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#1 | 2016 r1200rs upgrades datum

Sun Nov 24, 2024 2:02 pm

New shad top case, MaMo engine guards, Wunderlich tube bar, Gps relocated with Motomate bracket, new skins [ RS4's ] and an oil change. Quick run up the twisties to Saguaro lake to scrub the tires in and get a feel for the new bars.

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Sun Nov 24, 2024 3:08 pm

Nice. I'm slightly envious of your blue skies, what's the temperature up there now?

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Sun Nov 24, 2024 3:10 pm (Last edited: Sun Nov 24, 2024 3:11 pm)

Lows in the morning 40-44F, high yesterday was 73. Low 70's since last Wed. after a cold spell that saw highs of 50F

Forgot to add the Hornig mirror extenders to the list above.

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#4 | RE: 2016 r1200rs upgrades datum

Mon Nov 25, 2024 12:56 am

Lovely pictures! How on earth have you kept your exhaust header pipes so shiny?

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#5 | RE: 2016 r1200rs upgrades datum

Mon Nov 25, 2024 1:01 am

Zitat von tgs im Beitrag #4
Lovely pictures! How on earth have you kept your exhaust header pipes so shiny?

hour and hours of polishing in his garage

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#6 | RE: 2016 r1200rs upgrades datum

Mon Nov 25, 2024 4:03 am

Zitat von tgs im Beitrag #4
Lovely pictures! How on earth have you kept your exhaust header pipes so shiny?

They actually could use a little cleaning from the picture. I don't fuss on them much at all with the exception of trips with lots of rain days where the motor gets fugly all over.

Thanks for your thoughts on the motor. It runs like a champ

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#7 | RE: 2016 r1200rs upgrades datum

Mon Nov 25, 2024 3:50 pm

It looks like your upgrades went well. How do you like the Corbin seat? And that top case is large for sure. It would be nice to have one of those for long trips. I have the bmw case and it is a little small sometimes, just one helmet fits in it.
Did they have to put a new clutch line on it with the new bars? You know I just noticed that the bike has the intake on the top of the cylinder like the 1250s. I had thought that the 1200s had the intake on the back of the cylinder ....
Now we all want to be in Phoenix for several months .....

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#8 | RE: 2016 r1200rs upgrades datum

Mon Nov 25, 2024 4:50 pm

Zitat von paleolithictech im Beitrag #7
I had thought that the 1200s had the intake on the back of the cylinder ....

That was the pre liquid cooled R1200.

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#9 | RE: 2016 r1200rs upgrades datum

Mon Nov 25, 2024 6:14 pm (Last edited: Mon Nov 25, 2024 6:22 pm)

Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #5
Zitat von tgs im Beitrag #4
Lovely pictures! How on earth have you kept your exhaust header pipes so shiny?

hour and hours of polishing in his garage

More like they don't sit in the weather 24/7 365 and we have a lot less humidity here year round in the Sonoran desert than England.

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#10 | RE: 2016 r1200rs upgrades datum

Mon Nov 25, 2024 8:06 pm

Zitat von paleolithictech im Beitrag #7
It looks like your upgrades went well. How do you like the Corbin seat? And that top case is large for sure. It would be nice to have one of those for long trips. I have the bmw case and it is a little small sometimes, just one helmet fits in it.
Did they have to put a new clutch line on it with the new bars? You know I just noticed that the bike has the intake on the top of the cylinder like the 1250s. I had thought that the 1200s had the intake on the back of the cylinder ....
Now we all want to be in Phoenix for several months .....

I like the corbin. With the sheepskin on it I was good for 500 miles a day. I think with the new bars, likely more than that now. Yes, the shad 50L is near identical in volume to my 11RT's top case of 55L. My daily kits includes 15#' in each pannier and 8#'s in the top case. The W bar conversion didn't need the extenders for clutch or brake line. The mechanic was planning on having to use them, and didn't [ I suspect he rerouted one of both to not have to use the extenders.

I moved to the desert when I retired as I just do not like the cold weather on my older bones [ plays havoc with the arthritis ].

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