Forum: GS Boxers
03-09-2011, 10:23 AM
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Replies: 8
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Switch gear mounts
My '07 has the fog light switch gear there, so they may be the mounting holes for that.
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Forum: GS Boxers
11-03-2010, 08:01 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,360
They just up and die sometimes
My OEM battery cashed in it's chips after about a year. I have an '07 GSA and was in the middle of nowhere (Mclean, TX...
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Forum: Hacks
10-21-2010, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 2,488
I was just thinking.. What if you fitted an...
I was just thinking.. What if you fitted an electric trailer brake to the car and used a standard trailer brake controller to actuate it? This would essentially link the car brake with the front to...
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Forum: GS Boxers
05-11-2010, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,668
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Forum: GS Boxers
05-11-2010, 09:43 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,903
Marginally tangential to the topic at hand
FWIW, I received a performance award on Good Friday (hey, go big or go home right?):deal
When the cop caught up to me on my '07 GSA at a stop sign and *Whooped* the siren to get my attention. I...
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Forum: GS Boxers
04-09-2010, 01:33 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,301
Why does no one make this!!?
What I really, really, really want is, I guess, a combination of the BlueAnt F4 (http://www.myblueant.com/products/headsets/interphone/f4/interphone_features.php) and the IASUS GP3X2...
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Forum: GS Boxers
04-09-2010, 10:20 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,603
No eliminators needed
I just installed the 50W DDM kit on my '07 GSA and didn't need anything that wasn't in the kit. A very nice kit BTW. for price I don't see how you could beat it. I got the 5K temp lights and they...
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
04-04-2010, 06:15 AM
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Replies: 707
Views: 82,812
From a trip to Orlando, this was on the road to...
From a trip to Orlando, this was on the road to Jekyll's Island, GA
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Forum: GS Boxers
03-31-2010, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,486
Isn't that what it is made for?
Seriously, it is just about purpose built for this application. Here is how I roll:
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Forum: GS Boxers
03-31-2010, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 8
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Ymmv
:deal Standard Disclaimer applies:
Wife and I approx. = 500lb.
All our crap approx. = 75lb.
I've never had a problem, I just crank the preload all the way up both front and rear when fully...
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Forum: GS Boxers
03-31-2010, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,787
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Forum: GS Boxers
02-22-2010, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,262
Yes, I found them very (surprisingly) helpful
Two years ago I had my battery cash in it's chips in the ass end of nowhere, see here (http://danno-in-the-wind.blogspot.com/2008/06/bump-in-road.html)
I called BMW Roadside and they were great....
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Forum: Ride reports
11-16-2009, 12:41 PM
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Replies: 60
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Forum: GS Boxers
10-20-2009, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,163
weights and measures
Can't be any heavier that the 1150 GS that donated the parts :evil
I used to have a '78 'wing that we "GS'ed" the living daylights out of by just adding knobbies and a healthy disregard for...
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Forum: GS Boxers
08-13-2009, 07:40 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,272
Brake hone maybe?
You say reamer and I keep thinking of one of those cone shaped jobbies with the 6 or 8 cutting edges. Assuming you get a straight one of those, I still keep thinking.. wouldn't a brake hone sort this...
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Forum: GS Boxers
08-10-2009, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,137
So.. yeah.
I have run all of the current flavors, Tourance, Anakee, Scorpion, etc. All good on the street. Flip a coin, throw a dart, whatever is available.
I agree with LongTallSally on all of her points,...
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Forum: GS Boxers
06-02-2009, 10:08 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 912
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Forum: GS Boxers
03-24-2009, 12:17 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,236
FWIW I am pro'lly going to go with HID50...
FWIW I am pro'lly going to go with HID50 replacement upgrades to all of the stock lights on my GSA. We'll see how that goes, but it seems to be the setup that the proprietor of HID50.com is using....
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Forum: GS Boxers
11-13-2008, 10:58 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,122
I had the BMW Gel pack it in on me after just...
I had the BMW Gel pack it in on me after just over a year. :dog It left me sitting in McClean, TX waiting for a tow. Not funny.
I put a regular 'ole wet-type in and have been fine ever since. Even...
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Forum: GS Boxers
11-13-2008, 10:52 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,069
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Forum: GS Boxers
03-25-2008, 09:30 AM
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Replies: 81
Views: 5,216
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Forum: GS Boxers
02-18-2008, 06:30 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 933
I have never seen less than 36 mpg. on my '07...
I have never seen less than 36 mpg. on my '07 GSA. On a trip in November from Philly to Washington to Lexington, KY my buddy on his FJR and I averaged 87 mph :eek1(thank you VA State patrollman, you...
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Forum: GS Boxers
02-05-2008, 01:27 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,660
I can personally tell you that I nearly...
I can personally tell you that I nearly reverse-inhaled my own skivvies when I wrote my check for $20K (so you're getting a great deal) for the same bike. I can also emphatically say that that was...
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Forum: GS Boxers
11-21-2007, 08:39 AM
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Replies: 306
Views: 49,843
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Forum: GS Boxers
11-21-2007, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 726
I have the '07 Adventure.
No, The gap...
I have the '07 Adventure.
No, The gap between 1st and 2nd really doesn't matter. I only ever use 1st at stoplights, not even in stop-n-go traffic, if the bike is moving AT ALL you have enough...
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
11-19-2007, 07:20 AM
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Replies: 1,825
Views: 482,635
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Forum: GS Boxers
09-20-2007, 02:11 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,079
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Forum: GS Boxers
09-20-2007, 01:27 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 451
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Forum: GS Boxers
09-20-2007, 09:43 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 979
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Forum: GS Boxers
09-07-2007, 09:36 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 949
HID replacements.. maybe?
I was thinking about just removing the stock units and replacing them with a set of these (http://www.niterideroffroad.com/cm.shtml)
They are for ATV's and non-DOT dirt bikes so they are supposed...
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