Suspect you might have some ideas on this, I posted it in the Off Road forum earlier...
Help - how do you make a 1150 GSA into an off roader...
I will trawl thru the forum when I have a moment, but maybe there's a couple of friendly experts out there that can help. This is the plan....
I have a 52 plate GSA with 50k on it that I commute daily from Reading to London. Thats my bikes day job and it has to carry on doing that.
But I have done a few green lanes and I want to do some LDTs. I am booked in to the Witley one coming up soon.
I am lucky enough to have a spare set of wheels and have put Conti TKC 80s on - big difference.
So what I am thinking of is to:
- Fit renthal bars and Barkbusters
- Fit off road levers and switch gear
- I guess retaining mirror(s) would be smart
- Lose the clocks and windshield
- Decent folding tip gear and brake pedals
- Engine bars (any recommendations for serious off roading, need to slide rather than dig in)
- Smaller tank
I'd like to keep my plastic panniers and mounts as I plan to ride to events with dry gear in them and the off road wheels strapped on the back, sort the bike when i get there and lock panniers and road wheels to a tree or something.
Now the things I am worrying about are:
- need a fuel light or a reserve switch
- can I easily replace the huge BMW brake and clutch master cylinders and all the electric gubbins
- Will a trail tech style speedo go on OK
- keeping the heated grips would be nice
And the biggest worry is, at the end of the day, is the whole lardy GS and shaft drive just a bad combination and I may as well save time and effort and buy a KTM? But I do suspect it'll be fun on the beemer, she's kind of family now.
Maybe someone who's done it has some good advice.
Any help much appreciated,
Mike
