Recent content by DirtDog

Is the bike still available?? Moving back to SA in near future and quite keen on getting back onto a GS.

I fitted Heidenaus on my 1200GS a few months ago and had terrible vibrations at anything over 120km/hr. The frontwheel was rebalanced twice with no effect. It turned out to be a badly balanced rear wheel, rotated tyre 180 degrees, rebalanced and wallah......no more shake or vibration. I love...

Sold for R18k

Try the following link for the footlift. I built it off these plans a few years ago. Make sure you use high tensile bolts on the hinge points. If not they eventually shear and the bike ends up on your wife's car!! https://www.dirtrider.net/justkdx/footlift.html

Price dropped to R20k The bike is in excellent nick and is a steal at this price. I recently spent R5k on it.

All sorted...it was a badly balanced rear tyre. Took it back to the shop that had fitted it and asked them to check it. They told me it was unbalanced!! Rotated 180 degrees, rebalanced and now she is as smooth as ever again. Could not believe that a rear tyre could impact the front end so badly.

Had the 10,000 km service done on the 1200GS this week.....R2,300. This included a set of plugs, just over R500. Still need tranquilizers when I think about it.

I got this set from Harold at Bikegear. I will try a different shop tomorrow to check the balancing. I read on GSpot that an unbalanced rear could lead to front vibration, will check that too. The front currently has 20g weight on. I checked the seating as well, seems fine. The rotation is as...

I recently fitted a set of Heidenaus to my GS. Since then I have been experiencing vibration on the front end. At around 140 km/hr it is so bad that it looks as if my screen and instrument cluster want to come off. I've tried rebalancing and even changed the rotation of the tyre.....no...

Just had Heidenaus fitted to my 1200GS...ran on Tourance before. Can anyone tell me what the recommended tyre pressures are, are they the same as the Tourances?

If you believe the WWW it is the best thing since the first GS was built.... Everyone I've spoken to swears by it. I will let you know what the wife thinks of it once we've  done a long ride. I collected her's yesterday and it looks and feels great.....will need to verify that though. It looks...

I considered this but dropped it for several reasons......The main factor was the fact that these Karoo sheep never venture out of the bossies, worried about damaging the bike. I'm also concerned with leaving tyre marks, may not match the rest of the bling on my bike.  :laughing4:

Going on a 5 day trip down to Namaqualand at end of September from PE. I managed to get an Airhawk for my wife, riding pillion on the GS. Now that first priorities are taken care of I am seriously worried about my own butt!! Day one of this trip is something like 820km.... Unfortunately the...

Managed to post some pics, this bike is a steal!!

BM, I got home on Friday night with the gutted header & can you did for me. I could not resist the urge to fit both after the family had gone to bed. I must compliment you on the work done.....it is friggin amazing. I was not able to get off my bike all weekend. The sound is truly amazing and...