1100GS

[pieter.oneill]

Tucarno Urbano kit for both mitts and cover... Euro brand big in the scooter world and have been v popular on here... I bought both bits from a UKGSer and I've had 3 gaucho covers and multiple sets of muffs... I have two basic sets I've had on other bikes and any set of they fit properly are a godsend... Previously I've used them all year for the hell of it...

They are now on the santa list that i have given to the wife , do you still wear.gloves or juat lighter ones?

 

[Wrigsby1]

They are now on the santa list that i have given to the wife , do you still wear.gloves or juat lighter ones?

Always gloves but with heated grips and muffs they're more summer or lighter 3 season ones... There's a ton of types that will fit but I either use plastic lever guards or bolt them at the end of the handlebar weights to stop them blowing back on the levers... Look for ones allowing for the mirrors even though I've just made a hole previously...

 

[jobjobbed]

Might be worth contacting a local training company and having a couple of hours on one of their bikes as a refresher,
Get you used to riding in modern traffic and some low speed skills before hopping on a 1/4 tonne bike

1 day course booked for first week on Dec, weather dependent

 

[pieter.oneill]

1 day course booked for first week on Dec, weather dependent

Awsome mate, that will be something to look forward to they going to sort you out with a similar size/style bike?

 

[Hay Ewe]

And then ride, and ride, amd ride some more.
Riding builds.
Stay withim your limits.
Find a carpark, ride circles and figure of eights.
Get off and walk it around.
Push ot backwards, park it in the car bays.
Push it forwards and back wards from.both sides.
Get on and off from both sides.
Ride it, and ride it some more.
(Ok, so lots of riding maybe tricky in UK winter, bit riding will build confidence.)

And then you gotta be able to pick it up.
Its quite easy, it will fall over.
Ten people will tell you 10 different ways to pick it up.
I'm on my cell phone, i post how i do it tomorrow.

 

[Hay Ewe]

Oh, and its an 1100GS so you MUST have and NEED to have the hard parts installed.
Also another post for tomorrow.

 

[Wrigsby1]

Oh, and its an 1100GS so you MUST have and NEED to have the hard parts installed.
Also another post for tomorrow.

Hard parts were really designed for more extreme riding and I've never had them fitted for on road... 4 different ones with 30k miles each and two or three offs...
The main bit was the gearbox mounts stengething plates to stop cracking...

 

[Hay Ewe]

My take on the hard parts is its like insurance.
You may not need it, but you will be thankful that you had it IF you need it.
You may get by your whole ownership and usage of your 1100GS and never find it in a situation where the hardparts saved it.
OR you could end up like this.....



I am sure you can find more pictures if you search.

Which is a replacement gearbox; sourcing, transport, removal and installation of the replacement gearbox.
This might happen away from home so add in the situation of recovery of vehicle, and costs.

Ultimately it's up to you, but that is my take on it.

My 1100GS came with the hard parts so I haven't had to source them.
Here is a thread on UKGSER about them and obtaining them
https://www.ukgser.com/community/threads/r1100gs-hard-parts.304763/

(minor disclaimer, I did come off my 1150GS and have broken a bit off the gearbox, where the RHS Footpeg mount bracket it. Screws are there enough and no problem in the last 20 years. (1150GS gearbox case and mounts are different)).

 

[Hay Ewe]

Also, there is a 'bump stop' that fits to the telelever to prevent the forks breaking.
Like for the Hard Parts, Insurance.

My 1100GS didnt come with this bump stop, it came with bent forks instead.....
There is a little bit about them at the bottom of the post I linked in the Hard Parts reply.

 

[Wrigsby1]

Also, there is a 'bump stop' that fits to the telelever to prevent the forks breaking.
Like for the Hard Parts, Insurance.

My 1100GS didnt come with this bump stop, it came with bent forks instead.....
There is a little bit about them at the bottom of the post I linked in the Hard Parts reply.

Unlucky you... Did your g/box mount crack just from road riding or riding unknown from previous owners?

 

[pieter.oneill]

I'm lucky then, mine came with lots of yellow touratech bump stops and brace plates at the sub frame and pegs. I thought you were on about engine bars for when you ultimately drop it.....why does time slow down when your bike goes past the point that you cant hold it and slowly lies down haha feels like it takes ages luckily this mostly happens on my drive thankfully. i just had to change out the brackets for my sump guard that was fun the rubber mount had died so brought some more from Motorworks but the one needs and adaptor which i got but someone before hand had drilled and tapped a 10mm hole and fitted just some threaded bar the interesting history of a 30 year old bike hey, anyway its back to the nut and bolt shop for me, they must love me in there im always going in with stupidly awquard problems that amount to a 50p sale for them haha.

 

[Hay Ewe]

Unlucky you... Did your g/box mount crack just from road riding or riding unknown from previous owners?

My gearbox mount is not cracked or damaged. That was a picture I found on the net.
My forks were bent from previous owner.

 

[Hay Ewe]

Picking up a GS

Firstly, they don't usually fall all the way over, the cylinders stop that.
But if the cylinder is in a hole or a rut, yeah, thats fun

If it has fallen on to its RHS (Right Hand Side), put the side stand down so when you lift it up, you have some thing to lower it on to and doesnt fall over all the way to the other side. Next, turn the bars so the front wheel is point to the left. Hard up against the stop. This will stop the bars turning when you lift it, because they are hard against the stop.

Then, back straight, legs bent, squat under the right hand bar grip, both hands, and lift, one easy smooth lift. Get it upright, get control of it, both hands on the grips etc. If the side stand is still down, and the ground stable etcetera, you could ease it over on to the side stand, or hold it there and mount the contraption. Yes, from the RHS, because you practiced that already, yes?

If it has fallen on the LHS its the same, except no side stand.

Simples.
That is on a good firm surface, like a car park or traffic lights. Other surfaces are the same process, just variations on that.

For laying it down, as you would do to practice picking it up, its the same as above, just lowering it instead of lifting.

Others will likely have different techniques or points to add.
The above works, Ms Hay Ewe can do the above with her 310GS. Being on the shorter side of the tape measure, her difficulty is the height of the whole bike, but she can lift it up to vertical following the above way I taught her.

 

[shez1]

If it's possible put it in first gear to stop the bike rolling as you lift. Good videos on Youtube of the various techniques. I personally preferred the 1150.

 

[Hay Ewe]

Ahh yes, well remembered, put it in 1st gear

 

[pieter.oneill]

1 day course booked for first week on Dec, weather dependent

Hey Jobjobed, you find what day your out riding this week? hope all goes good and the weathers on your side...

 

[jobjobbed]

Hey Jobjobed, you find what day your out riding this week? hope all goes good and the weathers on your side...

Hi Peter I'm going tomorrow, near Glastonbury, forecast is sunny but its near freezing here now so will be cold tomorrow, I think I'll wear my insulated boilersuit over my leathers!
James

 

[pieter.oneill]

Enjoy yourself, it will all come back to you pretty quick once you have the feel and the nerves go, no wheelies now

 

[pieter.oneill]

Hey James, how did you get on with your ride after being out the saddle gor over 20 years? Has the biker bug biten? Re awakened the soul of adventure .

 

[jobjobbed]

It was good, all came back once I got on the road. He had me doing slalom and figure 8s between cones on a 125 to start then onto bigger bikes, bmw 310 then a yamaha 700cc. I just need to get a bike now, there doesn't seem to be much in the southwest, plenty of them further north. I've been to see a couple near here that were not as good as the photos and another one that shat it's oil out of the rear shock as I was testing the adjustable preload, that was in a dealers, so I'm reluctant to travel a long way to be disappointed.