2001 BMW R-Series 2001 bmw r1150gs

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“Personal circumstances forces sale”.
No kidding.
Much like a Penthouse Forum letter, “I never thought this would happen to me”.
But, life makes moves and here I am.
Our local town burned up last month so it is with a good deal of sadness I offer the old girl.
I’m the second owner, but not by much.
The original owner picked her up in Orlando,FL.
By his own admission he never left the pavement.
Odd for a GS, but maybe he just liked to ride standing on pegs.
He apparently proceeded to ride her across the country, then held her in captivity in his garage for the next seven years, only bringing her into the light of day from time to time on summer weekends to go park in front of Starbucks and look like he was about to have adventure.
I managed the hostage rescue in 2008 and liberated her with 13,000 miles on the meter.
I’ll spare everybody the insult to your intelligence and forego the claims of “like new, only ridden to church, parked on a feather mattress etc”.
She has been a goer, open to anything, and I’ve not been shy about giving her a pounding.
She can take it.
I’ve taken her to Alaska.
Great trip, no issues.
The Cascades, The Sierras, The Rockies and the slightly lesser ranges like the Wasatch, Sawtooths and the San Juans.
She’s faithfully carried me on at least a dozen runs down to Baja for spearfishing trips (granted a little awkward with a 6-ft big game gun sticking up in back but did just fine). In 2012, myself and two buddies did the US portion of the Continental Divide from Antelope Wells at Mexico to Roosville at Canada.
Lots of fun, recommend it.
From my house I’ve done the overnighters to Lost Coast, Hwy36, Hwy 33, and hundreds of forest service roads.
The Great Basin, and the PNW.
Desert name drops like Moki Dugway, Anza-Borrego and the Moab stuff.
And in one of my prouder achievements she and I did the delicate balancing act over Black Bear Pass. Equal parts tango, grappling match, and terror, dabbed but never dropped her.
She’s a game 20-year old fraulein with a buxom 41 litre tank and big perky lights.
That’s just shy of 11 gallons if you’re metric conversion skills are a bit rusty.
The big tank is awesome for traveling in Baja between Pemex stations and steel drums, but can get a little exciting when full and running in soft sand…..
I am too lazy to try and list the replacements and swapped stuff.
The high points are the fatty tank, Ohlins, a heated Corbin seat, and Flexx bars.
Hopefully, you can see whatever you need to see in the pics.
All the bits and parts related to this bike are going with it.
No point in trying to get delusional and migrate stuff to the other bikes.
Again,see photos.
Between the Cruz Tools kit and the BMW Dakar fanny pack tool carrier, I can take care of just about anything that comes up.
Maybe rent a torque wrench from the local parts store.
Tire levers, a CyclePump 12vdc air maker, and a “Stop & Go” cylinder pump in case you are really feeling old school.
Some misc random stuff that fit this bike.
Several oil filters: 3 ea BMW, 2 ea NAPA Gold, and 2 ea Fram.
Yes, I know everybody has an opinion on oil.
Save it.
I like to change oil, it makes me feel better and frees my conscience.
Speaking of which, Mobil-1 consistently since I got her.
The gears and drive are bathed in Royal Purple.
A couple belts and an air-filter are also in the boxes.
Speaking of the final drive, I did one rebuild.
It didn’t fail, I just did it.
Hard to explain but at the time I had an odd feeling.
Call it a premonition, call it paranoia.
Call it whatever you want.
I was visiting my brother in Denver for a few days.
He has a nice clean garage, so between Motorrad Denver and Foothills in Lakewood I did the drive and several other make-me-feel-better items before I took off and meandered my way back home across Utah and Nevada.
I have a pile of receipts but they’re useless for maintenance forensics.
Too many things done in motel parking lots and campgrounds with receipts stuffed in pockets, so my documentation and recording habits fell by the wayside.
I took good care of her, and you’ll have to take my word for it.  As-is.....
I have a Pelican case that is bolted to the locking tool box cover and comes off easily with the key to carry your stuff inside.
A pair of vinyl panniers that I never used.
Little vinyl tank bag.
I love this bag, it may be by Giant Loop bu tI can’t remember.
I think there are maybe one or two HelenTwoWheels bags that used to fit the Jesse’s, but I’m not positive.
The Jesse’s were the flimsy first gen units that literally came apart at the seams from chattering Baja washboards .
The carefully selected and sized camping and road living kit items I’m keeping.
Those are grab and go and can go on the K1600at the drop of a whim.
And there is a set of Aerostitch tank saddle bags that work really well in combo with the big tank for hiding your knees behind when it’s freezing outside.
I’m 6’ 5” and close in on 250 regularly.
I hold my own moving her when I need to.
Sometimes a little sweet talk and sometimes a bit rougher and tossing her around a little.
If you want to have a go with her, you figure out what works for you.
If you do decide to take her on and we make a deal, if you’re in my weight and size class I’ll throw in the following apparel items.
Wear them in good health.
But, please note.  If we meet up and you aren’t going to fit, I’m keeping them and will let the neighbor kid do the eBay thing to make a little money:
1 each, Tourmaster “Transition” Series 2 XL-Tall riding jacket with insulated liner (black)
1 each, FirstGear “Kilimanjaro” Air Series XL riding jacket with insulated liner (blue/black)
1 each, BMW jacket and britches with the Gore liners
1 each, BMW “Air Shell” XXL jacket in faded neon green,needs a new zipper pull.
1 each, Gebring 12vdc heated jacket liner, and Gebring heated gloves.
Note:
The heated stuff isn’t size dependent, and is included even if you’re not in my size range.
Cuz they’re awesome……
The heated grips never got reconnected after I put on theFlexx bars.
In all honesty, even indriving snow or freezing rain with my hands behind knuckle-guards I never missed them enough and always had the electric jacket liner and the gloves stashed on board unless I was headed to Mexico.
Can’t say the same about the heated seat, I love that thing.
There is a sheepskin seat cover I bought in Alaska that I was skeptical about at first, but it makes a huge difference onlong days.
The second Corbin heated pillion seat is also in there.
I bought it as a pair, but never had any occasion to heat milady’s bum.
I love the Flexx bars.
Just the thing for playing Walter Mitty desert racer and blasting across open Baja hardpack.
When the whole bikeis dancing on the tops of the washboard at the edge of disaster those bars soakup the rattling before it harmonics into your upper body bones.
The speedo cable needs replacing.
I am almost positive I ordered one but I didn’t see it in the GS pile.
If I come across it I’ll certainly send it to you, but just plan on picking one up yourself.
It’s the second time the speedo fubared.
That might telegraph significance, but I just shrugged and figured to deal with it when and if.
The current number on the odo is 57k and change.
That is probably 400 miles shy of actual.
You’ll have to take my word for it.
I was on a trip out to the Lost Coast when itwent kaput in the middle of jamming over Mendocino Pass.
I disconnected it and ziptyed it to the fork,I figure it was another 350-ish miles until I got home.
That was the last time that bike went anywhere other than firing her up and running around the property from time to time to shake the cobwebs and reaffirm my big bike balancing techniques.
The battery gets it’s turn in rotation on the BatteryTender, but the battery is of unknown vintage, as again I don’t remember on that bike.
The tires are reasonable.
Heidi rear and Conti front.
Buy new ones, don't be cheap, I don’t want the guilt.
Exhaust is nothing special.
I used to buy into the propaganda about exhaust systems.
But, like skis, tennis rackets and other things, in my opinion all the buzzspeak is really only relevant to that 1 or 2percent of people that really tax performance at the elite level.
I’m not that guy.
The exhaust works and sounds fine.
If you decide you’re a purist, the originalmuffler is in one of the boxes.
Boxes:
Some lubrication, salves, liniments and ointments.
A couple motor and gear oil bottles that came from the last owner thatwere brands I didn’t use.
Misc pulled/replaced/upgraded parts.
Goofy stuff like a Throttlemeister (which should never be on a GS), a yet-to-be-installed pulsating brake light kit, an extra hockey puck for the kickstand, 1 ea, Rotopax gas, and Rotopax water (never been anything butpotable), the Rotopax lock; and some MSR aluminum bottles.
The MSR’s are good because unlike plastic containers they don’t wear through and leak when bouncing along and fretting against something.
They are labeled fo rmotor oil, octane boost and Techron fuel additive.
Once again, save the opinions, I happen to add Techron regularly to modern and pathetic California blended fuel, and especially the Mexican stuff.
The ABS does it’s anti-locking as designed.
If you like that kind of thing.
I never did any removal surgery, but I do turn it off a lot.
I like locking brakes.
So sue me.
So, all that said.
Auction.
That’s for all the GS stuffin the shop.
Nuts, guts, and feathers.
I’m located in the NE part of Kalifornia.
The Jefferson Territory region roughly two hours from the Reno airport and three hours from Sacramento.
However, there are boxes of stuff that go with the bike, so flying in and riding home isn’t practical.
Unless you don’t want anything but what you can carry.
I work all over and regularly run around the Western US.
So if you want the bike I’ll deliver it and all the fixins.
Anywhere in California, Oregon or Nevada I’ll bring it to you.
Period.
Washington or Arizona is open for discussion.
The only caveat is that the delivery schedule will have to be at my convenience, as I can't just drop everything.  Maybe to Sacramento or Reno, but for distances it has to be coordinated.
She’s a good bike.
I’d ride her in any direction tomorrow.
It would be a shame if you’re some newly moneyed up noodle-armed man-bun that just sold an app and want to enhance your Instagram.
However, if you aren’t scared to tickle the great unknown and get your hands dirty now and again she has a lot more romance to offer.
I’ll be sad to wave goodbye, but hopefully she'll go to a good home.