So nice to be back. 3 years ago I bought a Tiger 800 and decided to sell my 1996 1100GS of 13 years ownership to a pal. It hurt... but I thought I knew what I was doing. Anyway, 3 years elapsed and Big Pete wasn't getting on with the GS so I bought it back (still have the Tiger). Must be fate.
So it's time to smarten the old GS up and address the things I know need sorting. Hoping for some help from the collective GS brain here.
Two general queries to get me started.
1) The exhaust mounting bolts are original, i.e. just brown blobs now. There's no problem with the exhaust but part of me wants to get the studs out and replace them. How bad/good an idea is this?
2) The bolt holding the side stand bracket against the crank case (bolt 7 here: https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/sh...9E-BMW-R_1100_GS_94_0404,0409_&diagId=46_0371) head snapped off some years ago and I got the end of an easy out snapped off. That tungsten carbide really is tough but I'd really like to get it and the shank of the old bolt out. Any advice? Spark erosion? Who can do that in Aberdeenshire???
Thanks all.
So it's time to smarten the old GS up and address the things I know need sorting. Hoping for some help from the collective GS brain here.
Two general queries to get me started.
1) The exhaust mounting bolts are original, i.e. just brown blobs now. There's no problem with the exhaust but part of me wants to get the studs out and replace them. How bad/good an idea is this?
2) The bolt holding the side stand bracket against the crank case (bolt 7 here: https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/sh...9E-BMW-R_1100_GS_94_0404,0409_&diagId=46_0371) head snapped off some years ago and I got the end of an easy out snapped off. That tungsten carbide really is tough but I'd really like to get it and the shank of the old bolt out. Any advice? Spark erosion? Who can do that in Aberdeenshire???
Thanks all.