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Agreed. How about starting one? :rolleyes

Ian

The Odyssey. The width is important to me. Well not so important that I didn't choose the 10" wide ones.



How about Sporkface....? :ha

BUTT... the front fender is not a head! :p

I put a u-bolt style Ram ball on mine for my Garmin Montana GPS mount. I plug it into the power accessory socket on the dash.

Gonna get a set of Jesse...

I got a set of saddlebags when I received the bike, but BMW really had to jump through hoops to get it.

That was two weeks ago. They should be available real soon, though.

Ian

I don't mount my Mountain Sun panniers overly tight. The front strap goes behind the coolant hoses and under the Telever. The rear are looped loosely on the frame, behind the rear frame...

Enjoy!

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Kudos to fellow GS Giants Stephen Gregory and Jim Bean. :thumb
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I've got three sets of wheels for mine.... but no SuMo! :ha

If you remember what your ride was like on his bike, then you'll have a sense of what the wethead is like, especially in the Dynamic...

Rinty - it's not so much the smoothness as it is the increased power and its characteristics. It is smoother, overall, though.

The motor revs much more quickly, and there's power everywhere, in...

Hey... very nice. :thumb

And the wobble type will probably be a big help in getting the bolt that holds both the front of the tank to the frame and the center tank panel. It's a very tight fit in...

Hooray... BMW has finally figured out that consistently-sized fasteners of the same type (e.g. torx vs allen) make life much easier when doing simple maintenance.

Interestingly, on the R12GSW,...

Here's one... more are in process....

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This is filling up quickly, as expected.

Only a few more spots left...

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Posting this for my friend, Jeanae Washington... this event is part of the Adventure RAid. Please respond quickly, this fills up very fast.

Calling all women GS riders going to the BMW RA Rally
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One bummer with the new bike is that most saddlebags/boxes designed for older models will not transfer to the new, as the exhaust pipe is now on the right side.

The bike I've got has the stock...

I just got the manual from the press people... I did find what was clearly a jumper under the seat, and I'll bet the manual shows you where to connect it. Gotta run now, working with some Asheville...

It would be interesting to try side-by-side. I don't know if it's the throttle-by-wire or me. Most likely me. :ha

The tap is certainly not like the whisper you do on the brakes in a car...

What I was experiencing was tapping not quite hard enough... again a little harder... again a little harder and...

I discovered this somewhere in Louisiana, but it only works about 2 times out of 5 for me, ... so, this no doubt takes some practice.

Comments here are for sand, haven't gotten a chance to test in mud yet, but with the tires on this bike, I can assure you it will be mud-challenged. Watch this space for a test of the new Metzeler...

Not being overly familiar with other BMW cruise control (I did have one on my 04 K12RS), cruise control adds a great deal to the GS's pavement pounding capabilities.

The throttle lock on my 1150...

Great video by Jimmy Lewis.

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This brings up two other thoughts from my...

It needs the wider pegs, too. This was one of the reasons I was riding with the balls of my feet... After a while, the pegs start hurting your arches. And definitely annoying during long periods of...

Guess I should say that I didn't get a manual with the bike? :blush

I'll have to try this, even if it's even harder to reach the ground for me.

And while I am thinking of it, this bike seems to...

Hey Patrick - this thing is even more wired to your central nervous system, especially during multiple direction changes, such as tight twisties and/or flicking the bike from side to side. It...