My GSer

2000 BMW R1150GS

$4,600 or best offer, Located in Prosper, Texas, 75078 

61.xxx Miles, Clear title, registration up to date, mileage will vary as I ride it every week.

Upgrades/Swaps

• Motosport Paniers with custom brackets and locks, and Storm Custom Liners 
• New Gafler stainless steel brake lines
• Michelin Road Pilot 3 Trail (for BMW) tires installed 4K miles ago, 4K left 
• Custom Solo Seat 
• BMW OEM shocks with 7K miles recently swapped, have originals also. 
• PC Odyssey 680 battery 1.5 years old
• Crash bars 
• Speed bleeders on clutch, and brake lines  

Farkles or OEM standard

• (2) 12V Powerlet outlets, one switched on dash, one near starter is always hot for battery charger
• Hyper Lights on rear brake 
• Bar risers for it, not in picture, but included 
• PIAA Lights not in picture but will include, one mount needs to be welded back together to function 
• Throttle Meister 
•  Heated Hand grips 
• Hand guards, Bash plates 
• ABS brakes, user selectable 
• Side, center stand (in picture it is half way down to show you it is included) 
• Original toolkit from BMW 
• Original Owners and Tech manual, and Clymers available 

Maintenance/Condition

• All maintenance is up to date, 60K service performed on schedule. 
• Owners manual has BMW maintenance stamps in it from previous owner, I have records of what I have done to keep it up to date. 
• BMW OEM Fluids throughout Brake and Clutch fluids just renewed.

The Bad or usual for a GS
It has scratches along the right side from a tip over, nothing bad, pictures show wear, its a GS and was driven like one.

YOUTUBE Video of start up with lights tested:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18GoO7uH2_A

BIKE SOLD TODAY

Enough said

Centerstand

I reinstalled Ron's used centerstand, it has the tab in place, and is in decent condition, this will allow me to go get my original fixed and worked on.

From 1976 BMW R75/6

New Tool

Today I picked up the most useful tool for my two motorcycles, a Harbor Freight MC Lift.  My good friend Ron is moving and parted ways with this beauty at a very fair price.  I already installed my centerstand on the rat bike with ease.

From 1976 BMW R75/6

New Seat

Finally went for a ride on my Ezberg Solo seat, here is a rough picture of it covered up by my butt pad.

TACH Died

Took a 40 mile ride, the cricket I was hearing before was the tach needle, after lube, re-assembly, the tach needle was whining so bad I disconnected the cable form the tach .  I have to get this repaired at this point.  The needle was jumping all over the place, and the sound was nails on chalk.

Sticky Needle

I noticed that my tachometer needle is jumping around frantically.  I read online it can be sticky cable, or sticky gears.

I removed the speedo/tach, and bench tested the tach needle using a hand drill going in reverse.  I drill could only get it up to 3000 rpm's, but it was jumping around around.  The tach is a very simple worm gear mechanism.  Two white plastic worm gears drive the main needle.  I sprayed some silicone around both gears, then applied silicone grease to one of the white gears.  I but it back together, and then retested on the bench, it did operatre much better.




One thing to note, I was bench testing with a spare cable.  The tach cable on the bike is of unknown age and might have something to do with the issue.  When first bought the bike, the lower end of the tach cable where it plugs into the bike near the cam, was dirty with oil.  I did clean up that area, but never removed the cable.  If this still has problems after road test  I will replace with my spare cable and give it go.