BBB61
Registered user
Presumably you have full access to all the data relating to all these failures and are able to back up your claims? Or are you just spouting your usual drivel again??
Bob
Bob
Collecting 1200GS technical wisdom
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Fanum
Toubab
Far from it TFC....far from it.
There are many many threads about the problems pepole have had, and they'll never be interfered with by a mod, because that's partly what UKGSer is about.
Throw away crap comments like yours though detract from the serious discussions though....it makes it read like a kid having a tantrum about a broken toy rather than adding any contribution to the collected knowledge about the faults.
Plus it was in the wrong place.....or did you not understand what this thread was about?
By all means have a pop, but in the right place.
Nuff said
alecmuffett
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Re: She does it.
You know, I am probably going to get in trouble for saying this, but I don't think that's the way to pick up a GS at all.
The reason I say this is because I also subscribe to TBM (Trail Bike and Enduro Magazine) and I seem to remember that it was there I read about the BMW-authorised (?) way to pick up a GS, and I seem to remember the source being Si Pavey.
The method:
1) Approach the bike and adjust the handlebars so that they are on opposite-lock to the direction it fell down, in fact exactly opposite to the direction that the bars are sitting in the picture at http://www.pinkribbonrides.com/images/115-1572_IMG.jpg - the handlebar grip nearest the ground should be the one "furthest forward"
2) bend your knees like a weightlifter, keep a straight back, grab the handlebar-end that is nearest the ground (ie: the one splayed forwards, like a long lever onto the headstock) and lift it by straightening your knees, just like a weightlifter might.
3) The bike just hoicks straight up. Simple.
As I say, I read this a few years ago, I think it was in TBM, it works for me on the 12GS (twice) and the DRZ400 (3 times) and I have picked up a mate's 1150GS off a cobbled French street by the same manner. It's a doddle. I doubt it would work on sportsbikes or those with drop-handlebars, but then the principle is one of using a trailie's long bars for maximum leverage.
I will have to hold my hand up and say that I am six foot four but I don't think that's a factor. Height may even be a disadvantage. It's the leverage and technique that work.
But I will suggest that you probably don't want to try it if your knees or back are shagged.
rcc54 said:
You know, I am probably going to get in trouble for saying this, but I don't think that's the way to pick up a GS at all.
The reason I say this is because I also subscribe to TBM (Trail Bike and Enduro Magazine) and I seem to remember that it was there I read about the BMW-authorised (?) way to pick up a GS, and I seem to remember the source being Si Pavey.
The method:
1) Approach the bike and adjust the handlebars so that they are on opposite-lock to the direction it fell down, in fact exactly opposite to the direction that the bars are sitting in the picture at http://www.pinkribbonrides.com/images/115-1572_IMG.jpg - the handlebar grip nearest the ground should be the one "furthest forward"
2) bend your knees like a weightlifter, keep a straight back, grab the handlebar-end that is nearest the ground (ie: the one splayed forwards, like a long lever onto the headstock) and lift it by straightening your knees, just like a weightlifter might.
3) The bike just hoicks straight up. Simple.
As I say, I read this a few years ago, I think it was in TBM, it works for me on the 12GS (twice) and the DRZ400 (3 times) and I have picked up a mate's 1150GS off a cobbled French street by the same manner. It's a doddle. I doubt it would work on sportsbikes or those with drop-handlebars, but then the principle is one of using a trailie's long bars for maximum leverage.
I will have to hold my hand up and say that I am six foot four but I don't think that's a factor. Height may even be a disadvantage. It's the leverage and technique that work.
But I will suggest that you probably don't want to try it if your knees or back are shagged.
cordroy
Guest
Lifting a 'prone' motorcycle
Alecmuffet is absolutely correct regarding the easiest way to pick up a dropped motorcycle
Incidentally this is the method taught on the BMW Off Road Skills courses run by Pavey et al
The first thing that greets you on day 1 of the course is a prone GS1150 Adv and using the handlebars as a lever is by far and away the easiest way to get the thing back upright. Believe me, after practising a few times over the course of the next couple of days you soon learn the nack
I sincerely hope no-one ever needs this piece of advice, however now you know!!
Alecmuffet is absolutely correct regarding the easiest way to pick up a dropped motorcycle
Incidentally this is the method taught on the BMW Off Road Skills courses run by Pavey et al
The first thing that greets you on day 1 of the course is a prone GS1150 Adv and using the handlebars as a lever is by far and away the easiest way to get the thing back upright. Believe me, after practising a few times over the course of the next couple of days you soon learn the nack
I sincerely hope no-one ever needs this piece of advice, however now you know!!
ag1s
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Re: Re: She does it.
there is a much easier way!
suppose the bike has fallen on the left side. Now turn the bars fully to the right.
Sit upright, back straight and with both hands push the left grip upwards.
there is a much easier way!
suppose the bike has fallen on the left side. Now turn the bars fully to the right.
Sit upright, back straight and with both hands push the left grip upwards.
Fanum said:Doesn't work for me Rob.....Having a generously proportioned posterior, mine gets wedged on the seat at this stage;
I can only pick mine up facing her......I also find that keeps my back much straighter, putting all the force through my legs, which is way better from a manual handling p.o.v
I think you should post pics of you doing it like her in your pink skirt
Rich
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This is a useful thread I wonder if it should be made a sticky and kept spick and span...i.e. deleting posts like this one after a bit and sticking to the tech and tweaking wisdom?
Anyhow, this is whats needed more facts. Keep them coming
Anyhow, this is whats needed more facts. Keep them coming
Mouse
Registered user
I'm way ahead of you there Rich - I'm snipping the useful information from this thread (and others) and collecting it in the R1200GS FAQ, which you can find in the FAQ section! 
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