Road Test last Saturday - Avice

[Bradders]

Help,

road tested a GS last sat with the other half. We both noticed that the bike had a 'lot' of vibration at 4-5 k revs, is this normal? At 80mph , indicated i might add !!' sat on the M-way it was planted solid no vibes. Bike had 2500 miles. Basically we were not impressed with the amount of vibration but is this the norm? Currently ride a Sprint ST no vibes but then again won't be able to green lane on the ST

Advice gratefully received

Bradders

PS the bike was from Williams in Manchester

 

[Gecko]

Poor valve adjustment most likely. Do a search on the tab at the top on 'Valve adjustment' and you'll get the idea soon enough. A well serviced bike with balanced throttles should be smooth and comfortable but it'll never be Jap multi cylinder smooth - after all its 75 year old BMW Boxer technology ....but we luv em for all their faults

 

[MikeO]

If you were sat on the motorway, you may be considering the wrong bike....

Mike

 

[Bradders]

Thanks for the tip will have a search and read. Ref the M-way, I don't intend to sit everywhere on the M-way, but it was a test ride from the centre of Manchester, so it was a city crawl start stop, then on to the A roads 40+ TRAFFIC! then a 5 mile stretch on the M60. Unfortunately didn't have time to get into the Peaks. I did ride a GS off-road back in May with the BMW off-road course in Wales so have had a fair crack of all road types, in this country at least. We are looking for a bike to take us round southern africa, New Zealand and the GS was the first choice. I remember the GS back in May wasn't viby so wanted to ask the experts for their feedback. We also planning a trip in the summer to the Pytennes and with the best will in the world will have some mile hacking to do, hence the M-way test.

regards

Bradders

 

[franco]

Help,

We both noticed that the bike had a 'lot' of vibration at 4-5 k revs, is this normal?

Funny, that's the main reason my wife likes the GS