Greetings with an R1150GS Adventure

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Greetings with an R1150GS Adventure

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Hi All.

I just bought a 2002 R1150 GS and wanted to find somewhere online to share and learn from and found here :!:

First thing for me to work on is getting the lights better with a couple of spotlights (LED I think) to help visibility during the day and also what I can see at night!

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Welcome to ABR.
Good choice of steed IMHO.
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Great bike apart from the back brakes spontaneously setting your leg on fire eh fried egg lol
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I better be careful or at least make sure I have some bacon ready to grill!
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Mmmmm bacon
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Teflon Jnr wrote:Great bike apart from the back brakes spontaneously setting your leg on fire eh fried egg lol
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johnnyboxer wrote: โ†‘Tue Dec 25, 2018 8:54 am
Teflon Jnr wrote:Great bike apart from the back brakes spontaneously setting your leg on fire eh fried egg lol
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I did 81,000 miles on mine from new, no brake issues. Mind you, it was never ridden in the nasty winter salt.
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johnnyboxer wrote: โ†‘Tue Dec 25, 2018 8:54 am
Teflon Jnr wrote:Great bike apart from the back brakes spontaneously setting your leg on fire eh fried egg lol
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Not lack of maintenance, but I'm not going in to that here.
It was down to bad luck.
It's an old tale, and the cause is well known.
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Mine still going well, 19 in June with 70k on it......

Enjoy yours....
Been there, seen that, fell off.....
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Fried Egg Sandwich wrote: โ†‘Tue Dec 25, 2018 11:27 am
johnnyboxer wrote: โ†‘Tue Dec 25, 2018 8:54 am
Teflon Jnr wrote:Great bike apart from the back brakes spontaneously setting your leg on fire eh fried egg lol
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Not lack of maintenance, but I'm not going in to that here.
It was down to bad luck.
It's an old tale, and the cause is well known.

It was a light hearted joke dan
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