can people post up some pics of their standard 1200gs that have been made to look more like the adventure model.i,d love an adventure model but short legs do me no favors so i,d like to maybe convert mine.thanks everyone.
that looks very nice,cheers.looks like it could be a long shopping list.which bars and screen are those?
I'm in the same boat at GB here. 2006 GS. I put the Hepco Becker engine guards and tank guards. I've got bar risers and I also put the Ohlins suspension for a 1200 GS Adventure on it ( I wanted to raise the bike 2"). I also put the GS Adventure rear rack (prolly the best upgrade). That way I can mount my Jesse Top box and not worry about plastic breaking. But I wanted to keep the smaller tank and alloy rims. I'm sure at some point, I'll upgrade the tank to the ADV tank....
My '07 R1200GS-A LITE: SW-Motech upper and lower crash bars (new style without the brace under the skid plate) TRAX Alluminum Panniers, and SW-Motech mounts. Bag Connection tank bag with quick release gas cap ring mount (very slick) Givi Windshield with Adventure Winglets Crash bars, Trax Panniers, and tank bag from TwistedThrottle.com
Mine is slightly adventurized. Has the upper tank guards and the beak extender. The bigger tank would be nice, but I don't want to spend the money to add it.
some very good loking bikes there,very inspirational.i appreciate all the pictures.what are the upper tank guards.do they replace the original ones or fit over? todo list to start me off. engine bars upper/lower. beak extender. any suggestions for first mods?
The GS does not come with engine or tank guards, the Adventure does. But I wanted them for 3 reasons. #1 : I ride with friends that do this: # 2. The upper guards help protect this: Your fuel inlet. # 3. The uppers are also a great place to install lights.
Its probably easier to get a lowwer seat and tweak the suspension than it is to turn a GS into a GSA 2c
Not really an adventure lookalike but mine finished looking like this as I was trying to make it a better bike for light trails...well in terms of farkles. HAven't cgamnged anything like suspension. Been used a bit since so a little worse for wear Can't ride the damn thing to save my life though. more mods doesn't equal more skills
That looks awesome...perhaps one of the best looking I have seen. Got any more photos from different angles?
Thank you. Its a little sad as it has some war wounds now and I havent ridden it for 10 months. But theres some more here in my smuggy. https://richhelyer.smugmug.com/gallery/1748477_mUnFG
So the centre stand and sidestand are original, in the photo the bike sits with both wheels on the floor when on the centre stand, as opposed to the rear being clear by two inches (and I guess the bike is easier to put on the stand?) How is the angle when on the side stand? (got a picture?) I'm doing a similar mod this month and am thinking of extending the sidestand, necessary or not? Same thing with kktos, I cannot quite make it out from this angle, standard sidestand and raised shocks?.... in the words of Dr Phil "How's that working for you"
Looking for any side pictures Oh, here's one of Jimmy Lewis showing me how to get out of sand on my bike I added the TT head guards after this ride. I went down in a rock garden and banged up my cylinder head pretty good.
