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The eBay supplier for the 4PK611ELAST has mailed me to say its out of stock, so they've refunded me - I'm searching around for another one, but they're obviously not in commom usage. I assume BMW introduced the 592ELAST and 611ELAST because the original 592 was such a pig to fit as a service item, a...

I've ordered a 611ELAST, but it won't be here till Wed/Thurs. I'm sure I've got this right - early bikes up to 7/2003 ish had the older-type alternator, non-freewheeling pulley, that used the standard 611 belt. after that date, a freewheeling pulley was used (bikes with it have a small triangle embo...

I think the conclusion, other than that Hull accents are fine, is that a 611ELAST will fit bikes that originally had a standard 592 or a standard 611. Somewhere on one of the Yank sites, a guy explains how the 611ELAST is easier to fit to a bike originally having a 592 because of its 'give'. I'm goi...

Ooh er chaps! A bit more digging done, turns out Conti do 2 types of 611 - the 'standard' poly one, at a nominal 611mm long, and a 611ELAST, which is 592mm long but can stretch to 611mm if needed to. So, a 611ELAST is perfectly OK if a 592 is already in use - just under a tenner on eBay. Guess what ...

If anyone's thinking of changing theirs, I recently found out that the belt used - Continental 4PK611 (supercedes the 4PK592) - is the same as the one used on a 1990s Hyundai Accent power steering pump! BMW price is around £18/19, eBay when listed for the R1200 in its various guises its around £14/1...

The overnight ferry every time for me - after the 200-mile ride down to the southern ports, I like the idea of a night's kip and a fresh start the next morning. I did Caen last year - the crew fastened the bike down with ratchet straps and foam cushions under them, so nice and secure. The only thing...

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Pete

Hope I'm not in the wrong for posting up a watch for sale - if so, please feel free to delete! Bought for me a while ago ( not a Christmas present, I usually wait a few months before selling them.... :lol: ), this Kienzle quartz watch is a bit on the large side for me at 44mm diameter, excluding the...

I have another one of these available, in perfect working order. Handy to have as they do have a habit of failing - new ones are, I think, around £85 from BMW.

Asking £30 to include UK delivery.

Pete

SOLD These have been worn once....in the dry! Fully waterproof courtesy of the Hipora membrane, very soft goat leather so very comfy from the off, built-in visor wipe. They're size 11/XXL - my hands are a 10.5 and they fit me perfectly. Now discontinued, leftover sizes were being sold a while ago at...

They ask you to declare "I can confirm that my vehicle has been fully serviced in accordance with the manufacturing recommendations/intervals and has not been modified in any way" when setting it up online. In the policy booklet, it mentions that you should keep any garage receipts for ser...

I got a quote last year, just prior to a ride across France into Spain - I thought the breakdown (Emergency Service) would be well worth having. A week before I went, having set up the cover online, I called just to check if 'self-serviced' bikes were covered (my ST was BMW serviced up till it being...

Or....just stick to the speed limits....where you're likely to get caught!

Pete

SOLD!These gloves are more or less 'as-new' - I've only ever worn them twice, in the dry, but they're a bit too tight for me. They are fully waterproof, but fairly lightweight too, an ideal summer/autumn glove. They benefit from Halvarssons' MC Fit technology, which means that the waterproof membran...