After-market screen upgrade for 2013 F700?

Hi all,

my wife has a 2013 F700 GS and we would like to make some sort of change in the screen (or just add something) to bring some better readout capability to the bike, perhaps something closer to the 6.5" screen that my 2019 R1250 GSA has . . .

of course, the screen is just the readout for a bunch of sensors and a processor, so without the primary monitoring systems, there's no screen to add anyway, but does anyone know of any aftermarket screen additions that one could consider?

something that would replace the stock F700 clock and partial LCD thing?

part of what my wife wants to gain is the BT linkability too . . .

or maybe best to just sell the 2013 F700 and buy something more recent? maybe that's best?

cheers, interested in people's experiences, and thoughts,

Peter

I have the feeling the only option is buy a newer bike with a TFT screen like your GSA has.

I recently purchased a 2013 F700GS. I really love the analog tach and speedo, supplemented by multi-function display.

My previous bike (a 2016) had a speedometer, odometer, trip meter, a single green neutral light, a single blue light to indicate high beams, and a single orange turn signal indicator light. That’s it.

Coming from the previous bike, the F700GS though older seems futuristic. It has far more info available on the display than I will ever need/use. I pretty much leave it with trip meter, air temp, coolant temp, fuel level, and time of day on the MFD. It can display lots of other info too, such as tire pressure, tank mpg, overall mpg, distance since reserve light, riding mode, etc etc.

However, my bike has the “on board computer” option. Every F700GS I looked at had this option, but it’s still an option so perhaps your wife’s bike doesn’t have this feature?

What functionality is she specifically trying to achieve? BT??

Hi Lee,

yes, I'm wondering that myself, might just be too much to alter.

HI vark,

yes, it is very attractive I think, I've always liked analogue clocks (as my Brit Dad would have said) but she is wanting the facility of direct readouts of tire pressure, at least some of the typical trip data (fuel econ., dist to empty, etc.) but then you have to have the sensors and management circuitry too, so that's a major change, (I'm used to my GSA boxer of 2019, the 6.5" TFT is nice for sure, but very modern neutral sort of psychology)

referring to the "on-board computer" option, maybe we need to look into that, I can't comment on what the bike's got there,

think she'd value an 800 engine too, so . . . perhaps a more recent used model would be the best change overall

cheers!

pmariana said:

HI vark,

yes, it is very attractive I think, I've always liked analogue clocks (as my Brit Dad would have said) but she is wanting the facility of direct readouts of tire pressure, at least some of the typical trip data (fuel econ., dist to empty, etc.) but then you have to have the sensors and management circuitry too, so that's a major change, (I'm used to my GSA boxer of 2019, the 6.5" TFT is nice for sure, but very modern neutral sort of psychology)

referring to the "on-board computer" option, maybe we need to look into that, I can't comment on what the bike's got there,

think she'd value an 800 engine too, so . . . perhaps a more recent used model would be the best change overall

cheers!

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Hi Peter,

If she has the computer option, she can display the tire pressure and various trip data on the screen. If hers is a very rare F700GS without the computer option, I’m not sure if there is a path to upgrade it.

As for the 800cc engine - - fortunately she already has one in her F700GS.

better readout capability

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To better read the instrument panel and/or have more data displayed all the time?

my wife wants to gain is the BT linkability

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To connect what through BT?

/Guenther