Halo wrote:Just getting the everyday one 86RS ready for the catchup in Mittagong
Halo

OMG. He can't help himself.
My good one looks half the bike your everyday one does.
Think I am going to bring to car.
Damn. I will have to wash that too.

/shakes fist at Halo's OCD.

rossco wrote:

Halo wrote:Just getting the everyday one 86RS ready for the catchup in Mittagong
Halo

/shakes fist at Halo's OCD.

I can't even do OCD right......

You make me laugh Rossco cant wait to catch up l hope you are crashing at RT's as well.
Halo

Congrats on the new machine mate...looks fantastic!!

OG

Cheers OG good to here from you again yes it's my everyday ride at present and has taken me out of the grove with the 84 resto but I am back into now doing the tank and fuel sender as we speak.
Halo

Well on both my bikes the gear select display has bled and doesn't show me the gear I am in (can only see the edge of some digits. The solution will be to use a micro controller to decode the gear pinout (4 inputs each state unique) and then display the appropriate gear on the seven segment display, the circuit will include a dimmer for night just by sensing when the parkers go on.

I have chosen to show this and use off the shelf parts from JAYCAR Electronics (instead of the desecrate chips I use on my projects at work) in case someone else would like to try this mod eventually.
The cost so far is $29. I will wright the code and program, I have picked a tiny module that will fit well and just plugs into the usb port of a computer to program. I would also like to use this to read the fuel level and pass the info onto the display as the device can read analog as well as digital information(temp sensors etc) this then can switch on the 7L light for example with proper debounce logic to stop the 84 model false indication without the dash update of the 85 etc, it will work with the early sender & later models as well (I need both as have a 84 & 86 RS) .







Halo

nice one halo

keep us informed ....im doing similar but using components already onboard ...just waiting for our production pcb manufacture to start up again this year ...and etch a little circuit

Excellent detective work Halo!! I've gone and designed a dedicated circuit using CMOS components to perform the gear display and start circuit enablement. Have you considered how your Leostick solution can simulate the start circuit? Keep us updated, as Charlie says.

I cannot believe you can fit so much brain in that little helmet you wear.....I wish I lived closer would love to see how you do this ( is it obvious that electronics are largely magic to me?)

great work mate....

Went and picked up the fluids for the second time for the 84RS (first time was pinched by my newly acquired 86RS), however this time I was able to pick them up in style instead of a tintop.



So it's back to getting the engine started after the renovation to it





Halo

Finally some photos.
Great stuff. So when is the big day?
Celebrating my daughters 21st tomorrow. She can blow out the candles and you can press the starter.

Well done Rossco 21 is a big achievement. I will be digging out the dirt under the house tomorrow for the new laundry so sorry no cigar
Halo

a good benchmark rossco ...congrats to her

Halo wrote:Well done Rossco 21 is a big achievement. I will be digging out the dirt under the house tomorrow for the new laundry so sorry no cigar
Halo

Cigar? how did you know? She just spent 6 weeks in the US. I got 2 hand rolled cigars. From Miami but its the thought. and a Bazzinga stubby holder and some Homer boxers and 2 pieces of the Grand Canyon. It's a little bigger now.

And thanks Halo and Charlie.

I cleaned the muffler about 8 hrs in so far. I used the die grinder with the polishing wheel and the correct buffing sticks from the local tool shop, I had to use 800 to 1500 grit wet and dry on the worst effected areas.















Halo

wow ...what a difference halo

hmmm that little end piece aint exactly standard ... zorst mod ?

No standard on the pipe I wonder if it is an 84 thing Charlie ?

will check mine it is in a box in the lockup.......I think from memory that yours may be special....:O)

That tailpiece is something fitted by a PO.

Inge K. wrote:That tailpiece is something fitted by a PO.

?

Halo wrote:

Inge K. wrote:That tailpiece is something fitted by a PO.

?

yep it doesnt look the same stainless to me ....the 84 looked like all the rest ....definatly a mod of some kind

It also looks like a lot of force is used to get that piece inside,
the sides on the rear end of the silencer is a bit malformed.........sorry,Halo.

Wow Inge you are right the original doesn't have the pipe I wonder if it was a mod way back?.

Good work Halo.
8 hours eh.
I spent about 20 minutes on mine. I can live with it.

Maybe the extra bit is to keep the exhaust from dirtying up the back of the pipe.
Maybe he just wanted a chrome tip on the exhaust.

dont know Rossco might cut it off ? anyway wont let it stop me getting the engine going yet

I showed the pipe to our mechanical engineer expert (not a BMW expert though) and he swears blue that this was not modified but is original , are we sure that they didn't make some like this guys ?
Halo

really doesnt matter ...i guess it still lets the air out .....huh ?

I am fairly sure that it didn't come from the factory with that bit hanging out the back. Maybe Rossco is right and it stopped that awfull black sooty stuff getting on the shiny stainless and making it look all dirty.

Yes looks like someone has just inserted a piece of stainless tube in there the malformed bits look from manufacture not from the tip it must come out

i would just leave it there, till you ride around abit halo

there maybe some mods done to that thing that could be good ....

Agreed Charlie will do what are the headers made of they are polihing up differently ?

im guessing a little different version of stainless halo

a few of the british lads have done the polish job on theirs with some good results ....but to me it never seems the same as the muffler section ....

those metal freaks could give a good answer ...but im sorry i cant explain the differences mate ...i figure just a different mix of stainless steel

Yes spot on in my mind Charlie plenty of different stainless grades the headers also seem so light. Took 2hrs I sand blasted first.







Halo

stunning .....now to find someone with that sandblaster stuff....giggle

im sorry mate ....mine will always look ...erm ..."well used" ....

Thanks Charlie nothing wrong at all with that run in look I love it on my 86RS (though I'm starting to detail it can't help myself really). I'm thinking one header anight should put me in a good posi for the weekend.
Halo

Halo wrote: I'm thinking one header anight Halo

I would not mind one ... oh never mind. Oh look, there is a gutter.

rossco wrote:

Halo wrote: I'm thinking one header anight Halo

I would not mind one ... oh never mind. Oh look, there is a gutter.

Looks like someone beat me to the gutter.

In a previous life I was known to sleep there when drunk.

If only, all those broken promises.

Pretty impressive polishing Halo. It must be a bit of a tedious task. With the level of detail you go to I can't wait to see the finished bike
88

Great work Halo...as usual.

Hey Halo, can I ask a favour?

The knob person that I bought Barge Arse from didn't have the sidestand connected and now I know why. The damned thing won't fit!


It seems like the muffler has moved back about 10mm and the 4 bolts on the exhaust pipe's clamps "don't look right". One or two are wrong when compared to my RS. But I don't know if even if the RS' bolts are orientated correctly.
The Manuals aren't very clear although they do mention that the clamps only fit one way.

Can you please snap a couple of photos of how the bolts sit? Please, please, please!

Thanks in advance,

Added:
Did you know (not you Inge, as you probably do) that there are different clamps? The clamps for cylinders 1&3 are different for cylinders 2&4? Live and learn!

crikey blakey i though you were doing a good surpervisor job at bingara ...didnt you see how them clamps went an shawnii's pipe ? or did the new boots just have you mesmerised ...? grin

ill take a pic of old gerty if it helps ?

the knob you bought it from wouldnt have know the difference blakey ...nor cared ...sad life huh ?

good link ...yet again inge

to quote bert 2/0

caferacer62 wrote:I found that if you put the clamps onto the muffler first you can see which way they go. That way you can see where the small tab that locates into a notch on the muffler tube goes. Then transfer them onto the header tubes and refit the muffler. Its a bit easier to fit the muffler back up with the clamps slid up the header tubes.

Try and put some sort of anti seize on the threads too, the heat does dry it out but at least it makes it easier if you have to undo them again.

give it a try blakey

Um..hello Inge.

Well, well, well. I thought I've read all the posts.

Thanks Inge.

Yes 88KE it is all of that but I figure 30 years of grime shouldn't be easy to remove anyway.
Sorry Blakey dozed off last night and missed the posts looks sorted anyway.
Halo

'Wonder Wheels' is a good start for removing the brown stains from stainless pipes and silencers. You'll need a lot of extra elbow grease to get them like Halo's though.

Paul.

I saw on the net somewhere, that the extended tail pipe helps the exhaust gas get beyond the bike so there is less smell.

Cheers paul I used the mag wheel cleaner first but found the sand blaster easy.
Yankeeone yes it seems to be the general consensus here as well.
Halo

Halo

I was getting an exhaust smell when towing the camper trailer and it went away when I fitted a laser muffler to the k100 but I can't remember now if it stuck out futher or not. I didn't fit the laser to stop the smell but for the music it created.

Yes Rick G think Charlie was right with the leave it along bit on the exhaust extension cant wait to fire her up