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Only posers like knary ride GS's.

You'll need to remove the brake caliper. Two bolts and it's off. No need to mess with the ABS sensor (on my 1150, anyway).

This makes sense, as the body is not the part that tensions the chain, it only locates the tensioner in the engine. The innards are what we are interested in here; the flimsy tensioner spring that...

Cool. Post the pics here, if you don't mind. Lots of folks are curious about this.

You won't believe the difference. :thumb

Have a look at the advrider link earlier in the thread. Yes, they are interchangeable. No, they are not identical. If your idle slap is caused by a faulty LH tensioner the updated LH tensioner...

I have read that the "kit" part number has been difficult to find, and I'm not surprised you have been unable to obtain worthwhile information from a number of dealers, but then I have a pretty dim...

It's not an aftermarket item. BMW redesigned the tensioner. Call your dealer and ask for the updated left-side tensioner. When he expresses ignorance check back in here, by which time I will have...

It'll be back. New oil is always "quiet." The cam chain tensioners reside on a low-pressure, high-volume oil circuit and are therefore highly influenced by oil viscocity. Once the oil gets "tired"...

I made it out west for the first time . . .

Bear Tooth Pass, with buds
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Skalkaho Pass, Montana...

Please bitch. Loudly. That's the only way you'll get the tossers at BMW to pay any attention. Just be prepared when they still refuse to do the right thing.

That's because the one you rode was new. Give it a few miles and it'll be clattering away. :D

You say you tried both bikes: Does that mean you've ridden them? Because they are completely different animals. You say you want to do 500-mile days. Either will do that comfortably. You say you...

National Geographic Photography Field Guide is the same book I was going to recommend. It covers the fundamentals and will get you started in the right direction.

Ian, I captured the Iowa shot...

I was in Ouray only briefly, Friday evening. I was on my way home first-thing Sat. morning. I met a number of the west coast contingent but not you, obviously. Next time. :thumb

The camera is...

Wednesday:
We saddled up and continued south, down 95 and then 55 to McCall, a tourist trap resort town, from which we headed east into the hills. 50 miles of gravel (some of it pretty...

Neil and I continued on, only to be confronted with the sight of Steve coming from the opposite direction, telling us to turn around. Turns out there was a huge backup leaving the park. Why do...

So a few weeks ago I was at a friend's house where he and another friend were discussing their upcoming trip to Ouray, CO, to meet 150 or so of our mutual internet buds. At that point I didnÔÇÖt...

I ride the Toll Road every weekday. I used to keep my SmartTag behind the windscreen of my GS. But then I biffed in the WV woods and got a new windscreen. I haven't bothered to get new velcro...

Hey, we had one of those, a Leap Year Ride that is. :D

We had some questionable riding surfaces.
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Some...

Thanks for the compliments, fellas.

I'm not sure when they plan to open the new track but I'll be signing up for a trackday there as soon as I can. The layout looks to be relatively tight and...

Earlier this week I took a short afternoon ride out toward our local road course, Summit Point Raceway, to see if I could get a handle on the progress the owners are making with the new circuit they...

I rode about 14,000 miles each of my first two years as a rider, on a Kawasaki ZR-7. I bought the GS new in Feb. '03 and it now has over 25,000 miles on the odo. It would have been considerably...

Not to put too fine a point on it, but why on earth would you ask? ;)

Can anyone describe how I go about resetting the Motronic computer? I've been told I need to short the battery leads by removing the black/negative cable from the battery and touching it to the...