General topics » New RS! and no clunk into 1st gear!!

I picked up my 'new' RS on Tuesday. I took the train down to Rugby (UK) and collected the bike from Nightingales, a small family run dealership.

I rode it home to the Lake District via Matlock in the Peak District.

16,000 miles and in much cherished condition. It is nimble, stable and fun to ride. The loss of 30bhp means overtaking has to be better planned. I'm not sure about the BT23's from reputation but they seem fine in the dry.

And no 'crash' into first gear. It sounds like a proper 'old school boxer' too.

And the really good news? It looks like I'm keeping the 1200 too. Anita, my lovely partner in life seems to have accepted that 3 bikes in the garage is normal...

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I'm on my 2nd boxer engine now and was supprised to find they never clunk when engaging 1st gear when cold, but clunk a bit once warm. The opposite to most bikes.
Enjoy your new steed.

Very nice.

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I picked up my 'new' RS on Tuesday. I took the train down to Rugby (UK) and collected the bike from Nightingales, a small family run dealership.

I rode it home to the Lake District via Matlock in the Peak District.

16,000 miles and in much cherished condition. It is nimble, stable and fun to ride. The loss of 30bhp means overtaking has to be better planned. I'm not sure about the BT23's from reputation but they seem fine in the dry.

And no 'crash' into first gear. It sounds like a proper 'old school boxer' too.

And the really good news? It looks like I'm keeping the 1200 too. Anita, my lovely partner in life seems to have accepted that 3 bikes in the garage is normal...

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Wow. You have the funds for fish and chips as well as a new bike. You must be well rich.

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My RS never clunked when cold, but sure did when hot. My guess is that is due to the thick oil in the engine when cold. I often wondered if much of the clunk could be reduced by switching to 10W-40 oil, but I never gave that a try.

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Wow. You have the funds for fish and chips as well as a new bike. You must be well rich.

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Screw the Fish and Fries, he's got a spiffy new Neotec3. Swanky.

But, seriously, I'm guessing he also has a set of Whizzy brakes to live with.

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Wow. You have the funds for fish and chips as well as a new bike. You must be well rich.

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Screw the Fish and Fries, he's got a spiffy new Neotec3. Swanky.

But, seriously, I'm guessing he also has a set of Whizzy brakes to live with.

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Nope, non ABS too

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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #5

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Wow. You have the funds for fish and chips as well as a new bike. You must be well rich.

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Screw the Fish and Fries, he's got a spiffy new Neotec3. Swanky.

But, seriously, I'm guessing he also has a set of Whizzy brakes to live with.

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Nope, non ABS too

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I don't think we got a non-ABS RS in those days. I only recall non-ABS R models in the late 90s and early 00s.
I had a 99 1100RS with non-servo ABS. The brakes and suspension were great, but I never really loved the engine vibration, fuelling or worthless mirrors.

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Wow. You have the funds for fish and chips as well as a new bike. You must be well rich.

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No clunk is almost entirely due to the difference between a dry and wet type of clutch. Oil between the clutch plates in the wet version when disengaged allows the transmission input shaft to rotate in neutral so you get the clunk as it stops when engaging the gear. A dry clutch completely disengages the input shaft so no clunk most of the time. With the dry clutch, if it won't go into gear at a stop, you can keep pressure on the shift lever and slightly release the clutch lever to get the shaft to turn and allow gear engagement. BMW boxers featured dry clutches until the liquid cooled models were introduced.

Frank