YANYOU
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Hi All.
I've just bought my first GS on Friday 15/05/09 From Jefferies of Shipley here in the Cote' de Yorkshire. It's not my first Beemer in fact it's my 6th. in the last 20 odd years Ive had a 400,600, R80 and a Sarver that I've just traded for the GS so I suppose you could say I'm a bit of a fan. I also have a Ural sidecar outfit "go on have a good laugh" I love it!! questions about my sanity need to be sent to my solicitor.
As I said, I only picked up the GS on Friday, and it has continually urinated it down ever since. Due to the monsoon, I have not as Yet have not had the chance to give it a decent run out. I am going to take a camping trip down to the south of France for three weeks, [anybody who wants to tag on for a few days is welcome} I'm leaving on the 28th sailing from Newhaven to Dieppe the return crossing is with Norfolk Line Dunkirk to Dover. Not a lot of bikers use these crossings, I don't know why, they are both very cheap ways to cross the channell. This will give me and the bike a chance to get to know each other. I need a decent ride so we can become a-tuned to each other, to become as one!! Well, thats what I told the wife and she fell for it!!
The GS is on an 04 plate 16000mls, with a few trimmings including ABS,Engine bars, Full alarm system which is taking a bit of working out, and is not helping my all-ready very dodge relationship with the neighbours. It also has a complete set of luggage.
What a bloody waste of space the top box is, a bloody mouse would be justified taking you to the court of human rights, if you made it live in there, it's so small. The best I can manage so far is- 1 helmet, gloves, scarf, baccy, a box of matches and a packet of papers, the papers had to be bent in 2. I think I will e-mail BMW and explain that 2 seats generally mean 2 Helmuts =2 Helmits!! That will be comming of and my old Givi will be replacing it.
Go carefully,Pete.
Falling of is easy, staying on is harder.
I've just bought my first GS on Friday 15/05/09 From Jefferies of Shipley here in the Cote' de Yorkshire. It's not my first Beemer in fact it's my 6th. in the last 20 odd years Ive had a 400,600, R80 and a Sarver that I've just traded for the GS so I suppose you could say I'm a bit of a fan. I also have a Ural sidecar outfit "go on have a good laugh" I love it!! questions about my sanity need to be sent to my solicitor.
As I said, I only picked up the GS on Friday, and it has continually urinated it down ever since. Due to the monsoon, I have not as Yet have not had the chance to give it a decent run out. I am going to take a camping trip down to the south of France for three weeks, [anybody who wants to tag on for a few days is welcome} I'm leaving on the 28th sailing from Newhaven to Dieppe the return crossing is with Norfolk Line Dunkirk to Dover. Not a lot of bikers use these crossings, I don't know why, they are both very cheap ways to cross the channell. This will give me and the bike a chance to get to know each other. I need a decent ride so we can become a-tuned to each other, to become as one!! Well, thats what I told the wife and she fell for it!!
The GS is on an 04 plate 16000mls, with a few trimmings including ABS,Engine bars, Full alarm system which is taking a bit of working out, and is not helping my all-ready very dodge relationship with the neighbours. It also has a complete set of luggage.
What a bloody waste of space the top box is, a bloody mouse would be justified taking you to the court of human rights, if you made it live in there, it's so small. The best I can manage so far is- 1 helmet, gloves, scarf, baccy, a box of matches and a packet of papers, the papers had to be bent in 2. I think I will e-mail BMW and explain that 2 seats generally mean 2 Helmuts =2 Helmits!! That will be comming of and my old Givi will be replacing it.
Go carefully,Pete.
Falling of is easy, staying on is harder.
you may have to push it away from the fuel station with the alarm going of as i had to do this last year apparently the signal in certain french fuel stations interferes with the alarm / imobiliser ,,,have a good trip 
