The BMW GS boxer twin thread

[Eddieb]

Don't go here: http://www.touratech.com.au/home/16-...-products.html

[BMWST?]

my exhaust has got a little rust hole where the big collector box outlet joins on to the muffler.Got a cycleworks y peice lined up

[igormortis]

Did you read the advrider thread about Y-pipes? Worth having a look.

*edit: perhaps a little more info. than you want/need...

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=515043
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=342935
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=440516

[Eddieb]

Don't go here either: http://www.motohansa.com.au

[Padmei]

This was parked outside one of my jobs today. I had seen it riding around & had wanted to have a look at it for a while. Very tidy but not as mint as it looks from across the street.


A Hagon on the back. Are these cheaper options of the Ohlins - didn't look to have as many adjustment things (a good sign in my book)



Still got plenty of tread but the sidewalls???


Was interesting to see how all the bits join up. I'm quite looking forward to getting mine & tootling around.

Eddie please stop posting those links to parts shops - I'm starting to get really worried how many bits I may need to replace.

[Eddieb]

There are lots of farkling goodies out there for airheads.

Hagon are cheap replacement shocks. They keep the rear wheel on the ground and the rear guard off the rear wheel. i.e they adequately serve the purpose as a shock and in my opinion are no better or worse than the factory shock, unless of course your factory shock is blown then they are miles better. I've run 3 of them on different bikes not all of which were BMW's.

I'd hesitate to mention them in the same paragraph as Ohlins though. At ~$800 for a Hagon and ~$1800 for a Ohlins they will do the job for less than half the money, but the Ohlins is $1000 betterer.

[Eddieb]

Another R100GS for sale on TM.
Asking price: $4,500 Or Near Offer

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-300360969.htm



Or someone give me $6500 for my cool as fuck PD with lots of extra bits and farkles and upgrades.

[igormortis]

...someone give me $6500 for my cool as fuck PD with lots of extra bits and farkles and upgrades.

Sell the KTM. Make the PD even cooler.

[Padmei]

Sell the KTM. Make the PD even cooler.

Amen

USD forks & other fancy bits.

[Taz]

Amen

USD forks & other fancy bits.

Have you ridden one yet?

[igor]

i know of another cheap GS. Had it advertised on Trade Me and had lots of tyre kickers. Price was good. Told the owner to relist it the other day when he was in Hamilton . Lives in Auckland.

email Kelly if ya interested at this page. http://rter.co.nz/Airheads/airhead_r.../auckland.html

[Padmei]

Have you ridden one yet?

Yep Eddies
It's what turned me on to the beauty of the boxers. (It was that sideways wiggle when starting that I liked - & turning it around in a tight spot was a breeze)

In a couple of weeks the red menace will be in the south Island

[Squiggles]

i know of another cheap GS. Had it advertised on Trade Me and had lots of tyre kickers. Price was good. Told the owner to relist it the other day when he was in Hamilton . Lives in Auckland.

email Kelly if ya interested at this page. http://rter.co.nz/Airheads/airhead_r.../auckland.html

Define cheap (Got a few $$ but not enough for a kitted one like Eddieb's)

[igormortis]

Define cheap (Got a few $$ but not enough for a kitted one like Eddieb's)

If it's the one I'm thinking of then it really was listed cheap. Had low twin exhausts I believe. A little rough 'round the edges but looked like a solid bike from a guy that appears to know what he's on about.

$2500 or so if I remember rightly.

[Box'a'bits]

Um, actually $3500, had about 200k kms on it, but Sean indicated the motor & gearbox were solid. Given Sean's a real BM enthusiast, with a number of the bikes of various models (including race bikes) I think he's probably in a position to know. He was commuting that bike...

There have only been a few sub $3k R/GS bikes recently that I am aware of - a $2.8k R80GS roughy that Barrie got, & the $2.4k R100GS steal that Padmei made off with...both cosmetically challenged. I know that Barrie's GS needed a new driveshaft at least. Padmei's seems to need at least a new battery & shock..