What have you done to your GS or GS Adventure today? - Page 9

RichBMW · 11-13-2012, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by BigDave75

Just ordered the BMW oversize hand guard spoilers to get me through the nine months of Oregon rain that are just starting!!!!

I have those, they make a big difference in bad weather.

rfbarker · 11-14-2012, 12:16 AM

Same thing I do every day, I rode it.

I also hacked on the windscreen a little bit and thought some more about heated grips. I just can't decide if the Oxford heated grips will work with the turn signal switches on my 1100gs.

BigDave75 · 11-14-2012, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by RichBMW

I have those, they make a big difference in bad weather.

I'll be glad to have them, it's raining non stop here!

RomaDakota · 11-14-2012, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by davidmarquez

Hey
which radiator guard do you have? I haven't seen that one and looks really interseting!

Homebrew.
I looked around and the ones available that I found were either "tape to oil cooler", blocked too much flow, had some gay ass GS or GSA logo cut into them and/or required beak removal.
Why??? There are a couple of perfectly good mount points. An hour or so of metal forming and welding and two screws later I had an oil screen guard. Here is a pic of the frame before I added the screen and before painting.

Mr Head · 11-17-2012, 09:06 AM

I need to do a full service on my old Adventure so I pulled it out of the corner and fired it up...

I'm thinking maybe a pushrod on the left intake. Very loose sounding.

After talking to a friend, we think it's more likely the front cam chain and rail.

I'll delay messing with that until I have actual time at home other than almost enough time to do laundry and sync my phone and iPad.

oalvarez · 11-17-2012, 09:11 AM

installed a Touratech oil cooler and BMW GSA headlight guard

BigDave75 · 11-21-2012, 11:25 AM

Just orderd the Akrapovic stainlees steel header from the UK with the cat eliminated.

prince_ruben · 11-21-2012, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by oalvarez

installed a Touratech oil cooler and BMW GSA headlight guard

I need to install my oil cooler but I just installed my SW Motech upper crash bars and realized you have to take the side panels off to get to the oil cooler!

But I wired my Montana power cradle to the GPS input behind the oil cooler!

AUSSIEADV · 11-21-2012, 04:31 PM

Finally mounted the compressor.

65SlashTwo · 11-21-2012, 10:44 PM

Took the beast into Iron Horse here in Tucson. Hard starting and cylinder missing for
a couple of secs. John thinks it's an injector. Unfortunately will be closed tomorrow and
I hopefully can get her sprung on Friday.
Speaking of which, I started and rode my RT for the first time since buying the GSA
in late Oct. WOW what a difference. Steering was so slow I thought my front tire
was flat! Checked the air pressure and was fine.....verrrrry different feel.
RT's look big in the showroom but after tooling around on a GSA, they
feel absolutely puny!!

YMMV

Twilight Error · 11-22-2012, 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by AUSSIEADV

Finally mounted the compressor.

That is a brilliant use for the ABS cavity, certainly better than what BMW had put there...

RoadGrime · 11-22-2012, 07:31 AM

"Looked" at my GS today... and patted it's rear seat on the way out of the garage!

BigDave75 · 11-22-2012, 09:31 AM

Ordered more parts from Touratech, hoping it stops raining soon before I am broke!!!

Mr Head · 11-23-2012, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by BigDave75

Ordered more parts from Touratech, hoping it stops raining soon before I am broke!!!

GoinPostal · 11-23-2012, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by BigDave75

Ordered more parts from Touratech, hoping it stops raining soon before I am broke!!!

11-17-2012, 09:06 AM	#125
Mr Head PowerPoint ADV Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Very Low Earth Orbit Oddometer: 5,110	I need to do a full service on my old Adventure so I pulled it out of the corner and fired it up... I'm thinking maybe a pushrod on the left intake. Very loose sounding. After talking to a friend, we think it's more likely the front cam chain and rail. I'll delay messing with that until I have actual time at home other than almost enough time to do laundry and sync my phone and iPad. __________________ ...Dick "...the road goes on forever and the party never ends..." - Robert Earl Keen Go Pyndon! Go Ned! Eight Years Mr Head screwed with this post 11-18-2012 at 01:04 PM

11-17-2012, 09:11 AM	#126
oalvarez Resident Raggamuffin Joined: Dec 2007 Location: CA HWY 2 Oddometer: 1,696	installed a Touratech oil cooler and BMW GSA headlight guard __________________ 2012 Ducati 1199 Panigale 2012 Ducati MTS1200St Ti 2003 Aprilia Tuono Racing 2012 Vespa 300 Super past: Ducatis, Aprilias, Moto Guzzis, a Husky, and some BMWs as well.

11-21-2012, 11:25 AM	#127
BigDave75 Will Work for Food! Joined: Oct 2009 Location: God's Country Oddometer: 1,419	Just orderd the Akrapovic stainlees steel header from the UK with the cat eliminated. __________________ Rangers Lead the Way, Hooah!

11-21-2012, 10:44 PM	#130
65SlashTwo Da Pigu Joined: Oct 2012 Location: Tucson, AZ Oddometer: 21	What I did today (okay....yesterday) Took the beast into Iron Horse here in Tucson. Hard starting and cylinder missing for a couple of secs. John thinks it's an injector. Unfortunately will be closed tomorrow and I hopefully can get her sprung on Friday. Speaking of which, I started and rode my RT for the first time since buying the GSA in late Oct. WOW what a difference. Steering was so slow I thought my front tire was flat! Checked the air pressure and was fine.....verrrrry different feel. RT's look big in the showroom but after tooling around on a GSA, they feel absolutely puny!! YMMV

11-22-2012, 09:31 AM	#133
BigDave75 Will Work for Food! Joined: Oct 2009 Location: God's Country Oddometer: 1,419	Ordered more parts from Touratech, hoping it stops raining soon before I am broke!!! __________________ Rangers Lead the Way, Hooah!

11-14-2012, 12:16 AM	#122
rfbarker Adventurer Joined: Jun 2012 Location: Bellingham, WA Oddometer: 50	Same thing I do every day, I rode it. I also hacked on the windscreen a little bit and thought some more about heated grips. I just can't decide if the Oxford heated grips will work with the turn signal switches on my 1100gs.

11-21-2012, 04:31 PM	#129
AUSSIEADV Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2006 Location: Beechworth Nth. East Vic. Aust. Oddometer: 264	Finally mounted the compressor.

11-22-2012, 07:31 AM	#132
RoadGrime Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2011 Location: NH USA Oddometer: 104	"Looked" at my GS today... and patted it's rear seat on the way out of the garage!

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