Supermoto'd my LC

Skid06 · Aug 18, 2017

Done a few mods over the last few days to my GS LC.. Fitted a new 17" Front Wheel from an LC 'R' along with a wider rear from an RT along with a 180/55/17 Rear Tyre
The 17" front wheel conversion needed different spacers for the spindle also needed spacers for the brake calipers for them to fit, brackets where made to lower the front fender and inch, The Rear Wheel slotted straight in but does have an offset of about 14mm to the right, The Wheel can be machined so that its within 2-3mm offset , but the offset has very little effect on handling, put the Cruise on at 70mph, hands off bars it rides normal, tracking straight
I also removed the ESA Suspension units front and rear and replaced with Manual Ohlins TTX to finish the job
Hows it ride? All i can say is as soon as i sat on it before i rode it was complexly different, beautifully smooth balanced front and rear units, on the Road for the first time it feels a hell of a lot quicker on the steering which i like a lot, the ride quality is transformed with the Ohlins TTX very plush with no harshness at all, The ABS works as normal with the 17" wheel

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Skid06 · Aug 18, 2017

A few more

Tractors are go · Aug 18, 2017

And yet it still goes off road.

Congratulations on make 'your' bike. Looks nice.

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RedRick Esq. · Aug 18, 2017

Looks good :thumb2

Deleted account 191119001 · Aug 18, 2017

Looks absolutely awesome, but I must admit, if I was thinking of going down that road, it would be the S1000XR.

DING-DONG · Aug 19, 2017

Looks really nice Steve, cannot understand why BMW never made the 17" wheels an option like the hp enduro.

DC · Aug 19, 2017

Like the idea of a RT rear wheel, did that just slot in and take a 180 ? No isssues rubbing on anything ? Bike looks the biz.

Nutty · Aug 19, 2017

Looks good, Steve.

A smaller screen & removal of the pillion grab rails would finish that off a treat. :green gri

autogs · Aug 19, 2017

im liking that suspension where did you source yours from?

auf_wiedersehen_pet · Aug 19, 2017

I'm amazed it handles so well with a misaligned rear and the front end dropped down. I thought it'd be a twitchy as hell. Looks good.

Skid06 · Aug 19, 2017

Smogbob said:
Looks absolutely awesome, but I must admit, if I was thinking of going down that road, it would be the S1000XR.

cheers..the best things i like about the GS is the telelever suspension and the shaft drive and setup properly its unbeatable

Skid06 · Aug 19, 2017

auf_wiedersehen_pet said:
I'm amazed it handles so well with a misaligned rear and the front end dropped down. I thought it'd be a twitchy as hell. Looks good.

its crazy i know! i will machine the hub if i dont go for a 6" wide hub to take a 190 rear.. the ride height is lowered at the rear as well with the 55 rear tyre, the side stand is still near as the same angle before the conversion so its not altered the ride height significantly ..done a 200mile ride today to see young Ross in action at Cadwell Park, it is VERY different, it steers sooo quick, if your a sporty type rider you will love it ..been chasing my mate on his RR well into 3 figures with no issues, i dont know how much the Ohlins makes life a bit easier tho, ive not messed with settings yet, just put the shocks on middle settings as a base setting but it recommends 20 clicks of rebound on the front shock and its at 11 clicks..the thing about quality shocks is you can tell a difference with one or two clicks

auf_wiedersehen_pet · Aug 19, 2017

Glad you got it sorted. I know from lifting my Land Rover just how complex the whole steering minefield can be.

(RIP) Tunneruk · Aug 19, 2017

Those wheels look well fella, even more so in black!

spondon · Sep 7, 2017

What about using a k1200s rear hoop 6" wide...off set will probably be about 10mm

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Skid06 · Jan 21, 2018

spondon said:
What about using a k1200s rear hoop 6" wide...off set will probably be about 10mm

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Just picked this up, along with a new swinging arm from a R1200R LC which should give it no offset, ive got some 200 Rear supercorse Tyre's so might try and squeeze it in

batman1 · Jan 21, 2018

She looks nice.

Would it be possible to assemble the front forks/calipiers/wheel etc using all stock BMW parts to avoid needing the extra spacers on the front calliper mounting bolts and wheel spindle if cost wasn’t an option?

ChazzyB · Jan 21, 2018

Something surprised me between LC models. I bought a Puig hugger for my GS. After fitting, I found it fouled the Mudsling. I wanted the Mudsling more than the hugger, so the hugger came off again. We fitted it to a mate's R1200R LC. But clearly the wheel offset is different to the GS, as the centre lines of the hugger and tyre were about 1cm out!

Roberto · Jan 21, 2018

Looks good that.. enjoy

Skid06 · Jan 21, 2018

batman1 said:
She looks nice.

Would it be possible to assemble the front forks/calipiers/wheel etc using all stock BMW parts to avoid needing the extra spacers on the front calliper mounting bolts and wheel spindle if cost wasn’t an option?

The Forks from the R are different, no Telelever, you can get by doing without the spacers by shaving a couple of mm from the underside of the Caliper, im ordering these GP4 RX Brembo Calipers (Overkill but so cool

) and they fit without the washers

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