Let's see your 1200GS/A - Page 521

oalvarez · 11-11-2012, 10:00 PM

^ great photos...love the backdrop

RichBMW · 11-12-2012, 10:24 AM

A couple taken from yesterday

sfarson · 11-13-2012, 05:23 PM

Well Obie, Major and serious congratulations!

From last week. Guanella Pass. Sawtooth Ridge in the background, with 14,065ft. Mt. Bierstadt accompanying. Low and late autumn sun and lack of snow help disguise the brisk temps here! Bike almost blends in...

Six years with the bike, a real workhorse for the book, haven't had a single issue. Even the fuel strip, all the lights, are original...

oalvarez · 11-13-2012, 05:36 PM

^ love all of it.....so beautiful.....hope to ride those roads some day.....and thank you, Steve, you actually played a part in it.

sfarson · 11-13-2012, 05:43 PM

I hope the bike is meeting, if not exceeding all your expectations. If personally wired a certain way, it is a peerless bike. Congrats again.

pippo · 11-15-2012, 07:51 AM

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/...or/th_adad.jpg

TuonoBiker · 11-15-2012, 01:50 PM

I always see quite a few full tinted windscreens on the GS/A's...LOVE IT!!! Makes me want to buy one!

Being the cheap bugger that I am, I was wondering if its possible to have an auto graphics guy (or gal) put a wrap on the windscreen. Someone else on here was wrapping the GS/A side tank covers in different colors...it was a vinyl heat shrink wrap of some sort.

There are quite a few angles and contours to the windscreen so maybe it couldn't be done. Just got me thinking though...it sure would be cheaper than a $280 windscreen....

oalvarez · 11-15-2012, 03:31 PM

Tuono, given what i've seen done at my local auto/motorcycle film protection store, most anything can be wrapped. Whether or not it looks good on a windscreen is another story. I'm speaking specifically of 3M type film and not generic "window tint" film. I'm not sure if the typical window tint film can be applied or not with success due to the materials involved. Ask your local installer, he/she should most definitely know.

Take care,

TuonoBiker · 11-15-2012, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oalvarez

Tuono, given what i've seen done at my local auto/motorcycle film protection store, most anything can be wrapped. Whether or not it looks good on a windscreen is another story. I'm speaking specifically of 3M type film and not generic "window tint" film. I'm not sure if the typical window tint film can be applied or not with success due to the materials involved. Ask your local installer, he/she should most definitely know.

Take care,

I will have to inquire about it. Maybe it would look like ass, though. It would have to be a tint to even have a chance of looking good I suppose....a solid black that you can't see through would probably be silly looking.

I think I'm going to have the wife's A4 windows darkened a bit...I'll have to ask the guy.

live2ridetahoe · 11-16-2012, 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TuonoBiker

I always see quite a few full tinted windscreens on the GS/A's...LOVE IT!!! Makes me want to buy one!

Being the cheap bugger that I am, I was wondering if its possible to have an auto graphics guy (or gal) put a wrap on the windscreen. Someone else on here was wrapping the GS/A side tank covers in different colors...it was a vinyl heat shrink wrap of some sort.

There are quite a few angles and contours to the windscreen so maybe it couldn't be done. Just got me thinking though...it sure would be cheaper than a $280 windscreen....

I have wrapped quite a few things with 3M 1080 vinyl. It is very addictive. Once you get the hang of it, you will want to wrap everything. (I almost had a carbon fiber wrapped Eames LCW...)

You might be able to window tint the inside of the windscreen. I would ask a tint installer.

There is another option. People have used a product to tint their rear taillights on some of the car forums. Here is a link to one such thread on NASIOC. You might be able to find a clear dark smoke spray paint online or at a craft shop like Michael's. I found this online after a quick search.

JG

Hikertrash · 11-16-2012, 11:57 AM

It's been done before.

BigDave75 · 11-16-2012, 01:00 PM

^^ Looks good! ^^

live2ridetahoe · 11-16-2012, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hikertrash

It's been done before.

I'm sure it has been. I think the guy above was talking about adding tint to the wind screen so he could avoid buying a tinted one.

Nice plug for Rawhide btw.

JG

Hikertrash · 11-16-2012, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by live2ridetahoe

I'm sure it has been. I think the guy above was talking about adding tint to the wind screen so he could avoid buying a tinted one.

Nice plug for Rawhide btw.

JG

Quote:

Being the cheap bugger that I am, I was wondering if its possible to have an auto graphics guy (or gal) put a wrap on the windscreen. Someone else on here was wrapping the GS/A side tank covers in different colors...it was a vinyl heat shrink wrap of some sort.

I guess I misunderstood him.

live2ridetahoe · 11-16-2012, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oalvarez

Tuono, given what i've seen done at my local auto/motorcycle film protection store, most anything can be wrapped. Whether or not it looks good on a windscreen is another story. I'm speaking specifically of 3M type film and not generic "window tint" film. I'm not sure if the typical window tint film can be applied or not with success due to the materials involved. Ask your local installer, he/she should most definitely know.

Take care,

Ah, I guess I misunderstood too...

JG

11-11-2012, 10:00 PM	#7801
oalvarez Resident Raggamuffin Joined: Dec 2007 Location: CA HWY 2 Oddometer: 1,704	^ great photos...love the backdrop __________________ 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.

11-12-2012, 10:24 AM	#7802
RichBMW Studly Adventurer Joined: Jul 2012 Location: UK Oddometer: 548	A couple taken from yesterday __________________ 2013 BMW R1200GS LC TE 2010 BMW HP2 MEGAMOTO

11-13-2012, 05:23 PM	#7803
sfarson On a Ride Joined: Mar 2002 Location: Rockies Oddometer: 2,128	Well Obie, Major and serious congratulations! From last week. Guanella Pass. Sawtooth Ridge in the background, with 14,065ft. Mt. Bierstadt accompanying. Low and late autumn sun and lack of snow help disguise the brisk temps here! Bike almost blends in... Six years with the bike, a real workhorse for the book, haven't had a single issue. Even the fuel strip, all the lights, are original... __________________ The Colorado Book

11-13-2012, 05:36 PM	#7804
oalvarez Resident Raggamuffin Joined: Dec 2007 Location: CA HWY 2 Oddometer: 1,704	^ love all of it.....so beautiful.....hope to ride those roads some day.....and thank you, Steve, you actually played a part in it. __________________ 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.

11-13-2012, 05:43 PM	#7805
sfarson On a Ride Joined: Mar 2002 Location: Rockies Oddometer: 2,128	I hope the bike is meeting, if not exceeding all your expectations. If personally wired a certain way, it is a peerless bike. Congrats again. __________________ The Colorado Book

11-15-2012, 07:51 AM	#7806
pippo n00b Joined: Nov 2012 Location: Balkan Oddometer: 3	my workhorse http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/...or/th_adad.jpg

11-15-2012, 01:50 PM	#7807
TuonoBiker Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2012 Location: So.Central PA Oddometer: 417	I always see quite a few full tinted windscreens on the GS/A's...LOVE IT!!! Makes me want to buy one! Being the cheap bugger that I am, I was wondering if its possible to have an auto graphics guy (or gal) put a wrap on the windscreen. Someone else on here was wrapping the GS/A side tank covers in different colors...it was a vinyl heat shrink wrap of some sort. There are quite a few angles and contours to the windscreen so maybe it couldn't be done. Just got me thinking though...it sure would be cheaper than a $280 windscreen.... __________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- '12 R1200GS Adventure '11 Harley Street Glide '07 Tuono Factory - gone but not forgotten

11-15-2012, 03:31 PM	#7808
oalvarez Resident Raggamuffin Joined: Dec 2007 Location: CA HWY 2 Oddometer: 1,704	Tuono, given what i've seen done at my local auto/motorcycle film protection store, most anything can be wrapped. Whether or not it looks good on a windscreen is another story. I'm speaking specifically of 3M type film and not generic "window tint" film. I'm not sure if the typical window tint film can be applied or not with success due to the materials involved. Ask your local installer, he/she should most definitely know. Take care, __________________ 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.

11-16-2012, 11:57 AM	#7811
Hikertrash Beastly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2011 Location: Arizona Oddometer: 1,102	It's been done before.

11-16-2012, 01:00 PM	#7812
BigDave75 Will Work for Food! Joined: Oct 2009 Location: God's Country Oddometer: 1,448	^^ Looks good! ^^ __________________ Rangers Lead the Way, Hooah!

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