass through to the rear. The whole swinging arm must be removed in order to pull the driveshaft out from the front. That's just as well for me, because I saw the front boot had a small tear and needed to be replaced.
So, I spent most of several hours fighting it until I realized the swinging arm had to come out. I also realized that putting oil in the final drive before you attempt removing the driveshaft will make a big mess. Oh, well.
Finally, I started to shape the JB Weld repair to the broken windshield mount pivot point.

I'm wondering if I should go ahead and replace the clutch since I already have everything behind the transmission removed. It is a former police bike, so the clutch probably saw some heavy use. I'll sleep on it and look at it again tomorrow.

[Doctor T]

FYI, the driveshaft on my 2014 R1200RT-P (K26 oil-head 2013-spec, NOT WC) can NOT be removed from the rear past the final drive. The inside of the swinging arm is too narrow to allow the wide parts of the driveshaft to pass through to the rear. The whole swinging arm must be removed in order to pull the driveshaft out from the front. That's just as well for me, because I saw the front boot had a small tear and needed to be replaced.
So, I spent most of several hours fighting it until I realized the swinging arm had to come out. I also realized that putting oil in the final drive before you attempt removing the driveshaft will make a big mess. Oh, well.
Finally, I started to shape the JB Weld repair to the broken windshield mount pivot point.

I'm wondering if I should go ahead and replace the clutch since I already have everything behind the transmission removed. It is a former police bike, so the clutch probably saw some heavy use. I'll sleep on it and look at it again tomorrow.

I've moved your post to the maintance section where you will get more replies.

[LochiesDad]

The main thing is you saw your mum and made her happy

Thank you very much Doctor T.
Mum (in law) has lived in Wythenshawe, Manchester for over 75 years and only went in to a care home around 6 months ago at the age of 98. Whilst it's a slog up and down the M6 every 4 to 6 weeks we only have one mum between my wife and I and she is so important to us. Dementia set in around 15 / 18 years ago so mum's memory is shot but you are absolutely correct, going there brings many smiles to her face and whilst she may not recognise my wife and I completely, she does know we are important to her but not quite sure where or what. We are all hoping she makes the day for a card from our current king in December

[Doctor T]

I'm in the park. Mum in-law has Dementia. very forgetful but she still knows our faces and voices. So we all do as much with her until she can't.

[LochiesDad]

I'm in the park. Mum in-law has Dementia. very forgetful but she still knows our faces and voices. So we all do as much with her until she can't.

It is a cruel condition and I always say to my wife we should take every opportunity to enjoy mum's company as one day she won't be there (in person) and I don't want to look back with regrets. So it costs money on fuel, tyres, hotels, etc......so what, if mum isn't worth the effort then who is?
I wish you well on your journey and if there's ever a time you need a chat, please don't hesitate

[Glenn]

I lost my dad 8 years ago now to the alzheimers, he got to a point where mum couldn't look after him at home. His last 3 years was in a nursing home which he hated. He didn't know who we were in the last 12 months, but one day when I visited, his face lit up and he said to the nearest staff member "That's my boy from up north"

[Doctor T]

Am a great one for research. As soon as my mum in-law was told she had Dementia, I started to research about it. I knew what the effects were to come and how it would affect the family but I wanted to know more. No one knew about it until the late 1890s.but it was known since the 13th century. It was the forgetful problem

My own thoughts are from the mid ages people with a good income started to live longer(up to 45) this stayed the same until the 17 century when 50/55 was the AVG. Since the start of 1900 people started to live a bit longer and now, some live to be over 100 years old.
My way of thinking is that our bodies and brains were never meant to live this long, hence why there are more Dementia sufferers each year.
This is no way my subject but this is what I think is possible. The longer we live the more disease we get.
This may be totally crap.

[MikeS]

My way of thinking is that our bodies and brains were never meant to live this long, hence why there are more Dementia sufferers each year.
This is no way my subject but this is what I think is possible. The longer we live the more disease we get.
This may be totally crap.

Got to agree.