Hi everybody!
This is the start of what will be a fairly long thread detailing the various bits and bobs that I intend to do to my first BMW motorcycle.
This week I bought a 2000 W reg R1150GS with 75k miles on the clock (from a member of this forum). She is very tired cosmetically, but seems to be OK mechanically. I will put several hundred miles in her next week and see what shakes out.
The bike has 12 months MOT, a recent service, a new clutch a couple of thousand miles ago and two decent tyres. So far, so good.
The bike needs a damn good clean before I can make a proper assessment of what does need doing, but I will be putting the crash bars, rear frame, rear seat support and some other bits in for powder coating over the winter.
I have put about 20 miles (through rush hour London) on the bike so far, all OK. The Paralever suspension took some getting used to. A run up north to Cheshire should clear the cobwebs.
Whilst tinkering this morning, I removed the rear rack, ground the corroded aluminium and plastic covering off and gave it a couple of costs of radiator paint, just to stop it looking crap.
Today was a bit of a bugger, the current battery is knackered. This morning I had ABS faults, the clock resetting itself and of course, failure to start. I had the battery load tested and it is definitely on the way out. Hopefully, I can get enough juice into it so I can turn the bike over tomorrow. An Odyssey battery is now on order and should arrive at my destination next week.
Here is a picture of her:
This is the start of what will be a fairly long thread detailing the various bits and bobs that I intend to do to my first BMW motorcycle.
This week I bought a 2000 W reg R1150GS with 75k miles on the clock (from a member of this forum). She is very tired cosmetically, but seems to be OK mechanically. I will put several hundred miles in her next week and see what shakes out.
The bike has 12 months MOT, a recent service, a new clutch a couple of thousand miles ago and two decent tyres. So far, so good.
The bike needs a damn good clean before I can make a proper assessment of what does need doing, but I will be putting the crash bars, rear frame, rear seat support and some other bits in for powder coating over the winter.
I have put about 20 miles (through rush hour London) on the bike so far, all OK. The Paralever suspension took some getting used to. A run up north to Cheshire should clear the cobwebs.
Whilst tinkering this morning, I removed the rear rack, ground the corroded aluminium and plastic covering off and gave it a couple of costs of radiator paint, just to stop it looking crap.
Today was a bit of a bugger, the current battery is knackered. This morning I had ABS faults, the clock resetting itself and of course, failure to start. I had the battery load tested and it is definitely on the way out. Hopefully, I can get enough juice into it so I can turn the bike over tomorrow. An Odyssey battery is now on order and should arrive at my destination next week.
Here is a picture of her: