GSA Width - including lower crashbars

[kurienp]

Getting a new GSA the bloody gate may need to be widened

Could one of you tell me the width of the GSA including the lower engine bars please? (if that is the widest part of the bike, without the panniers) The official width is listed as 39 in.

Ta
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[batman1]

Tricky to measure exactly on your own but it looks like somewhere between 32 & 33 inches....I'm sure that it will just get through a 33 inch gate way okay.

If your clearance is minimum can I suggest that you put some old inner-tube or similar on your gate post to avoid the risk of scratching your engine bars, as it is inevitable that you will rub them from time to time.

It's your handle bars that are about 39 inches.

 

[kurienp]

Thank you. Interesting observation on the width of the handlebars being 39in. Never thought about that. Somewhere assumed that the engine would be wider

Tricky to measure exactly on your own but it looks like somewhere between 32 & 33 inches....I'm sure that it will just get through a 33 inch gate way okay.

If your clearance is minimum can I suggest that you put some old inner-tube or similar on your gate post to avoid the risk of scratching your engine bars, as it is inevitable that you will rub them from time to time.

It's your handle bars that are about 39 inches.

 

[mw3230]

And if you have adventure panniers fitted it's wider still!

 

[Boxed-in]

Widest point is generally the mirrors, if when filtering, the mirrors go through, you can follow, (except Transit vans who's mirrors are at the same height)

 

[crotchrocket]

yeah i bashed my mirror on a van's mirror yesterday... oops

 

[buncobooth]

I have a 2008 GSA and my garage door is narrower that the bike (just). It is the bars/mirrors that are the problem, not the crash bars. It requires a little left right shimmy and opposite lock but it goes in fine

 

[batman1]

And if you have adventure panniers fitted it's wider still!

That's one of the reasons why I fitted my GS Vario's to my GSA.

 

[Matty589]

98cm. Widest bit is the hand guard ends. I had to get a gate specially made by the side of my house and could just squeeze through with Alu panniers on.

 

[grin factor]

Excellent, I needed this info too.