GS1100

[Le singe]

I've read about the 'niggles' suffered by owners of the new 1200GS with interest.
When the 1100GS was introduced '94 ish,did it have the same difficulties?
I've had practically every engine capacity of the older airheads over the years,one one of the reasons for purchase was always the reliability factor.
My 1100GS is now 10 years old,(73+km), and the only problems have been those created by poor servicing standards previously,for example,a bevel box pivot bolt unscrewed because the wrong grade of Loctite had been used!
Made the handling interesting!
Other 1100 owners I've spoken to are quite positive about their machines,(obviously because it's the best GS)!
This design was more of a deviation from the airheads than the 1200 is from the 1150,so theoretically there should have been equal or greater numbers of 'niggles'.
Any info available?

 

[(RIP) Yosi]

A

In reality, there is not much difference between the 1100 and the last generation of "air cooled".
Besides a "new" engine with 4 valves, the rest is the same with minor changes: transmition, gear box, final drive, switches, electrics (biggest change here: automobile type generator) are the same. Even the wheels came from the same supplier.

The last year of "air cooled" production, 1993, had already a "oil cooled" engine. The term "oil cooled" refer to the actual oil been cooled. The main cooling agent for the engine is still air...

So is not surprise that the 1100GS proved to be inmensely reliable.

It became an inmediate success which apparently put a lot of preassure to satisfy the demand. When the 1150 came around, it seems that QA was less stricts, finish and suppliers less tested, etc...

Mine has done in 6 years more kmts than yours, but been serviced by myself so never had a problem...