and the clutch slave cylinder replacing.Bigger, more comfortable bikes come in the form of the Yamaha FJR and Honda ST1100, maybe a faired Bandit. Earlier BMW R-series bikes can be had for under 4K, R1150GS ? Smaller bikes like the Kawasaki Versys and ER6-f

an insurance certificate for said BMW R80 I was told had been removed, but they also contained the following breakdown of the policy and what it was costing me... Yamaha XT600E £50BMW R1150GS £150BMW R80RT £52.15 For a grand total of £252

in Wales on the other hand have made some very tasty oilhead trikes in the past (don't have any pics handy) including a severly cool matt black R1150GS "offroader" (think Jeep wheels on the rear, rollcage, etc etc).... Do you have to have that odd smile

. Couple of hours on any bike and I am comfortable to ride it within "normal" road limits. Only bike I have had that I wasnt happy to push within a few more was the R1150GS. Just couldnt get used to it near the limit.Happy to report no such problem

with it but leave the chain slightly saggy...it'll give people something to haggle against and you'll get a sale - even £20 off will make the sale worth it to someone.By way of example, this is my 12000m R1150GS just before I sold it... 1991 GSXR-750M Slingshot

models are as follows:Piaggio Vespa ET4 125cc has 9% of the share of PTWs used for commuting!BMW R1150 GS has 4%. The "Long Way Round" factor?Honda Hornet 600 has 4%Suzuki Bandit 600N has 4%Suzuki SV650S has 3%Yamaha Fazer 600 has 3%I could go on

is far too sensible innit? Errrrmmm sensible isnt the word i'd use. I had a demo on a R1150gs Adventure and even though it had knobblies on, it was the most fun i'd had on a bike in ages. Bit of a bizarre shortlist that, the bikes don't exactly have a

...................except for that seat Did I mention the seat yet? I test rode an R1150GS Adventure Saturday, very nice it was too, not sure if it's £9k nice enough though. very niceim tempted to buy one later in the year ,hopefullyPS yes i will be keeping the blade [QUOTE

to buy a big dual sport bike . I am torn between an R1150GS and a Varadero anyone got any thoughts or experience of these. Tommo wroteanyone got any thoughts F@ck communting 130 miles a day.HTH Been thinking about something suitable for some distance

(R1150GS) No end can to get in the way so the rear caliper doesnt need to be removed. Cheers lads, never worked on a shaftie so I was wondering....:smoke: had to drop the rear shockers off the z1000 iirc, two bolts and slide them off, drop