BMW GSA rear brake caliper clean 

I've just carried out full caliper clean on my GSA (first attempt at this) and you can remove the pads first (after you've taken the retaining pin out) and then the caliper will come out without the need to remove the rear wheel. Just a suggestion....... Makes the job much faster a bit less hassle...... Great video though. Many thanks

Thanks Bill for your video, I'm going to do this on my GS1200.

Thanks for your video. I tend to do this twice a year before European trips, front and back. You can save yourself a lot of work by running your hose through the calipers after winter rides (and the rest of the bike!).

To help you get the rear wheel out,try placing the centre stand on a 1 inch thick piece of wood. Great video,keep em coming.

Thank you, just had that break failure and use your video for help.

I too have the Akrapovic exhaust, you dont need to remove it to remove the rear wheel. Put the centre stand on a piece of wood, say 15-20mm ( you can still put the bike on centre stand) and that will obviously raise wheel higher off the ground which then allows you to remove rear wheel to the floor and then out withe bottom of the tyre slide across the floor and under the Akrapovic. Saves alot of time and mucking about. I have the large Wunderlich Easy Park ( on wheels) and do my service with bike on that as i am limited for garage space and i can then move bike around on it to get to the other side of the bke easily, this also gives me the extra ground clearance to allow me to remoe the rear wheel without removing exhaust. Keep videos coming. Thanks

Hi billy good maintenance keeps things running smooth 👍👍 Just an heads up the Garmin Zumo XT came today with the touratech locking cradle fitting it tomorrow 👍👍👍

Impressive and ever, but I am more impressed that your gloves stayed whole. Mine seem to rip to shreds within 2 mins :-)

You should put Molly grease on the rear of the brake pads when you replace them, to stop any squeaking. You should also push out the pistons most of the way and then clean them with brake fluid before pushing them back in.

The pads on the Brembo brakes can be slipped out with the caliper mounted. If they are out, there is enough "wriggle room" to lift off the caliper without removing the back wheel - at least it works that way on my RS. You blokes in the UK really have a problem with winter debris and corrosion. You know you could avoid all of that problem, and get a 365 day riding year by coming to Oz!

I'm finding that the left side brake pad , the one that has direct contact with the pistons , wears much more quickly than the right hand side. Do you have any thoughts as to why that could be ?

Thanks for the video. Which offroad tyres do you have back there?

Would your wheel come off easier if you let the air out of the tyre?

Just watching your video and noticed that the second split pin is not in the same orientation as the other one and more importantly not in the right place .

You don't need to remove rear wheel

Most of you guys fail to state which year is the bike, they are NOT all the same. This would save us all a waste of time watching videos that don't apply to our bikes.