My little R80G/S project

MiGSel · Jun 5, 2005

I'm done for now, my little G/S is ready for duty

Before:

6 months, 9000 kilometers and many garage hours later:

In travel mode:

Find the xx differences

Special thanks to all helping hands & minds!

(you know who you are)

charlie b · Jun 5, 2005

Let the questions commence...!

Hi Migsel, very nice looking mods and I am sure there is loads of work there that can't quite be seen on the photos...

Where could I find an engine bash plate like yours and what are the front forks you have fitted, later GS Marzocchis or something else...???

When you get a couple of minutes, a list of the mods you have done would be appreciated..

Good looking bike you have there. :clap

Cheers,
Charlie

MiGSel · Jun 5, 2005

Thanks Charlie

The bash plate is off an R100GS, with a few bits cut away to provide room for the center stand springs.

The forks are R100 also. The slightly unusual bit is that I used the lighter R80G/S front wheel in that fork, with a custom made front axle, an R100GS disk with spacer ring and a K1100 caliper.

The cockpit is from Touratech, the stainless steel rear frame & pannier rack is custom made, so I can use my 1150 TT panniers.

The seat is the standard item with some chunks cut off and a new cover.

If you want to see more detail, the high res pics are on my smugmug.

Cheers,
Michel

DrAlf · Jun 5, 2005

Nice job on the panniers - what can are you using there?

MiGSel · Jun 5, 2005

It's an Arrow that used to look like this:

bmwrich58 · Jun 5, 2005

Gecko · Jun 5, 2005

The funny thing that MiGSel didn't tell you is that having spent countless hours working on this project and not to mention countless Euros - he's trailering it down to Hechlingen next week to do the 3 day off road BMW enduro course so he's gonna destroy it all in a weekend

MiGSel · Jun 5, 2005

I bought it and I have been rebuilding to do some off-roading so I think it would be silly to take the course on a different bike.

If it gets scratched or dented in Hechlingen that's no disaster. As long as I don't wreck it completely

stuart jenkins · Jun 5, 2005

Migsel,

Very, very nice!! Great looking machine you've got there.
Who did you get to make your rear sub-frame? was it expensive?

have fun riding it
Stu

MiGSel · Jun 8, 2005

Thanks Stu,
I have already had a lot of fun riding it. Since I bought it last November I have put about 9000 km on it. It has never been off the road for more than a few days. And now that it looks a bit more finished it can only be more fun to ride

The subframe was made by another Belgian guy who calls himself CrazyIvan. He knows what he is doing, he has made a few similar ones before. But he doesn't do it for money. And I don't blame him, because it took 2.5 days to make it, with a mate of his and me helping.

I made a deal with him because he wanted some airhead parts that I had. So I supplied the stainless material and he did the work in return for the parts. If you want something like it, CrazyIvan frames are imitated by Gletter in Germany

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But that's without the custom pannier racks of course

Cheers,
Michel

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