What to look for on used R1100RT

[m_stock10506]

Isn't 2001 an 1150? The poster was looking for an 1100.

I'm riding a 2001 R1100RT, build date, late November 2000. BMW was assembling and selling both 1100 and 1150 for model year 2001.

 

[tangoalpha]

Isn't 2001 an 1150? The poster was looking for an 1100.

2001 model year was the last year for the 1100, the 1150’s ran from 2002 to 2005 with 2004-2005 being Twin-spark models.


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[happy wanderer]

I'm riding a 2001 R1100RT, build date, late November 2000. BMW was assembling and selling both 1100 and 1150 for model year 2001.

Right. I had forgotten in 2001 they built both. I've worked on an 01 1100 and wondered why it had Torx screws in the fairing and at a rally noticed an 01 1150 that had hex screws in the fairing!

They switched to all Torx in 2002 but before then I guess the assemblers were emptying whatever hardware bins were handy.

 

[tangoalpha]

They switched to all Torx in 2002 but before then I guess the assemblers were emptying whatever hardware bins were handy.

Yup! That sounds about right. As much as I enjoy my bike, having to deal with all those fairing fasteners every time I need to service the bike drives me insane!



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[chrisinsc]

No kidding! I have not put the bottom fairing piece on in ages. I dremeled larger holes in the tank mounted fairing piece to take that out of the equation and ran a tap and die on all all the holes and fasteners to fix previous issues. I also sprayed them all with Fluid Film.