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What have you done to your BMW today?

Postby JimVonBaden » Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:10 pm

Pulled off the Maier hand guards(for sale) and installed these from Ebay. Cheaper and much nicer.

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Hand-Gua ... 0033.m2042

Ignore the color oddness. IRL they look the same dark black of the add-on parts.

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Re: What have you done to your BMW today?

Postby RocketMan » Thu Jan 25, 2018 6:20 am

Not a damn thing, but then doing something to it would require having one I suppose ! :D
But I did stay at a holiday inn once.
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Re: What have you done to your BMW today?

Postby mlytle » Thu Jan 25, 2018 9:01 pm

stripped it....awaiting new wilburs to arrive...
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Re: What have you done to your BMW today?

Postby Gale » Mon Jan 29, 2018 8:06 am

Today I sat for the first time on my new upholstered seat by Hornig. Great job and service https://www.motorcycleparts-hornig.com/ ... 0form.html
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Re: What have you done to your BMW today?

Postby JimVonBaden » Mon Jan 29, 2018 8:57 am

Gale wrote:Today I sat for the first time on my new upholstered seat by Hornig. Great job and service https://www.motorcycleparts-hornig.com/ ... 0form.html

How long did it take them to reupholster it?

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Re: What have you done to your BMW today?

Postby JimVonBaden » Sat Mar 24, 2018 6:00 pm

Helped a friend change his clutch, slave, clutch hose and clean/adjust his pivot bearings on his 04 R1150GS. Not bad, took 7 hours. His clutch disc was fried, and the pressure plate was definitely overheated at some point.

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Only hiccough was the bleeder screw for the slave was stripped, so we split the bleeder and force bled it.
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Re: What have you done to your BMW today?

Postby JimVonBaden » Fri May 11, 2018 7:08 pm

Washed my bike for the first time in 6 months. I discovered a few things. Engine degreaser is great for freshening the engine of built up junk. It is NOT good on raw plastics, and particularly not good on Plastidip. It strips it partly, turning it into goo. So, I had to partly disassemble the bike to get the plastidip off. Goo Gone is great for the residue.

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It kind of works with the mismatched panniers. I will leave it like that until I repaint the panniers, and the side panels metalic black.

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Re: What have you done to your BMW today?

Postby JimVonBaden » Sat May 12, 2018 6:08 pm

Helped a new friend, and Iron Butt rider set up his aux fuel tank on his RT. I neglected to take a photo of the 3/4" hole I drilled in his tank, but it was pretty cool. I also installed a Billy LED notification light, and a second GPS mount and wired it all in. All in all 6 hours of work on a high 80° day. Oh yeah, his low beam popped as he was about to go, so 1.5 hours of fighting the damn clips and a spare bulb I had and he was on his way.

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Re: What have you done to your BMW today?

Postby thanatos1224 » Sun May 13, 2018 10:47 am

K, so I gotta ask, how many miles can the bike to now?
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Re: What have you done to your BMW today?

Postby mlytle » Sun May 13, 2018 11:09 am

interesting tank setup. is that designed for MC's an adaption from another application?
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Re: What have you done to your BMW today?

Postby JimVonBaden » Sun May 13, 2018 12:17 pm

thanatos1224 wrote:K, so I gotta ask, how many miles can the bike to now?

Just over 11 gallons, the max for IBA rules, and about 400-450 with some reserve.

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Re: What have you done to your BMW today?

Postby JimVonBaden » Sun May 13, 2018 12:18 pm

mlytle wrote:interesting tank setup. is that designed for MC's an adaption from another application?

The tank is somewhat generic, but the mount system is specific to the Wethead RT.

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Re: What have you done to your BMW today?

Postby R4R&R » Sun May 13, 2018 7:29 pm

JimVonBaden wrote:Helped a friend change his clutch, slave, clutch hose and clean/adjust his pivot bearings on his 04 R1150GS. Not bad, took 7 hours. His clutch disc was fried, and the pressure plate was definitely overheated at some point.

I'm curious how many miles that clutch had on it?
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Re: What have you done to your BMW today?

Postby JimVonBaden » Sun May 13, 2018 10:55 pm

R4R&R wrote:
JimVonBaden wrote:Helped a friend change his clutch, slave, clutch hose and clean/adjust his pivot bearings on his 04 R1150GS. Not bad, took 7 hours. His clutch disc was fried, and the pressure plate was definitely overheated at some point.

I'm curious how many miles that clutch had on it?

Something like 50K miles. It was very obviously abused at some point.

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Re: What have you done to your BMW today?

Postby Gale » Thu Feb 07, 2019 4:17 am

JimVonBaden wrote:
Gale wrote:Today I sat for the first time on my new upholstered seat by Hornig. Great job and service https://www.motorcycleparts-hornig.com/ ... 0form.html

How long did it take them to reupholster it?


The change took about 2 weeks
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