oil change on K12R

[houdini212]

Hi
anyone has any helpful hints on how to change oil on a K1200R ,
i hv 2700 miles on it now ,
is there anything special i need to know and wut kinda oil to go with?
any help wud be appreciated.
thanx
Houdini

[itsbob (Premo)]

Originally Posted by houdini212

Hi
anyone has any helpful hints on how to change oil on a K1200R ,
i hv 2700 miles on it now ,
is there anything special i need to know and wut kinda oil to go with?
any help wud be appreciated.
thanx
Houdini

Dry clutch, you can run just about any SAE oil, does yours call for 20/50? I run Mobil 1 in my R1150RS

And should be an easy change.. Oil filter wrench might be hard to come by unless you go back to the dealer.

[edinsomd]

Did you ever consider, as a last resort, consulting the owner's manual?
Ed

[itsbob (Premo)]

Originally Posted by edinsomd

Did you ever consider, as a last resort, consulting the owner's manual?
Ed

What fun would that be?


That and you take away the opportunity to brag on owning a K1200R, and can't blame him that's one hell of a ride.

[edinsomd]

Originally Posted by itsbob

What fun would that be?


That and you take away the opportunity to brag on owning a K1200R, and can't blame him that's one hell of a ride.

I agree! Very nice bike, does almost everything mine does, for about $2K more....
Ed

[itsbob (Premo)]

Originally Posted by edinsomd

I agree! Very nice bike, does almost everything mine does, for about $2K more....
Ed

For 2K more I can choose between a Honda, or a BMW?

I'd buy the BMW.

BUT, if I wanted a track bike, I'd pick the CBR.

[edinsomd]

Originally Posted by itsbob

For 2K more I can choose between a Honda, or a BMW?

I'd buy the BMW.

BUT, if I wanted a track bike, I'd pick the CBR.

Your $$$, and the 1100XX really wouldn't really be a great track bike, too porkey in the turns. Its more of an Open Class GT type, like the Beemer. Now the CBR1000RR.....
Ed

[itsbob (Premo)]

Originally Posted by edinsomd

Your $$$, and the 1100XX really wouldn't really be a great track bike, too porkey in the turns. Its more of an Open Class GT type, like the Beemer. Now the CBR1000RR.....
Ed

Show you how much I know about Honda. I thought they were one and the same.

I'd love to get them side by side.. take them both through their paces.

How many HP on the CBR?

[edinsomd]

Originally Posted by itsbob

Show you how much I know about Honda. I thought they were one and the same.

I'd love to get them side by side.. take them both through their paces.

How many HP on the CBR?

Its a little known nitch bike, which I like. My '03 CBR1100XX in current tune puts a bit over 130 ponys at the crank. Chain drive (I know) so not much loss to the rear tire. Its a solid, heavy GT Sport-Tour bike, emphasis on sport. Handles like its on rails. Tops out at about a buck-eighty, not that I'd know for sure. Its why 'Zuke made the Hayabusa. The CBR1000RR is all sport, a blast to ride, and leaves one with numb hands and feet and a nosebleed after an hour or so in the saddle. Not my style any more. Age and sense....
Ed

[aps45819 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by edinsomd

leaves one with numb hands and feet and a nosebleed after an hour or so in the saddle...
Ed

You should write their advertising