What have you done to your GS or GS Adventure today?

Middle Aged? Hardly!! Middle Aged would be 150,000 miles. Yours is almost at her prime.

well, maybe you will start selling some and I'll start buying.

+1! 50 K is just run in on one of these bikes. I have friends with 300 & 400 K miles on their bikes and they run just as good as new.

Refinished my System Case doors with a spray-on bedliner. The rough finish really hides the scars in the plastic well, and I prefer this finish to the shiny finish they had when I bought the bike. Also performed most of a major service myself; Alternator belt, air filter, oil, gearbox, and final drive fluid changes, and an oil sight glass replacement. Still have to check valve clearances, change the fuel filter, and do a carb sync. Had to wait until this weekend to do the valve adjustment, as I was waiting on a BMW spark plug wrench I ordered.

i'd love to know how you did this?!

Nice ride!

It's a bit after the fact but you can pull them with a good zip tie and a pair of pliers. I think I learned that from JVB. Or the Hall o' Wisdom. Then just leave the zip tie on for next time.

I just use angled needlenose pliers to remove the plug wires.

Actually, I had the wire puller. I didn't have the long, deep socket necessary to reach the plug. Nobody in town had a socket that would work except my local BMW dealer.

Can't say enough good things about my experience with Beemer Boneyard; ordering the service kit was easy, and delivery was prompt.

Love it! She's my favorite date and knowing she'll be around that much longer only makes me happier!!!

I received my touratech handguard extensions.

Put on a new CalSci XL windshield.

It is mounted in a different cowl on the front of the lens. I'm not completely happy with the LED I am using and want to play around with that a bit more. When I get it right, I may make up some mounting kits which I could sell off.

(legislation regarding motorcycle lighting gets very complicated and can be quite different in different countries, so which LED's can be used and how it is wired up may take some sorting out)

I could do that. Give me some ideas as to what bits you might be interested in. We are still exploring the potential of the machine so wouldn't mind a couple more projects to play around with.

Odds are that the slack has been removed from the cable on the side you loosened the nut. Make sure you have 1mm slack then sync.

Jim

PS Typically you rarely need to adjust the TB Sync on an R1200.

R1150GSA

That's all good now. When I got home I re-balanced the TB's. Now, the only issue is rough idling when cold. Once it warm up it's fine.


Got a GS911 today. Now I need to learn how to use it. First two things I want to do are make sure my O2 sensor is working and make sure my TPS is set correctly. I'm not sure I trust how well I did it with the voltmeter. Can anyone give me the basics of how to do those 2 things with the GS911?

GSA side and center stands installed.

Booster plug installed.

Swapped black plastics for silver.

Hung new chinese HID lights.

New light switch installed.

Touratech hanguard extenders installed.


Todo:
Mount fog PIAA 510 fogs

Install HID in high and low beams

Mount new Shinko 705 radials when I get them.

Reinstall beak

Take pictures for Clearwater as promised.

Do write up on GS to GSA conversion and my experiences.

Enjoy!

I almost forgot I have to paint silver rox risers black because they be ugly!

Did my first oil and filter change on my new to me hack :) Pretty easy as you don't even have to put it up on the centerstand

2001 1150GS

just ordered the Big Peg from Suburban.......

http://www.suburban-machinery.com/GSbigpeg.html

Had to ditch the shinkos. They are not going to get here on time.

Got some Avon Distanzias coming tomorrow.

I also have suffered from a melted instrument cluster due to lensing by the adventure windscreen so I spent a couple of hours in the shop and fab'ed up a dash from scrap 0.125" aluminium to protect my melting tachometer!!

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