weschmann
Kawa Afterthought
Hello All,
I've owned a 2001 1200RS and an 2013 F700GS in the past years but moved to a Yamaha Tenere recently, but find I really miss the BMW brand motorcycle. I may have an opportunity to pick up a 1994 1100 GS at a reasonable cost which would get me back into the BMW family. My question is for that model year, are repair parts still available or are they getting to the age where I will start having issues with finding replacements? The bike is in excellent, and has been upgraded with a ceramic clutch, has ABS and heated grips, not really that many miles, (somewhere in the 50000 mile area, and is currently mechanically sound. I would be using this bike as a tour bike, single rider and am not a speed demon or canyon carver extraordinaire, but like to ride around 15000 miles a year, although that will probably decrease somewhat as I have purchased a MC trailer to accommodate my inability to suffer through the hot areas like the Flint hills of Kansas stretches that I have ridden many times, so plan on doing so in my air conditioned Jeep and ride on the other side of the long hot stretches. Everything I read on this particular model is it was one of the favorite bikes of all time and almost more sought after than the 1150 which came out later. The hP of the bike is more than enough for my riding style so with the exception of the age of the bike for finding repair parts, is there anything I should take into consideration? I will probably sell my 2015 Tenere, as I only like to pay for insurance for one bike at a time, so would this be an acceptable change or am I starting to lose it in my older age? The Tenere is a great bike, and I did my first iron butt with her last summer, but with farkles, she tops out just a tad over 600 lbs and would love to get something a little lighter. I think the 1100 tops out around 545, so a 55 lb weight savings.
Any advice would be appreciated......
I've owned a 2001 1200RS and an 2013 F700GS in the past years but moved to a Yamaha Tenere recently, but find I really miss the BMW brand motorcycle. I may have an opportunity to pick up a 1994 1100 GS at a reasonable cost which would get me back into the BMW family. My question is for that model year, are repair parts still available or are they getting to the age where I will start having issues with finding replacements? The bike is in excellent, and has been upgraded with a ceramic clutch, has ABS and heated grips, not really that many miles, (somewhere in the 50000 mile area, and is currently mechanically sound. I would be using this bike as a tour bike, single rider and am not a speed demon or canyon carver extraordinaire, but like to ride around 15000 miles a year, although that will probably decrease somewhat as I have purchased a MC trailer to accommodate my inability to suffer through the hot areas like the Flint hills of Kansas stretches that I have ridden many times, so plan on doing so in my air conditioned Jeep and ride on the other side of the long hot stretches. Everything I read on this particular model is it was one of the favorite bikes of all time and almost more sought after than the 1150 which came out later. The hP of the bike is more than enough for my riding style so with the exception of the age of the bike for finding repair parts, is there anything I should take into consideration? I will probably sell my 2015 Tenere, as I only like to pay for insurance for one bike at a time, so would this be an acceptable change or am I starting to lose it in my older age? The Tenere is a great bike, and I did my first iron butt with her last summer, but with farkles, she tops out just a tad over 600 lbs and would love to get something a little lighter. I think the 1100 tops out around 545, so a 55 lb weight savings.
Any advice would be appreciated......