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Offline totmotors

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Over revving
« on: December 29, 2010, 01:45:20 AM »
Those are the internals of a BMW R1100 after one idiot was driving at more than 100 mph and dropped a gear to overtake a mate´s bike...

piston



cylinder head





Cracked crankcase





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Re: Over revving
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2010, 01:59:27 AM »
ouch  :o :o
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Re: Over revving
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2010, 09:20:57 AM »
I have one of those 1100 twins as well as a couple of other Beemers. I have had a Beemer twin tranny go once on me at speed. As deaf as I am, I heard the bearing whine plenty loud enough, pulled in the clutch and slowed before the output shaft bushing self destructed.
IMHO, BMW transmissions are not the company's strong point.
Those photos are painful to look at.
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