Top Yoke

tapper54 · Post by **tapper54** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:56 pm

Hi All, Can anyone help,just got my R 1100 S,in mint condition (2003) rides fantastic,but when you look down at the top yoke whilst riding it seems to be slightly offset to the left which makes the clocks look a bit offset,which is just a bit annoying really,the bike rides perfectly straight,is it something that can be adjusted ? any advice would be great, Tapper53.

nab 301 · Post by **nab 301** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:36 pm

It's more than likely the fairing bracket (is bent) on which the clocks are also mounted on .

el-nicko · Post by **el-nicko** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:43 pm

Good question. I keep looking at my top yolk and thinking, ' Is that straight or wot?'

gus · Post by **gus** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:20 pm

Hi
Get the weight of the front. Remove front wheel. Slacken off all the yoke pinch bolts off. Give the forks. Wiggle and turn each then put back into the right position . Take up the slack in the pinch bolts don't fully tighten them. Install the front wheel and start by tightening the spindle and then pinch bolts on forks. Work your way up by tightening the yoke pinch bolts up to the specified torque. If the yoke still look offset check front subframe for alignment. As mentioned it doesn't take a lot for them to bend out of shape.
Good luck
Gus

Dai wiskers · Post by **Dai wiskers** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:00 pm

I always thought mine was a bit out but it goes in a straight line so i dont worry

el-nicko · Post by **el-nicko** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:16 pm

It's like hanging a picture on a wall; The longer you look at it the less straight it gets.

Dai wiskers · Post by **Dai wiskers** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:26 pm

I have a good idea my fairing brackets did not straighten as well as i thought

damoace · Post by **damoace** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:22 am

+1 for the fairing subframe out of whack. I draped a string from front to back over the bike and found all sorts of crazyness at first on mine. Then I realized that the headlight (that I centered the string on) 'aint in straight. And my front subframe was bent as well..

Much huffing and puffing later and the whole front subframe was mounted straight on the frame...

I never got around to straightening the rear sub, I guess I'll have to sort it at some point...

My advice - don't worry about it as long as the bike accelerates and brakes in a straight line, you are golden.

The bit that'll bake your noodle is when you string the wheels (old school) and you find they are out of line front-to-back.....

The Teutonic Tangerine · Tue Feb 26, 2013 2:25 pm

I felt that mine was "out" when I got it. 5 years later I sold it.

The fact is that everything about the "S" is a littel bit "out". If you measure the fairing to forkleg they will be the same bit still look odd. The odd shape Headlamp the fact that the Clocks are not central may be beacuse the dials are different sizes the filler cap is also offset so you don't really have a god reference point. It would be rare to get a Bent fairing frame as they are magnesium and I understand from previous posts that they tend to just bust in an accident rather than bend.

I think it;s just a very quirky design that we struggle to comprehend.

gus · Post by **gus** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 4:37 pm

[quote="The Teutonic Tangerine"]I felt that mine was "out" when I got it. 5 years later I sold it.

The fact is that everything about the "S" is a littel bit "out". If you measure the fairing to forkleg they will be the same bit still look odd. The odd shape Headlamp the fact that the Clocks are not central may be beacuse the dials are different sizes the filler cap is also offset so you don't really have a god reference point. It would be rare to get a Bent fairing frame as they are magnesium and I understand from previous posts that they tend to just bust in an accident rather than bend.

Hi
The OP has a 1100s which has a aluminium front subframe unlike the 1200s which has the magnesium subframe. The bike falling over will be enough to bend it .
Gus

el-nicko · Post by **el-nicko** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:05 pm

Isn't the track of the rear wheel off-set by 5mm?

boxerscott · Post by **boxerscott** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:05 pm

damoace wrote:
The bit that'll bake your noodle is when you string the wheels (old school) and you find they are out of line front-to-back.....

That is by design, BMW say 5mm offset (if I remember right)

Front fairing alignment. Put bike on level ground on rear paddock stand (or centre stand) Just look at it from front about 5 to 6 metres away and reference it to something horizontal in background. If it is squint it will show up.

el-nicko · Post by **el-nicko** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:45 pm

boxerscott wrote:
damoace wrote:
The bit that'll bake your noodle is when you string the wheels (old school) and you find they are out of line front-to-back.....

That is by design, BMW say 5mm offset (if I remember right)

Thanks for the confirmation.

I was begining to think I'd imagined it.