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Re: Anything but linked brakes



True , I strongly suspect that a lot of it is owner sensitivity to surging.  Would'nt surprise me if another Oilhead owner would ride my bike and swear that it did surge.  But what the hey,,,,,   Its gonna be 70 degrees F in Charlotte today under a bootiful Duke blue sky,  I'm a going riding

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Terry Cox
Charlotte, NC
2002 BMW R1150RA, "Bertha II"
> I'm not sure I agree with the MOST oilheads statement.  My impression 
> is that most of these bikes surge to one degree or another as 
> delivered.  Some owners are very sensitive to this and others are not.  
> Then, moving forward from the as delivered, it is possible to get MOST 
> oilheads to run without objectionable surging with careful tuning.
> 
> The problem gets severe when MOST DEALERS are unwilling or unable to 
> properly tune the bikes.
> 
> Just my opinion.
> 
> Bob Hadden '98RS
> On Feb 20, 2004, at 8:26 AM, Martin Lodahl wrote:
> 
> >> My 99 R1100R two plug never surged.   My 2002 R1150RA  two plug
> >> has never surged.
> >> MOST oilheads   two or four plug do not surge
> >
> > Well, MY 2002 R1150RA most emphatically surges.  Before back problems
> > knocked me out of the saddle for several months, it was a glaring flaw 
> > in an
> > otherwise splendid machine.  After I could ride again, it was an 
> > endearing
> > foible.  I suppose it will annoy me again eventually, but not enough to
> > dual-plug.
> >
> > 	- Martin
> > --
> > Martin Lodahl of Auburn, CA
> > lodahl@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > UNIX Pro, Motorcyclist, Musician, etc.

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