Haven’t posted for a long time but still a passionate 1200s owner
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Time for new tyres the bike only sees summer runs and with no quarter given your respected views please.
Thanks rich
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ianbcr wrote:Grip fast, could be the old owner of your bike thought he would put a cheaper set of tyres on to sell the bike not realising how good the maxxis were.
Humbug wrote:M&P doing Maxxis for £99 a pair this weekend chaps
https://www.mandp.co.uk/featured-produc ... 8807597dee
Good advice. the stock bmw disc bolts are far superior to any aftermarket ss stuff. I changed mine for ss when everyone was doing stupid stuff back in the day, questioned my decision to have shiny bright stuff almost immediately when fitting them. The bmw disc bolts may not look sexy and may have more mass than titanium but ffs it`s a boxer not a racing snake!milleplod wrote:I think BMW only recommend new disc bolts as they come with threadlock pre-applied ('microencapsulated', as they call it!). I can't see anything wrong with thoroughly cleaning the old bolts, making sure all the old stuff is removed, and then re-using after applying a small amount of the correct locking compound. They're not torqued to a ridiculously high figure, and they're not 'stretch' bolts. If the bolt heads are manky, you can clean them up with a Dremel and wire brush or similar, and then apply some wheel lacquer to them (not in the Torx recess though!) - I did mine like that, they still look like new a few years down the line.![]()
Regarding stainless, you'll get opposing views! I believe more than a few have used them and are still here to tell us about it.....others will say you'll be signing your death warrant!![]()
Pete
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