brownie0486
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The 2012 GS ran great, the Heidenau's made the round trip without needing tires, the chosen clothes/gear performed admirably in lots of inclement weather.
BUT, the word from my mechanic is that the rear rotor is warped [ I had him check it because on the way home I feel it pulsing at low speeds coming to lights etc. He thinks I either got something up into the works and it overheated the rotor, or it happened when I had to panic break in Calgary when I got cut off on the highway in rush hour traffic at 45mph where the abs kicked in---or a combination of both.
Bikes in for service, new brake parts, all fluids changed again, new tires already on it two days after I got back. She'll be ready to rock and roll on the fire roads, trails and surface roads again end of next week. Total cost of the service back to fully operational and ret to go 660.00.
I've washed it 5 times and it'll never be a starbucks bike ever again. Not that it ever saw one before I left, but it ain't no getting it back to showroom condition either. I've used shout, clr, soap and water, high pressure hose, garden hose, and it's still got signs of the haul road and crap from running days in the rain in all the nooks and crannies of a GS.
For me, the sweetest part of all the above is the varios have stickers from Yukon territory, BC, Mile 0 Dawson Creek, and making the arctic circle with the bike. Worth the 8K miles in 19 days up and back even with all the costs associated with the trip and getting it back to running new again. .
BUT, the word from my mechanic is that the rear rotor is warped [ I had him check it because on the way home I feel it pulsing at low speeds coming to lights etc. He thinks I either got something up into the works and it overheated the rotor, or it happened when I had to panic break in Calgary when I got cut off on the highway in rush hour traffic at 45mph where the abs kicked in---or a combination of both.
Bikes in for service, new brake parts, all fluids changed again, new tires already on it two days after I got back. She'll be ready to rock and roll on the fire roads, trails and surface roads again end of next week. Total cost of the service back to fully operational and ret to go 660.00.
I've washed it 5 times and it'll never be a starbucks bike ever again. Not that it ever saw one before I left, but it ain't no getting it back to showroom condition either. I've used shout, clr, soap and water, high pressure hose, garden hose, and it's still got signs of the haul road and crap from running days in the rain in all the nooks and crannies of a GS.
For me, the sweetest part of all the above is the varios have stickers from Yukon territory, BC, Mile 0 Dawson Creek, and making the arctic circle with the bike. Worth the 8K miles in 19 days up and back even with all the costs associated with the trip and getting it back to running new again. .