Any news on the 1200 light bar yet Ive held off on making one as there was talk here of one being made but I cant find any news that it is made and for sale anywhere anyone help cheers
Any news on the 1200 Light bar
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nadeem
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Surely there are a few floating about Belgium...cerainly no shortage over here...
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MiGSel said:
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nadeem
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Presumably that means we can expect a GS1200 bar in the near future....?
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Are the lights as bad as the 1150 then?
nadeem
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Lights are pretty good...it's just you can never have too much lighting on a bike....I'd rather avoid the usual 'sorry mate didn't see you' routine from car drivers
Emoto
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There are a number of different bars for sale in the States. I don't know if they will ship overseas, but can't think of why they wouldn't want to. Here are a couple that i am aware of. There may be others that I don't know about.
Available now:http://www.bestrestproducts.com/news.htm#R1200GS LightBar
Available now: http://bikes.sjbmw.com/docs/parts/parts_list.asp?bike_model_id=43
Promise to have one soon: http://www.rbrmanufacturing.com/
Available now:http://www.bestrestproducts.com/news.htm#R1200GS LightBar
Available now: http://bikes.sjbmw.com/docs/parts/parts_list.asp?bike_model_id=43
Promise to have one soon: http://www.rbrmanufacturing.com/
Getting closer, now that I met a GSer with a 1200 who lives only half an hour from here. He came along on a ride with me and a few mates last Saturday and I asked him if I could come over and take some measurements.
It is a bit harder to fix a light bar to a 1200 because the only thing you can attach it to is the front subframe. And that is hidden quite high above the edge of the beak, so I'll have to come up with some tricky adapter pieces to make it work.
But it's gonna happen, I'm quite sure there is a way
Cheers,
Michel
It is a bit harder to fix a light bar to a 1200 because the only thing you can attach it to is the front subframe. And that is hidden quite high above the edge of the beak, so I'll have to come up with some tricky adapter pieces to make it work.
But it's gonna happen, I'm quite sure there is a way
Cheers,
Michel
gazza
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Seems your already onto a winner with this one 
Emoto
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Yes, there is a way to do it, and I am about halfway through the process of making my own. When I get it done I will post links to some pictures. I might have just bought one, but I have recently spent so much money on mapping and accessories for a GPS that the GF gave me for my birthday that I wanted to try making one. I have spent a lot of time considering the options and after discarding several more complex ideas, came up with something that I think will be simple and effective. I won't know how well it works until I have it mounted and the lights running at night, but when I do, I will let you guys know.
Here's the basic idea: Use u-bolts to affix the short end of two separate pieces of 1/8" x 1" L-shaped bar stock to the subframe just aft of the oil cooler, one on each side of the bike. The long end of the L projects out the full distance needed to mount the lights. If I recall correctly, the short end was maybe 3.5" long and the long end was maybe 5.5" long. A third piece of AL, this one also 1" across and about 23" long, but in an angle form with a 1/4" angled part for strength runs across under the whole width of the L parts and is bolted to both of them, thus providing strength.
I am mounting Hella FF50s to this arrangement within a week, and will report back. The only issue that I can imagine is if the u-bolts don't provide enough resistance to rotation of the L brackets, in which case a single 1" wide stabiliser strap can run back to the lower rear part of the subframe under the removeable side pieces where there is an unused mounting point conveniently located.
Here's the basic idea: Use u-bolts to affix the short end of two separate pieces of 1/8" x 1" L-shaped bar stock to the subframe just aft of the oil cooler, one on each side of the bike. The long end of the L projects out the full distance needed to mount the lights. If I recall correctly, the short end was maybe 3.5" long and the long end was maybe 5.5" long. A third piece of AL, this one also 1" across and about 23" long, but in an angle form with a 1/4" angled part for strength runs across under the whole width of the L parts and is bolted to both of them, thus providing strength.
I am mounting Hella FF50s to this arrangement within a week, and will report back. The only issue that I can imagine is if the u-bolts don't provide enough resistance to rotation of the L brackets, in which case a single 1" wide stabiliser strap can run back to the lower rear part of the subframe under the removeable side pieces where there is an unused mounting point conveniently located.
HMarc
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I was going to make my own lightbar (or more specifically, light mounts), then I decided my time was worth something so I looked at the 1/2 dozen lightbars available at the BMW MOA Rally last July.
I picked the BestRest Products lightbar. My friend Steve made the same choice. You can see how we mounted different lights on our R12GS'es here:
http://www.r1200gs.info/howto/BR-mount.html
and here:
http://www.r1200gs.info/howto/Lights1.html
I picked the BestRest Products lightbar. My friend Steve made the same choice. You can see how we mounted different lights on our R12GS'es here:
http://www.r1200gs.info/howto/BR-mount.html
and here:
http://www.r1200gs.info/howto/Lights1.html
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