Hello everyone. Picked up my 23 plate 719 GS1300 from Cotswold Motorrad at the end of May and I've been pretty delighted with my purchase. I've got a couple of niggles I'd like to try and bottom out, and they may be caught up with each other, so I'll got through the mish-mash of what I've done.
In the first few weeks of ownership, I notice a surprising amount of vibes through both the bars and the seat, especially between 5-6k, which equates to a fast motorway cruise. A quick google pointed the finger at the bar end weights and potentially the seat height/angle, so I purchased the Evotech bar end weights and Wunderlich 10mm upgraded seat rubbers. Bar vibes pretty much disappeared but not the seat ones. I dealt with this by moving my seating position back towards the rear of the seat (after moving the passenger seat back)
At ABR, I had the Tourances swapped out for Dunlop Trailmax Raids. These are the most off-road focused tyres I've ever had, and while they are amazing on anything that counts as vaguely off-road, the on-road manners, especially at higher speeds seem nothing short of awful. I had the Pirelli Scorpion STRs on my 790ADV before, and they were nothing like as bad as this. The bike hunts and shuffles quite disarmingly around any grooves. Changing lanes feels like when you're coming to the end of life on some road rubber and feels terribly sketchy. When you get north of 80 the front feels very wobbly, almost unsafe. The howl is biblical (but I can live with it) and some of the vibes seem to be back, especially through the seat.
So I'm looking for feedback. I'm on the edge of getting the Tourances put back on (had them shipped back to me) as it does feel like the touring capability has been somewhat nerfed. I did 300 miles on the Trailmaxes this weekend and while they feel more predictable at lower speeds if anything the high speed stuff felt worse. I'm also wondering what to do about seat vibes again, as the rear position I now sit in doesn't really let me get my feet down comfortably, so I'm looking for thoughts and options about seat covers/swaps etc.
Thanks for reading through this wall of text and any ideas you may have!
In the first few weeks of ownership, I notice a surprising amount of vibes through both the bars and the seat, especially between 5-6k, which equates to a fast motorway cruise. A quick google pointed the finger at the bar end weights and potentially the seat height/angle, so I purchased the Evotech bar end weights and Wunderlich 10mm upgraded seat rubbers. Bar vibes pretty much disappeared but not the seat ones. I dealt with this by moving my seating position back towards the rear of the seat (after moving the passenger seat back)
At ABR, I had the Tourances swapped out for Dunlop Trailmax Raids. These are the most off-road focused tyres I've ever had, and while they are amazing on anything that counts as vaguely off-road, the on-road manners, especially at higher speeds seem nothing short of awful. I had the Pirelli Scorpion STRs on my 790ADV before, and they were nothing like as bad as this. The bike hunts and shuffles quite disarmingly around any grooves. Changing lanes feels like when you're coming to the end of life on some road rubber and feels terribly sketchy. When you get north of 80 the front feels very wobbly, almost unsafe. The howl is biblical (but I can live with it) and some of the vibes seem to be back, especially through the seat.
So I'm looking for feedback. I'm on the edge of getting the Tourances put back on (had them shipped back to me) as it does feel like the touring capability has been somewhat nerfed. I did 300 miles on the Trailmaxes this weekend and while they feel more predictable at lower speeds if anything the high speed stuff felt worse. I'm also wondering what to do about seat vibes again, as the rear position I now sit in doesn't really let me get my feet down comfortably, so I'm looking for thoughts and options about seat covers/swaps etc.
Thanks for reading through this wall of text and any ideas you may have!
