Spring Clean

[shag]

First time the bike has been washed since november!
Been riding through the winter and more trails then road
so it was bloody filthy

Got the old pressure washer out and gave it a good seeing too.
I am not careless when it comes washing the bike with a power washer so i
avoid the wheel bearings and other bits

BUT


Me GS stickers came off
So naturally i had to pick the rest off LOOKS MEAN NOW

 

[Buz]

Looks pretty damn clean to me, course, didn't see the before but assume it was pretty grubby. Did you use any cleaning product or just water?

 

[shag]

spring clean

Yes plenty of autoglym

TOP STUFF

just crap stickers lol

 

[nikp]

It looks pretty good without the GS stickers

I do think that the stickers shout "LOOK AT ME I'M A GS... HONEST!"

I hope mine might come off accidently when I do my next clean

 

[andy5329]

Some one had to ask so may as well be me,what hand guards are there you have on,are they better than the crap BMW ones,as in do they keep the snow,rain and wind of the fingers?

 

[Buz]

Some one had to ask so may as well be me,what hand guards are there you have on,are they better than the crap BMW ones,as in do they keep the snow,rain and wind of the fingers?

Mmmm, certainly look better than the ones BM fitted to my 650!!

 

[shag]

Handguards

Some one had to ask so may as well be me,what hand guards are there you have on,are they better than the crap BMW ones,as in do they keep the snow,rain and wind of the fingers?

The handguards are touratwat with the extra deflectors. About 80 notes all in so good value..
They are fine with bad weather likes of rain and great for off road but i never
ride in the snow Cos it hardly bloody snow's over here...

Rich

 

[shag]

It looks pretty good without the GS stickers

I do think that the stickers shout "LOOK AT ME I'M A GS... HONEST!"

I hope mine might come off accidently when I do my next clean

All you need is a little corner thats curled up

i'm of to get the wello sprayed black....Just need the long haired boss for the nod

 

[andy5329]

Thanks for the info,looks like they have another sale!!!

 

[manxpanzer]

howdy shag! not seen you out on the trails over here
gave us a shout and we'll have a bimble when mines fixed AGAIN!

 

[shag]

howdy shag! not seen you out on the trails over here
gave us a shout and we'll have a bimble when mines fixed AGAIN!

That sounds great.. Give me a pm when you got the bike fixed

Whats up with your bike

Jason been a bit busy lately, I'm still waiting for a new chain!!

 

[manxpanzer]

set about working in it today, new chain and sprockets, rear pads and grease the swing arm bushes.
rear pads went in ok.
swing arm bushes dry as a bone ( to be expected of bmw )
chain and the rear sprocket went on ok, but the front sprocket!
the retaining bolt wasnt that tight on removal, got it off and the sprocket is stuck to the shaft? rather than force it i thought i'd leave it util i got a puller so put the bolt back in which then sheared in the shaft!
back to jason again! this will be about the 10th time in 13k miles!

 

[redstan]

set about working in it today, new chain and sprockets, rear pads and grease the swing arm bushes.
rear pads went in ok.
swing arm bushes dry as a bone ( to be expected of bmw )
chain and the rear sprocket went on ok, but the front sprocket!
the retaining bolt wasnt that tight on removal, got it off and the sprocket is stuck to the shaft? rather than force it i thought i'd leave it util i got a puller so put the bolt back in which then sheared in the shaft!
back to jason again! this will be about the 10th time in 13k miles!

just like a ham fisted Yorkshire lout all ways breaking his toys did not take you long this time

 

[shag]

set about working in it today, new chain and sprockets, rear pads and grease the swing arm bushes.
rear pads went in ok.
swing arm bushes dry as a bone ( to be expected of bmw )
chain and the rear sprocket went on ok, but the front sprocket!
the retaining bolt wasnt that tight on removal, got it off and the sprocket is stuck to the shaft? rather than force it i thought i'd leave it util i got a puller so put the bolt back in which then sheared in the shaft!
back to jason again! this will be about the 10th time in 13k miles!

Bloody hell.............Methinks i'll leave me chain and sprocket set for the dealers to fit!!

I gather your chain + sprocket's is due to milage or crap chain like mine

 

[everywherevirtually]

All you need is a little corner thats curled up

i'm of to get the wello sprayed black....Just need the long haired boss for the nod

was going to say just that... would look a whole lot meaner if it was totally stealth black All those F800 angles make it look like the motorcycle version of a stealth bomber or one of the bikes out of the new terminator film

 

[sijohnston]

yes, it can't be too long before i spray the yellow panels black. GS stickers came off mine months ago...think they're terrible.

 

[shag]

yes, it can't be too long before i spray the yellow panels black. GS stickers came off mine months ago...think they're terrible.

Sijohnston

Have you any idea how i can get the same BMW black mat paint or will it be better just to paint all over to match?

Cheers
Rich

 

[sv969]

Looks almost as good as the grey one now, but prob still not as fast

 

[shag]

Looks almost as good as the grey one now, but prob still not as fast

This looks a lot faster then a gay grey

 

[nikp]

a good lick of yella will make it ultra fast