▲ 3 r/AdventureBike
Favorite knee and hip protection?
What do you do for knee and hip protection? Do you wear armored pants, a harness with armor and over pants, no armor, or something else?
u/The-Fotus — 13 hours ago
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▲ 119 r/bmwmotorrad
The bike I spend the most time on next to the one I wish I spent more time on
My assigned patrol 2015 BMW R1200RT and my personal 2015 BMW F800GS. I don't normally take my patrol motor home, but my patrol car is in the shops tonight.
u/The-Fotus — 2 days ago
▲ 102 r/AdventureBike
My first adv bike and first time getting away from pavement.
I bought a 2015 F800GS with 7,400 miles on Saturday for $5,700. I couldn't wait to get it on dirt or gravel so I went home from work early and took it up a nearby canyon.
u/The-Fotus — 2 days ago
▲ 14 r/AdventureBike
50/50 Tire Recommendations F800GS
I just bought this bike, and the tires are toast. The tread is cupping pretty bad. I have a speed wobble that starts between 70mph and 80 mph. I'm hoping new tires and rebalancing the wheels fixes that, especially since I need new tires anyway. If not, I guess its into the suspension and steering.
So anyways: I need some tire recommendations. I plan on doing a lot of fire roads and dual track. The roads in my area are on mountain sides, so I want lots of confidence on these trails. I also have an R1200RT that I ride for more aggressive street stuff. So I am fine sacrificing some cornering on road with that 50/50 tire, but I don't want to go full knobby.
Mitas Enduro Trail Plus tires are out of stock everywhere I have checked. I saw those recommended online a lot.
Front tire size is 90/90-21 54T
Rear tire size is 150/70B17 69
u/The-Fotus — 3 days ago
▲ 4 r/BMWGS
50/50 Tire Recommendations F800GSA
I just bought this bike, and the tires are toast. The tread is cupping pretty bad. I have a speed wobble that starts between 70mph and 80 mph. I'm hoping new tires and rebalancing the wheels fixes that, especially since I need new tires anyway. If not, I guess its into the suspension and steering.
So anyways: I need some tire recommendations. I plan on doing a lot of fire roads and dual track. The roads in my area are on mountain sides, so I want lots of confidence on these trails. I also have an R1200RT that I ride for more aggressive street stuff. So I am fine sacrificing some cornering on road with that 50/50 tire, but I don't want to go full knobby.
Mitas Enduro Trail Plus tires are out of stock everywhere I have checked. I saw those recommended online a lot.
Front tire size is 90/90-21 54T
Rear tire size is 150/70B17 69
u/The-Fotus — 3 days ago
The 6,000 maintenance is still due, thats oil, oil filter, and brake inspection, replace if needed. Needs tires as well.
The 12,000 mile maintenance involves spark plugs and valve clearance inspection. It is being sold from a remote area thats a 2.5 hour drive from me. Is $6,000 a reasonable price, or is a little lower more fair?
u/The-Fotus — 9 days ago
I remember when this game first launched, I hated the bots. I felt they were way harder than fighting the terminids. Fast forward to today, I have 30,000 more bot kills than bug kills.
I hop into the new biome with a litter bug build, the new machine gun, eats, neats, and the fire mech for safety.
It was diff 4! Why were there so many bugs!? Why are the spikey scavengers so fast!? What shiukd I do differently?
You bug divers are built different. I am not salty about it, it was ridiculous.
u/The-Fotus — 15 days ago
▲ 2 r/f150
I need my cam phasers done. It is a 2018 3.5l F150 ecoboost. It is currently April of 2026 (for the people looking back at reddit forums years from now). I know this job is big and expensive, and I know I need to have the timing assembly done. I am not a mechanic. I grew up working on my dad's landcruisers with him, but I hate working on cars. The only tools for it that I have are a basic harbor freight wrench set and socket set. I don't have a garage. I am not going to do this job myself.
A local shop (Ogden, UT) that was recommended to me has given me a quote just shy if $6,500 (pre tax) to do this job. I knew it was a big job, but what I have seen online indicates closer to $3,500-$4,500. Labor is being billed at $150/hour, which is fair in my area. The time for the job is listed at 14 hours, which seems reasonable for this job.
This means they are billing me $4,400 in parts. They did tell me they will be doing the whole thing with the updated OEM parts and would be doing a full timing assembly job, not just the cam phasers. I do think this is a good move, from what I have read online.
My questions are as follows:
Is this a reasonable cost for the parts required for this job?
What parts exactly are used in this job?
Can I get all the parts needed from somewhere else for cheaper?
I'm sorry for bugging you guys, but I am so out of my depth on this. I don't even know what a cam phaser looks like. I don't know where to even begin finding a list of all the parts that should be replaced when doing the cam phaser job. Google hasn't been very helpful and just brings me to old reddit posts that quite answer my questions. Thank you for the patience and the help.
u/The-Fotus — 16 days ago