First motorcycle fall in about 10 years....

First motorcycle fall in about 10 years....

Silly fall, I was stopped at a red light. When it turned green i turned to the left when the rear wheel lost traction (didn´t even accelerate that hard), the bike started to fall - managed to keep it in the curve but then it gained traction and spit me off.

Nothing serious happened to me (pride hurt mainly) or to the bike, just a tilted handlebar joint, some scratches and a very damaged fog light. I managed to take her home despite the handlebar behind 20º off. Was repaired in a week.

BMW F800GS: 20000kms revision

Today did the 20000km revision at BMW (19700 kms on the dial).


The actions they did:
- Oil change
- Filter change
- Valve clearance check
- Air filter change
- Front and rear brake pads
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Mounting the panniers

The panniers arrived quickly, had to pick them up with the car as they come in HUGE boxes (why does BMW need to pack it so big?),

Mounting the panniers is pretty straightforward. Here is the bike before:

The most complicated part is dismounting the rear of the motorcycle, and passing the iron conectores of the main rear support of the frame through the ¨mud flap¨, and attaching to the frame bar through two bolts. Other than that it´s pretty straightforward and quick - 30 mins top!

To note, I had EXCELLENT help:

 Here the  bar where the support connects and the support of the frame mentioned above already mounted:

 And here is the frame mounted on the bike. To note a cloth protecting the muffler - very easy to scratch!