Significant lesson learnt by new 1200GSA owner

[OscarIndia]

When you fuel it from empty to full it takes a lot more stopping and behaves very differently.

Learnt this quite fast on the way back from Toad's place yesterday. Luckily, learnt it just about fast enough...

 

[Toad]

Acceptable - you're still only on day 5 today

Two big surprises about filling it to the top -

1) Weight, stopping etc as you've described.

2) Parting with best part of £40!

 

[Dainese Brave]

It does add a few pounds.....the first clue is the way it looks like it's bottomed out when you take it off the center stand at the garage.

 

[OscarIndia]

It does add a few pounds.....the first clue is the way it looks like it's bottomed out when you take it off the center stand at the garage.

Centre stand? I've not gravitated to trying that yet!

 

[OscarIndia]

Acceptable - you're still only on day 5 today

Thanks for yesterday - let me know what the pipe's worth...

 

[Paul Wakefield]

Parting with best part of £40!

And the rest! £44 for just over 32l the other day.

 

[prwatts]

And the rest! £44 for just over 32l the other day.

Sorry to pee on your battery, lads - out here in Saudi a full tank costs 18 Saudi Rials or 3 Pounds. I LIKE it

Peter

 

[claw]

Sorry to pee on your battery, lads - out here in Saudi a full tank costs 18 Saudi Rials or 3 Pounds. I LIKE it

Peter

Can you do mail order

 

[Dainese Brave]

Centre stand? I've not gravitated to trying that yet!

It takes a bit of time, but it's easy once mastered.....I think it's safer than all that weight resting through one metal rod.

 

[AdamA]

It takes a bit of time, but it's easy once mastered.....I think it's safer than all that weight resting through one metal rod.

Yeah, no doubt BMW didn't bother with the maths to make the side stand strong enough to cope...

 

[RideTheWind]

I don't really notice the difference to be honest. I am a big strong tosser tho. dial yourself in and enjoy the bike. Wait till you ride it hard in the wet. They are amazing. Once you are used to the weight you will soon be filling up the panniers and adding a tent and that's when braking gets interestingenjoy !

 

[ExpatinIstanbul]

In addition to this lesson, when taking a high speed motorway trip, after not having used the bike for several months, bear in mind that spending 2 hours at 160km/h might cause you to misjudge stopping / slowing distances when pulling into services. Ahem.

 

[AdamA]

Once you are used to the weight you will soon be filling up the panniers and adding a tent and that's when braking gets interestingenjoy !

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Funners steps out of my way at about the 8:50 mark. Neither of us was sure I was stopping tbh, for that very reason.

 

[Nice 'n' Fat]

I reckon they handle better when they're full of fuel

 

[RideTheWind]

I reckon they handle better when they're full of fuel

Like an Italian Granmother full of olive oil....ahem wrong thread

 

[Dainese Brave]

Yeah, no doubt BMW didn't bother with the maths to make the side stand strong enough to cope...

No doubt they did.....but it's better distributed on the center stand.

 

[AdamA]

No doubt they did.....but it's better distributed on the center stand.

If the side stand is strong enough, why does that matter?
You could argue it's better distributed on the side stand also. The three points of contact are further apart, making a more stable base...

 

[OscarIndia]

I don't really notice the difference to be honest. I am a big strong tosser tho. dial yourself in and enjoy the bike. Wait till you ride it hard in the wet. They are amazing. Once you are used to the weight you will soon be filling up the panniers and adding a tent and that's when braking gets interestingenjoy !

Thanks, wise words. I have no problem with strength, but I'm 5' 9" so angles are everything (and the bike is still disgustingly shiny...)
Used to have a Stelvio and, fuel-load aside, the only real difference is height so I'll get to it, just don't want to drop it in week one*




*Or two, three, four et cetera ad infinitum

 

[Pukmeister]

Thanks, wise words. I have no problem with strength, but I'm 5' 9" so angles are everything (and the bike is still disgustingly shiny...)
Used to have a Stelvio and, fuel-load aside, the only real difference is height so I'll get to it, just don't want to drop it in week one*




*Or two, three, four et cetera ad infinitum

I dropped mine within days of taking ownership, fully fuelled whilst climbing aboard on a heavily cambered side street in Portsmouth.

With the wonder of hindsight, I should have wheeled it into the crown of the road before mounting the steed. Luckily the RH pannier and RH engine bar hit the high kerbstones (causing a minor dent).

If she's gonna go over, trust me you ain't gonna save her, just jump clear otherwise you could well hurt yourself.

 

[Mark Hooton]

Talking of side stands...............

Guys, anyone got any idea on how to remove the side stand? i`ve got the circlip off, switch blah blah blah and the bolt out but there is a bush `init` and i can`t get the sodding thing out!

Any ideas?