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I noticed drag on my steering soon after betting my boxer and found that cutting those fork boots off made the steering a lot more neutral and free.
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Hope it works for you, too. I drove ~40 minutes into the office today, and at all speeds the needle was stableHey Mark,
Thanks for the update on the speedometer. My 88 has a few more miles on it than yours (105k), and the needle bounces a little. I purchased a new speedo cable, but I think I will also clean things up as you did.
Thanks very much for the heads-up! The good news is that the previous owner had Matt Parkhouse take care of itHi, MNeblett,
Nice bike! Now, for the bad news. Have you ever heard of the "missing circlip"? In 1985? 86? 87? BMW stopped machining the groove and putting a circlip to locate one of the gearbox bearings. The gearbox is fine - for a while (most passed through the warranty period fine), but eventually the bearing will move and then fail. The damage to the gearbox depends on how long the bike is ridden with the failing bearing. The fix is to send the (hopefully good) gearbox to one of the experts - Tom Cutter, Anton Largiader, Oak Okelshen, Matt Parkhouse, Bob Clement, Ted Porter - there are others, but I don't know them, and have the gearbox taken apart, the groove cut, then the gearbox reassembled and reshimmed with any bad parts replaced. This won't be cheap, but it will probably keep you from having to buy a gearbox somewhere down the road.