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600 Miles -- Standard BMW service at Adventure BMW. Also added the rack and system cases you see in some of the photos. 2500 miles -- Added a National Cycle Deflector Screen for my trip to Canada. I also added the wiring for my Widder electric vest, since the Roadster doesn't come stock with the accessory outlet. 4,600 miles -- New tires in preparation for my CLASS track days. I put on Dunlop 205s, and man do they stick! Better handling than the Bridgestone Battalax BT56 that came stock on the bike. I saved the old tires as they still have quite a few miles left, but I really like these Dunlops. They don't dive into the corners at slow speed like the Bridgestones did. Good stuff. 5,893 miles -- 6,000 mile service. They did whatever they do and the bike is running great! 8,800 miles -- Added a set of Hyper-Lites, the brake-light flashers (www.hyperlites.com). These should get me noticed more when stopping, particularly at night. I bought the set from Adventure BMW and it was a bit cheaper than ordering directly from Hyper-Lites. The folks at Hyper recommended the set for the BMW GS. However, the guys at the shop suggested the R1200C set, since it uses spade connectors. The install was pretty easy, about a 1/2 hour all together. I used a mounting bracket that sits behind the license plate and ran the wires up under the brake light. I did have to modify the connectors a little, as the male and female pieces both had protective sleeves. I cut the sleeves off of the Hyper-lites portion, since those were a bit less expensive :-). I covered all the connections with electrical tape and gathered the wires behind the brake light cover. It took a little creative maneuvering since I have the tail rack on the bike, but I got them all under there. So far I'm very impressed. You can see a short QuickTime video of the lights at work, here. 10,300 miles -- Added a set of PIAA 1100x driving lights, mounted under the oil coolers on either side of the gas tank. They look good there and shine a heck of a lot of light out front. Perfect for night time riding and day time visibility. I let the good folks at Adventure BMW put them on for me. Here are some photos:
10,600 Miles -- Added some GS handguards to help cut down the cold on my fingers during winter rides and my morning commute. The handguards are designed to fit a bit better than the photos show. I actually have them tilted a bit downward because of the location of my windscreen mounts. I could have re-done everything, but I think I'll try it like this for a while and see how they work. I plan to take them off again as soon as it gets warm. Here are the photos:
I've also been fussing around with my wind
screen. It's a National Cycle Deflector Screen DX and a few weeks ago
I mounted it a bit farther forward to get the mounting arms away from the
instrument cluster.
12,000 Miles -- !2K service and annual service two months early. 12,300 Miles -- Added BMW Touring Screen, the accessory socket with a "Y" connector (that allows two sockets to be plugged it), a RAM GPS handlebar mount and I hard-wired my GPS power supply to the extra connector on the accessory socket "Y".
14,000 Miles -- Replaced the worn Dunlop D205 tires with the original Bridgestone BT56s. They have about 4,600 miles on them and should be good for 3-4,000 more before it's time for new shoes. 14,800 Miles -- Took off the GS hand guards for the summer months. 19,079 Miles -- 18k service, new brake pads (OEM, thank you very much) and new Dunlop D205 tires, which feel much nicer than the Bridgestones. I won't be going back. 24,500 Miles -- 24k service. 26,200 Miles -- New front tire, Dunlop D205 after discovering some cracks in the tread wells of the old one. 30,000 Miles -- 30k service and new rear tire (Dunlop D205). |
