I posted asking questions about this earlier but I thought I would post project updates in a new thread, in case anyone is interested. I'm definitely interested in hearing feedback / suggestions as I'm new to the scene here, so please feel free to chime in. My starting point is a stock 1999 R1100R I picked up last summer. The goal is to add some off road chops and at the same time do any upgrades to make it run better / more reliable or fix any known trouble spots, regarding which I've already picked up a lot of useful info here.
Here are a couple of photos of the bike in stock form, taken a couple weeks ago:
Planning on swapping over the following items I've ordered from the 1100GS:
Front end and front/rear suspension (forks & brackets, handle bars, shocks)
19" front wheel, GS front fender
Center stand and side stand
Lower skid plates
Single oil cooler / lines
Foot pegs/brackets
As far as repairs/upgrades, I have the hall effect sensor sent out for repair/rewiring, I ordered the left cam chain tensioner kit, Galfer stainless brake lines (GS kit), I have an injector upgrade kit with matched 12 series injectors ordered from tills.de, a Nightrider AF-XIED controller which is going to replace the Techlusion unit that's on it now. And I need to repair a bunch of shredded wire insulation.
A couple of current photos:
I got the rear suspension done - so far have been unable to find the GS paralever link, so I ordered a spare stock one and shortened it by 20mm (re-drilled, cut off and plated the rear dog-bone end) as can be seen in the photo. I still would like to find the proper part (p/n 33172314179 - if anyone knows where I can find one, let me know), just not sure of the forces involved when the suspension compresses and since the plates (.120) I welded on are stiffer than the original member I'm concerned about the potential to crack forward of the plate. But should be fine for testing out the suspension geometry - I'm actually surprised how much it raises the rear end.
I found that the rear brake line (hard line) is too short to allow mounting the rear master cylinder to the new foot peg bracket, so I have some new PVF coated line on order to make a new line. I'm going to have to make some brackets to hang the oil cooler from the front cover, and I would like to try to adapt the R instrument cluster to fit the new front end setup, but I won't have that for a couple weeks (coming via eBay from a salvage place in Germany). I need to figure out where to mount the adjuster for the rear shock. Also making a new luggage shelf that mounts to the rear subframe where the rear seat would go using the existing mounting holes.
Thanks to everyone who made suggestions and as I said any feedback or suggestions are appreciated!
Here are a couple of photos of the bike in stock form, taken a couple weeks ago:
Planning on swapping over the following items I've ordered from the 1100GS:
Front end and front/rear suspension (forks & brackets, handle bars, shocks)
19" front wheel, GS front fender
Center stand and side stand
Lower skid plates
Single oil cooler / lines
Foot pegs/brackets
As far as repairs/upgrades, I have the hall effect sensor sent out for repair/rewiring, I ordered the left cam chain tensioner kit, Galfer stainless brake lines (GS kit), I have an injector upgrade kit with matched 12 series injectors ordered from tills.de, a Nightrider AF-XIED controller which is going to replace the Techlusion unit that's on it now. And I need to repair a bunch of shredded wire insulation.
A couple of current photos:
I got the rear suspension done - so far have been unable to find the GS paralever link, so I ordered a spare stock one and shortened it by 20mm (re-drilled, cut off and plated the rear dog-bone end) as can be seen in the photo. I still would like to find the proper part (p/n 33172314179 - if anyone knows where I can find one, let me know), just not sure of the forces involved when the suspension compresses and since the plates (.120) I welded on are stiffer than the original member I'm concerned about the potential to crack forward of the plate. But should be fine for testing out the suspension geometry - I'm actually surprised how much it raises the rear end.
I found that the rear brake line (hard line) is too short to allow mounting the rear master cylinder to the new foot peg bracket, so I have some new PVF coated line on order to make a new line. I'm going to have to make some brackets to hang the oil cooler from the front cover, and I would like to try to adapt the R instrument cluster to fit the new front end setup, but I won't have that for a couple weeks (coming via eBay from a salvage place in Germany). I need to figure out where to mount the adjuster for the rear shock. Also making a new luggage shelf that mounts to the rear subframe where the rear seat would go using the existing mounting holes.
Thanks to everyone who made suggestions and as I said any feedback or suggestions are appreciated!