r/BMWGS

All it needed was different wheel bearings and inner spacer and seal dusts because of the larger diameter front axle. And the mudguard I mounted 40 mm higher for clearance.

Waiting on some more used GS parts like skid plate and foot pegs.

Just had a very short first ride in this dry weather and works better than expected. TC has to be turned off though, it doesn't like that 19" front wheel. ABS seems to be fine on the road.

No sound

It might be possible to put the summer windshield back on. What do you think?

Je l'ai croisée lors d'un séjour à New York. Le shérif était très sympa 👍🏻.

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

Shaft good, rubber boots are not all the way cracked, but seeing some surface cracks.

Have to say, I just couldn’t get the shaft back on with the swingarm in place. Finally took it off, and then it was a no brainer. Surprisingly it was quick and easy to remove and replace. If I knew that going in, I wouldn’t have wasted my time trying to get the shaft in with it in place.

I’ll know next time.

125,000 miles/200,000km. 1993 model. New timing set, rod bearings, rings, heads, and electronic ignition with dual spark plugs. Crank journals were surprisingly fine. Bike ran okay prior to all the work but it was starting to lose time. Valves were closing up fast.
Keen of eye will see a head gasket installed wrong. That happened in 2003 at 48k miles..

Here's to another hundred thousand.

Flew to Colorado to purchase. 9500 miles on bike.

Then drove it south to Santa Fe, Albuquerque, west to Phoenix, then back east through Texas, Ozarks and back home.

Coming from a bike with 42HP and 5 gears, this thing did not disappoint. And in Lubbock, a field tornado ran right through me. Never felt wind like in Lubbock before. At the McDonalds, charging phone, some older Harley guys jokingly told me they ride right slanted right no matter what they are so used to wind.

I changed the oil in Santa Fe. Added the Panniers, touratech 12mm bar, the owner of moto pumps who lives in northern Colorado even made me a bracket so I could pick up for my trip.

Since then ordered a rear fender guard (just like the look), headlight guard, and a rhino walk tank bag which I really like.

Next going to see about changing out the front fork springs to better springs or a cartridge system. Dive is pretty bad.

But I’m happy to be part of the bmw moto world. And nice to be able to pass trucks on the highway without saying a prayer each time ;)

I got my R1150GS with a massive Aeroflow windshield (that I unfortunately broke in a slide last season) that meant the bike doesn't have these funky little wedge things for mounting a stock windshield. Let alone that the windshield itself is usually >$250USD, I decided to make my own. I used an 18"x24" sheet of Lexan polycarbonate (extremely important that you don't buy "Plexiglass" acrylic, you will have a ***bad*** time trying to work it) that I cut into shape with a Harbor Freight Dremel tool using a cardboard template to fine tune the shape. The fairing portion is made from a Rubbermaid trashcan. It mounts to the same four bolts that the original design did, but I switched the rear bolts for a fixed stainless threaded stud and cap nut for my own convenience. The screen is then attached to the groove in the fairing (that I made taking advantage of the molded lines in the trashcan) using windshield well nuts along the perimeter. Total cost (excluding the wrong sheet of acrylic) was about $70. Its a little rough around the edges, its not a show bike and I'll be content as long as it doesn't break at the bolts like the last one (the final oddball photo) I made did because it was entirely made from polycarbonate, I hope the fairing and mount points being the more flexible material helps. I also made the nav bar myself, the rod was scrap aluminum tube ai had laying around that I pressed nut-serts into the ends of, the brackets I found online as lightbar mounting brackets for a Chevy truck that I heated and bent to suit my needs. I like making stuff myself...