Aug 10, 2010

James Pratt added the following comments. We are using BMW rear gear oil in the differential, I believe it is 70/140 or so. We are using NAPA anti-seize compound on the rear drive splines. Some people say to use moly-based grease in the drive splines, but our very skilled local BMW mechanic recommended this thicker anti-seize compound. He said the moly grease...

Jul 27, 2010

After being taken down for a little planned maintenance, the site ended up being modified a little more than intended. So much so that we are back with a new site. We now have real geo-coding, real maps, real photos, real mobile updates and a real lot of stuff to tidy up! Ignore the formatting that has been left over from the last site… we are going to be...

This morning when heading off to work I noticed the brake warning light kept flashing and the ABS assist servos wouldn’t come on when I applied the brakes, leaving me with just the residual braking function (BMWs words, not mine). Normally when switching on a BMW R1200GS the Brake failure light with flash quickly (4 times per second) for a few moments and...

Feb 12, 2010

Having given away my old luggage when I sold my Bandit 600 to Shane, I thought it was about time I got a new tank bag for my new BMW R1200GS. The first bag I got was a Cargo Endurance Tank Bag. Whilst it gets great review, what I didn’t realise was that my R1200GS has plastic and aluminium panels covering the tank and therefore the Cargo bag...

Feb 10, 2010

This is massively late, I had plans to write a great long post to go with it and I forgot. So let me get down to business and let you know what we managed to drink whilst we were staying at the Abercrave Inn in Wales… last year! We drank; 3 pints of Directors 6 pints of Rev James 18 pints of Brains SA 4 pints of Guinness 8 pints of Pepsi 2 pints of...