Who said 1200 models corrode and can't do the miles .......

[Popell]

All of the above makes me feel better about owning a blue 2005 GS!

Good job too, can't afford an LC,

 

[bikemad]

All of the above makes me feel better about owning a blue 2005 GS!

Good job too, can't afford an LC,

Best let someone else iron the bugs out then buy one a few years down the line when price is right

 

[Wolfgang]

So how many FPC's,final drive seals & clutches in 98K Neil ?

The owner also owns a very nice CBX1000, with huge miles on the clock. In fact he owns a few interesting bikes, all bought new and all with huge mileages.

Just after the picture was taken he was off on the 1200 GS for a 5k mile ride around europe, so i expect it has now crossed the 100K mile mark. .

 

[Deleted account 200502001]

Mine just shy of 70K miles

Nice. Where did you get the beaded seat cover from please?

 

[Sgt Bilco]

Nice. Where did you get the beaded seat cover from please?

I reckon he knicked it off the taxi rank when a driver had his back turned

 

[newboy]

Very good in heat apparently...


Sent from my gadget using wires n string n stuff

 

[Bendy toy]

Talking to a powder coaters this morning. They said BMW use lots of the stuff but perhaps don't zinc passivate the steel before coating.
Personally I think my frame at least was painted. It was too easy to remove when last year I rubbed it down "de-rusted" (some hope) and zinc painted what I could get at.

 

[bmwrich58]

Nice. Where did you get the beaded seat cover from please?

Beadrider.com is the manufacturer but I bought mine used on IBMWR.com site in America.


I even made some from automobile beaded seats for motorcycles.

And this one

Work great in hot weather!

 

[Fluffy Bridges]

BMWRich28

You must travel pretty light with those matchbox sized panniers………...

Best not let Mrs Fluff see those!

Fluff

 

[bmwrich58]

BMWRich28

You must travel pretty light with those matchbox sized panniers………...

Best not let Mrs Fluff see those!

Fluff

The Mrs. Stays home...! She's not into the "He Man" traveling thing.
Her idea is Hotel/Motel...."No sense of Adventure"....
But then again....,it is nice once in a while to wake next to a lady instead of a helmet,tank bag and buggie jacket....!

 

[Roymondo]

Here's a couple of photos of a 2011 bike with about 27k miles on the clock:

 

[Bendy toy]

That's UK road salt. It makes sea water look benign.

Mine has the rusty frame but not pitted like that. Front cover isn't fab but again not even close the pix above. Try soda blasting the alloy and leave it unpainted. The frame will have to be dipped, blasted, zinc passivated and powder coated.

 

[Roymondo]

I've been riding bikes old and new since the mid 70's. Nothing I've ever owned has corroded as quickly as this GS.

 

[Robbo1200ADV]

Here's a couple of photos of a 2011 bike with about 27k miles on the clock:View attachment 259162View attachment 259163View attachment 259164View attachment 259165

That'll T Cut out

 

[Nice 'n' Fat]

Here's a couple of photos of a 2011 bike with about 27k miles on the clock:View attachment 259162View attachment 259163View attachment 259164View attachment 259165

That's just neglect

 

[Pukmeister]

You can't polish a turd!

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

That's just neglect

+1 Neglect and mismanagement

 

[Dahoum]

That's just neglect

+1 Neglect and mismanagement

Neglect? Mine's a 2005 and has been parked outdoors all its life, ridden almost daily through every winter (and summer and spring and autumn) since purchase and is rarely washed and has no frame rusting like that

So do tell how any 'neglect' has caused that ?

 

[Rusty Bolts]

You can't polish a turd!

....but you can roll it in glitter

 

[Mr K]

Neglect? Mine's a 2005 and has been parked outdoors all its life, ridden almost daily through every winter (and summer and spring and autumn) since purchase and is rarely washed and has no frame rusting like that

So do tell how any 'neglect' has caused that ?

Okay. Let's call it abuse then?