Cam + Valve Tools

[gregu]

Greetings All - For a 2020 R1250RT...I am wrestling to decide about cam timing and valve adjustment tools here on the west coast. I checked clearances at 12k and all 8 within tolerance but 6 could be closer to target. Options:
1. Ride to east coast and meet Boxflyer at a free event or rent his tools at approx. $400 plus shipping.
(Don't see any west coast members with tools to rent/share based on my limited web expertise.)
2. Trailer to dealer (85 miles 1 -way) and pay $150 to inspect valve clearance and $150 to adjust. No comment if this includes cam and chain adjustment.
3. Buy jigs and tensioner from Max BMW and shims online at ~$500. (I have everything else.)
If I ride the bike to 50k, my unknown is how many times I could need to adjust the cams and re-shim the clearances.
My questions for the wethead/shifthead high mile members based on the number of times you actually have needed to adjust:
1. Buy/build tools or have dealer adjust?
2. Any members in CA have the jig/tensioner? PM me?
Thanks for your input, Greg

 

[orforester]

I have a 2018 and a couple of friends ride same RT years. So I ordered all the tools. That was March, got everything but the cam chain tensioner tool, which they say will be in around Christmas (yes I ordered in March of 2023!). I am told I am 125 or 123 on the list of 200 being made sometime in some year?? I have no doubt Boxflyer knows what he is doing, but his tool in not quite the same as BMW tool, but will work the same. I think the mother ship doesn't really want us to do our own maintenance on these bikes, but I figured for a $500-600 investment I could save it in the long run at $1200 per 12K service. JMO

 

[craydds]

tools

I have a 2019 R1250RT. My choice was to drive hundreds of miles for service... and pay hundreds of dollars. I bought all the tools. I can do the work myself. Boxflyer's videos are great! I am in Las Cruces, NM - a bit of a drive from CA.

 

[c10950]

I have a 2019 R1250RT. My choice was to drive hundreds of miles for service... and pay hundreds of dollars. I bought all the tools. I can do the work myself. Boxflyer's videos are great! I am in Las Cruces, NM - a bit of a drive from CA.

Did he put his videos back to public ? He had taken all of the valve related ones down last month.


I ordered my timing tools and cam tool in September

 

[Boxflyer]

The Cam Timing YouTube videos are back online and were back up about 3 days after I needed to revise them.

Today...I transferred my inventory of tools and production to a Full fledged CNC Machine Shop...

Boxflyer Cam Timing Tools will be available for sale thru this outlet very soon...

Stand by for specific details.

 

[gregu]

NOW we are talking...way to go and best wishes Boxflyer. Will stay tuned.

 

[craydds]

36K service

Just completed my 36,000 mile service today. Valve lash was in spec for all intake/exhaust valves. However, I did correct the cam alignment/timing for both the right and left side intake/exhaust cams.

edit: Cams are now aligned and in time. Should I expect a noticeable difference in the way the bike runs? Smoother?

 

[msash]

The Cam Timing YouTube videos are back online and were back up about 3 days after I needed to revise them.

Today...I transferred my inventory of tools and production to a Full fledged CNC Machine Shop...

Boxflyer Cam Timing Tools will be available for sale thru this outlet very soon...

Stand by for specific details.

Hello. Are these available yet? I'd like to do my clearance adjustments before spring and like many here I'm a long way from a dealership. Thanks.

 

[88bmwjeff]

Not to take anything away from Brad aka Boxflyer, but here’s a link to where you can purchase.

Edit: I couldn't copy the links to each engine type from my iPad. But, I did it on my PC.

R1200

BMW Motorcycle Accessories — Pilz Machine

Pilz Machine BMW motorcycle accessories and plugs.

www.pilzmachine.com

R1250

BMW Motorcycle Accessories — Pilz Machine

Pilz Machine BMW motorcycle accessories and plugs.

www.pilzmachine.com

 

[Omega Man]

Not to take anything away from Brad aka Boxflyer, but here’s a link to where you can purchas. Select either BMW 1200 or BMW 1250.

Pilz Machine

Pilz Machine - precise and reliable CNC machining in the greater-Akron area.

www.pilzmachine.com

Looks like Boxflyer and Pilz machining work together-

BMW Motorcycle Accessories — Pilz Machine

Pilz Machine BMW motorcycle accessories and plugs.

www.pilzmachine.com

OM