Captain Puke
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Hiyers,
I had an 1150 years ago and have had a few years in between with other, less salubrious markes... but collected a 20k mile 2018 Rally TE with TFT dash and all that last week. Sadly, I've had to park it and disappear for work but will be back to it at the weekend.
A few questions;
- My bike has come with the two piece standard GS seats and I'd much prefer the one piece ADV style seat that IFAIK would have come on a Rallye model. I'm 6'2" (that's 187cm in new money) and have a bony arse so am never really comfortable for long, I'd prefer the ADV seat as I find moving around regularly best for me but... I expected the second hand market would be awash with ADV seats, but I can't find any! Am I looking in the wrong places (FB marketplace, eBay etc) or have I miscalculated here?
- The seat the peg height seems really low, I wasn't expecting the feel cramped in the knees. I've got the seat set at max height but still feels low, even my stumpy (5'9") pal can flat foot the bike with the seat in low. I was wondering if someone had specced the low suspension but not an option on the original VIN options list and AKAIK the 'low' version of the rallye would only be possible with the 20mm shorter standard GS shocks, or low low shocks, as they are the ESA shocks I would imagine this would have been silly expensive for someone to do after delivery. To be really sure, any other way to verify this short of asking dealer to verify shock part numbers?
- While researching the seat height issue I found a thread saying you can tell which the three height options (low, standard and GSA - correct me if I'm wrong here) from how far back the centre stand comes back referencing the rear wheel/tyre, mine looks to have a standard height centre stand but am I right in thinking the Rallye never came with a centre stand? Again not on original VIN options so I imagine added after delivery, so having a standard length item not necessarily a sign the the shocks aren't GSA length but thought I'd mention it.
- Front brakes.... ALOT of lever travel! Seem to have good power once into the bite zone but way too much lever travel to get there - nearly came a cropper when two finger braking into a roundabout and trapped the two little fingers against the throttle! Pads look to be very low (a lot of piston showing) so all get some new pads on order and change fluid while I'm at it; is this a common complaint f the front Brembo's on the 2018? And other ads other than OEM I should consider as long as I'm changing?
- Footpegs - as above, I'm looking to improve leg room, also the lack of rubber dampeners on the Rallye pegs means I'm in the market for an upgrade here. Cheapest way is OEM GS pegs but these don't offer any drop. Have seen offering from BMW's own accessories, Wunderlich and SW Motech - any others I should consider?
Cheers chaps and here's to many more noob posts from me!
Luke
I had an 1150 years ago and have had a few years in between with other, less salubrious markes... but collected a 20k mile 2018 Rally TE with TFT dash and all that last week. Sadly, I've had to park it and disappear for work but will be back to it at the weekend.
A few questions;
- My bike has come with the two piece standard GS seats and I'd much prefer the one piece ADV style seat that IFAIK would have come on a Rallye model. I'm 6'2" (that's 187cm in new money) and have a bony arse so am never really comfortable for long, I'd prefer the ADV seat as I find moving around regularly best for me but... I expected the second hand market would be awash with ADV seats, but I can't find any! Am I looking in the wrong places (FB marketplace, eBay etc) or have I miscalculated here?
- The seat the peg height seems really low, I wasn't expecting the feel cramped in the knees. I've got the seat set at max height but still feels low, even my stumpy (5'9") pal can flat foot the bike with the seat in low. I was wondering if someone had specced the low suspension but not an option on the original VIN options list and AKAIK the 'low' version of the rallye would only be possible with the 20mm shorter standard GS shocks, or low low shocks, as they are the ESA shocks I would imagine this would have been silly expensive for someone to do after delivery. To be really sure, any other way to verify this short of asking dealer to verify shock part numbers?
- While researching the seat height issue I found a thread saying you can tell which the three height options (low, standard and GSA - correct me if I'm wrong here) from how far back the centre stand comes back referencing the rear wheel/tyre, mine looks to have a standard height centre stand but am I right in thinking the Rallye never came with a centre stand? Again not on original VIN options so I imagine added after delivery, so having a standard length item not necessarily a sign the the shocks aren't GSA length but thought I'd mention it.
- Front brakes.... ALOT of lever travel! Seem to have good power once into the bite zone but way too much lever travel to get there - nearly came a cropper when two finger braking into a roundabout and trapped the two little fingers against the throttle! Pads look to be very low (a lot of piston showing) so all get some new pads on order and change fluid while I'm at it; is this a common complaint f the front Brembo's on the 2018? And other ads other than OEM I should consider as long as I'm changing?
- Footpegs - as above, I'm looking to improve leg room, also the lack of rubber dampeners on the Rallye pegs means I'm in the market for an upgrade here. Cheapest way is OEM GS pegs but these don't offer any drop. Have seen offering from BMW's own accessories, Wunderlich and SW Motech - any others I should consider?
Cheers chaps and here's to many more noob posts from me!
Luke
