Recent content by gv550

I'm curious about your engine failure at 27k. Not a very common occurrence on this forum.

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I remove the forks to make valve checks easier, so change the oil too.

I use the Sargent driver seat with stock rear seat, fits perfectly, no gap.

RideonADV 8 gallon supertanker.

Our itinerary (wife and I on a rented RT), guided tour with 5 other bikes. Sept 5, Thusis, Switzerland Sept 6, Wenns, Austria Sept 7 and 8, Corvara, Italy Sept 9 and 10, Pontresina, Switzerland Sept 11, Ulrichen, Switzerland Sept 12, Thun, Switzerland Riding Grimsel pass, Timmelsjoch, Stelvio...

I will also be touring the Alps in September, on a rented R1300RT. I'm sure we will see each other! :cool:

I stopped at my local Yamaha dealership today, also a Moto guzzi dealer, and noticed they still have no 2025 Stelvio models on the floor. I was there a month ago looking at the 24 model (with no discount) but they didn't want my Harley trade, so I bought a BMW instead. I asked about the 2025...

That's gear backlash rattle, normal. Maybe the yellow bike has thicker oil in it? My 2016 did rattle and whine more than my 2015 does and they have the same oil, but has 1/3 the miles, so there is that......

Fortunately, our local Starbucks has a Taco Bell next door. Plenty of parking there for 'other' bikes, should we choose to ride with them. :p

Honda has the horn button above the signal switch, BMW has horn below the signals..... That is annoying . You'd think manufacturers could standardize on basics like that.

So, comparing the GS to my Tenere, the GS does everything better. Of course it does, comparing a 2010 release to 2024, and it's significantly more money. Reliability is always the big question mark but in Canada we get 3yr unlimited mileage warranty, in USA it's limited to 60,000 miles. We have...

I'm not in the handicap spot? The lights seem to be aimed fine, although that photo looks like they aren't. Rode well past dark last night and the aux lights do a great job of illuminating both ditches, and the adaptive headlight lights up the inside corner through a turn, really cool. Also...

Mak10 and I plus others have met in Pie Town, NM for pie, on pie day, 3:14. When I was wintering in AZ.

Florida to New Mexico in March...... hmmmm.