All entries for Sunday 16 May 2010

Nuthatch

Nuthatches are regular visitors to our garden. They have become unusually tame.

Robert O'Toole : 16 May 2010 15:54 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

BMW R100GS refurbishment almost finished

Follow-up to BMW R100GS pistons and heads cleaned from Transversality - Robert O'Toole

My bike came back from Nu-Age racing in superb condition. I've started to add the final parts. The mudguards have been painted blue (Glossy Car Coats of Kenilworth) and the tank has been painted in BMW arctic white. I'm going to leave the side panels off. All bolts are now stainless steel. I've also fitted stainless down pipes and a silencer. It's in better condition that it was when I bought it nine years ago. I think it's the bike that BMW should have built.

I've removed the headlight fairing, replaced with just a simple and lightweight twin headlight set and an Acewell digital speedo bolted to the handlebars.

The last job is to fit the electrics. Getting the loom and a new set of coils in place was easy. However, the front section of the loom is far too long without the fairing, and so I must wrap it back on itself. It's now almost complete.

Robert O'Toole : 16 May 2010 15:48 |  Tags: Bmw Gs |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem