What have you done to your GS or GS Adventure today? - Page 48

Britome · 03-03-2013, 04:36 PM

Tired of my fingers getting cold in cold weather. My rubber extenders/quasi-hippo hands should help. Jus used some old rubber and a trip to ace hardware for Allen head screws, washers and nuts.

macadamia · 03-03-2013, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Britome

Tired of my fingers getting cold in cold weather. My rubber extenders/quasi-hippo hands should help. Jus used some old rubber and a trip to ace hardware for Allen head screws, washers and nuts.

great idea! Are your upper guards the extended BMW ones?

I have a set of elephant ears from Cee Bailey but they vibrate so much in the wind they are too annoying to use on the road. I'm probably not installing them correctly, but they did not come with directions and it is not intuitive from the photos how they installed them. I have yet to MacGyver a solution for the vibration...

Britome · 03-03-2013, 05:28 PM

Yes, the top guards are the BMW extenders. They work great.

macadamia · 03-03-2013, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Britome

Yes, the top guards are the BMW extenders. They work great.

I definitely need to order a set of those... Thanks for the info!

Tex76 · 03-04-2013, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Britome

Yes, the top guards are the BMW extenders. They work great.

Does anyone know if they make these guard exstenders for an '07 GSA? Everything I see says '08-'12 but my hands is cold!!!

Dr. Greg · 03-04-2013, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by MotoBoss

Man I miss Hemet...................

Hmm, I was born in Hemet in 1947, haven't lived there since 1970. From what I hear the place has turned into a dump...true? I always enjoyed it.

--Doc

BFG · 03-04-2013, 02:53 PM

Vinyl wrapped a scratched and scruffy top box. Going to re do it bit more patience and proper clean next time to avoid some of the bubbles. But still not bad and much better than it was..

RocKrawler · 03-04-2013, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Greg

Hmm, I was born in Hemet in 1947, haven't lived there since 1970. From what I hear the place has turned into a dump...true? I always enjoyed it.

--Doc

If dirt doesn't give you a boner, you aren't gonna like it much

rgb2cmyk · 03-05-2013, 05:52 AM

"BMW Wien"! That's where I first fell in love with bikes.

Also nice job on the vinyl it looks good.

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Originally Posted by BFG

Vinyl wrapped a scratched and scruffy top box. Going to re do it bit more patience and proper clean next time to avoid some of the bubbles. But still not bad and much better than it was..

MotoBoss · 03-05-2013, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Greg

Hmm, I was born in Hemet in 1947, haven't lived there since 1970. From what I hear the place has turned into a dump...true? I always enjoyed it.

--Doc

The Wife and I lived there in the early-mid '80's and it was great. Still a small town with awesome weather but could go to the San Jacinto mountains within 30 minuets and ski...............I loved it being near "the middle of nowhere'. I here now it is grown damn near to Riverside!

Monsignore · 03-05-2013, 05:51 PM

Patched my Nelson-Rigg cover.

Angled down my PIAA 004x lights by about 2 degrees.

Weighed my top & side cases in preparation for purchasing new shocks.

rollinalong · 03-05-2013, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by MotoBoss

The Wife and I lived there in the early-mid '80's and it was great. Still a small town with awesome weather but could go to the San Jacinto mountains within 30 minuets and ski...............I loved it being near "the middle of nowhere'. I here now it is grown damn near to Riverside!

I've lived in Hemet most of my life and it really has turned into mostly a dump. But being so close to the San Jac mountains is nice!

Spalato · 03-06-2013, 01:17 AM

changed this

for this

so it looks like this

and mounted new carrier plate for topbox

so it looks like this

Boondox · 03-06-2013, 01:12 PM

Failed at installing a Migsel lightbar today.

I really like the lines of the Migsel and the way it tucks the lights up tight to the beak, so bit the bullet and ordered one from Belgium a couple of months ago. They were out of stock on the mounting brackets so I was on backorder for a month. They finally shipped and 18 days later it arrived.

So today I came home from work early, parked in the snowy driveway and heaved six buckets of warm water on the bike to rinse off the roadsalt, then pulled into the shop and removed the tank and beak. Got the left side bracket installed, then reached for the other one...which was also a left side bracket!

Crap! Migsel isn't the most communicative vendor, so my email will probably be answered next week, another backorder, another lengthy transit delay. Crap!

Codewheeney · 03-06-2013, 01:45 PM

Installed my centech fuse block and power for the GPS:

03-04-2013, 02:53 PM	#712
BFG Adventurer Joined: Mar 2006 Location: Manchester UK Oddometer: 33	Vinyl wrapped a scratched and scruffy top box. Going to re do it bit more patience and proper clean next time to avoid some of the bubbles. But still not bad and much better than it was.. __________________ Money isn't everything. But it keeps the kids intouch

03-05-2013, 05:51 PM	#716
Monsignore Plunger Boy Joined: Nov 2007 Location: Astoria, Queens Oddometer: 649	Patched my Nelson-Rigg cover. Angled down my PIAA 004x lights by about 2 degrees. Weighed my top & side cases in preparation for purchasing new shocks. __________________ Adversity + Time = Adventure To be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid.

03-06-2013, 01:12 PM	#719
Boondox Travels With Barley Joined: Aug 2007 Location: North Central Vermont Oddometer: 2,441	Failed at installing a Migsel lightbar today. I really like the lines of the Migsel and the way it tucks the lights up tight to the beak, so bit the bullet and ordered one from Belgium a couple of months ago. They were out of stock on the mounting brackets so I was on backorder for a month. They finally shipped and 18 days later it arrived. So today I came home from work early, parked in the snowy driveway and heaved six buckets of warm water on the bike to rinse off the roadsalt, then pulled into the shop and removed the tank and beak. Got the left side bracket installed, then reached for the other one...which was also a left side bracket! Crap! Migsel isn't the most communicative vendor, so my email will probably be answered next week, another backorder, another lengthy transit delay. *Crap!* __________________ I got a sidecar to travel with my dog. He never complains, is delighted to be with me, approves of my dietary choices, is a social butterfly who helps me meet folks, appreciates a good beer, snuggles better than my wife, and hangs on my every word as if it's the most profound thing he's ever heard. TravelsWithBarley.com

03-06-2013, 01:45 PM	#720
Codewheeney Hoopy Frood Joined: May 2003 Location: Morgan Hill, CA Oddometer: 2,333	Installed my centech fuse block and power for the GPS: __________________ Jim Morgan Hill, CA - 2013 R1200GS (Cam head), 2004 R1150GS. Plays in traffic.

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03-03-2013, 04:36 PM	#706
Britome Get Free Joined: Nov 2009 Location: Cincinnati, OH Oddometer: 733	Tired of my fingers getting cold in cold weather. My rubber extenders/quasi-hippo hands should help. Jus used some old rubber and a trip to ace hardware for Allen head screws, washers and nuts.

03-03-2013, 05:28 PM	#708
Britome Get Free Joined: Nov 2009 Location: Cincinnati, OH Oddometer: 733	Yes, the top guards are the BMW extenders. They work great.

03-06-2013, 01:17 AM	#718
Spalato Adventurer Joined: May 2010 Location: Split, Croatia Oddometer: 29	changed this for this so it looks like this and mounted new carrier plate for topbox so it looks like this