Part 25 - THE FIRST RIDE
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- I have finished! It has taken 6 months but I am ready for my first ride. This is always a nervous time for me and even though it is my 3rd complete rebuild I feel the same. I have enjoyed renovating this 1150GS even though, as you have seen, I hit many problems. They are all behind me now and soon forgotten. The ride is just pure GS quality as if it has only just left the factory, not 19 years ago. Still a little too high for me, I am on the balls of my feet so not as comfortable as I like, having an RT has spoilt me for that. I read this week that men lose an inch in height between 40 and 70, there I was telling everyone I was a 30" inside leg and I am now a 29"...no wonder I had issues. But it is the same height on paper as the latest GS which is fine for me. The BMW salesman corrects me and explains that these older bikes had wider seats...aha so that is the problem. I loved riding this GS so much, apart from the height, I have ordered a new 1250GS to replace my RT. So sadly this beautiful bike is up for sale in the next few weeks.
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Isn't it wonderful we can continue to enjoy this past time in the shadow of old age! Blessed are we indeed.
I was 72 last Monday Stephen and just planning a great route for 7 days through the Highlands...I think I am 22 not 72!
@@normski3091 keep on riding dude you are an inspiration to all of us
Brilliant... as a confirmed busa man I took the plunge and bought a 03 gs1150 adv about 3 years ago. They really are excellent at everything... I'm a confirmed gs man now. Beautiful build and subbed. Hello from Tipperary Ireland 🇮🇪 😀
Hi Tipperary Mr Beboopman. So pleased you liked the series, just polishing the bike to put it on Ebay. Ordered a new 1250GS as I was so please with this one and know I will hardly ever ride my 1200RT so time to sell the 2 and go back to 1.
Hi! I stumbled upon your restoration videos and I really enjoyed them! Nice to see how you meticulously document the process. Your explanation is if great value for everybody working on these machines. Thank you!
Thank you Kristian, I really appreciate your comments🤗
I've recently purchased a very tied 1150gs and in the process of restoring it. I've watch the full series twice for reference. Great videos and result. Well done!
Thank you Steve. You will love it, as long as you can reach the floor that is! My bike is now with it's new owner (who is over 6' so no problem). My 1250GS Triple Black assizes June 1st...
@@normskichanneltwo635 very nice! As I'm only a couple of miles down the road in South Sheffield I may be reaching out for help 😅
She looks fabulous Norm outstanding work, what a great country ride!
A true credit to you!
Looking at buying r 1150. Just watched the complete series in two sittings. Bike looked really great and suprised how modern it looked with its blacked out look , thoroughly enjoyed the series and all the hours of effort you put in.
Thank you Jim 🤗
The same here. I had in 2020 /21 my first bike, motor driverslicense and passion for bmw at once. I was 48 years then ! 😅 Have a F650 CS , the scarver. Did exactly the same job, the previous owner stalled it for 8 years. Had 10k miles. It was like new ! I did all the maintenance en learn to drive and work on it. Love it. Now time for a real bike, the GS. Low budget. So I must choose what I buy. 1100 , 1150 or 1200 .... Very difficult ! Thanks for your beautiful video's. Sorry for my English, greets from Belgium. ✌
This and all your other projects are a real credit to you Norm, It’s a pleasure watching a true engineer doing things properly, the GS looks fantastic.
I grew up in Bakewell, lovely to see the old girl stretch her legs on our old biking roads. 👍
Thank you Paul. It is so easy to take these perfect biking roads in the Peak District for granted!
Normski, beautiful looking bike! A gift of God!
Thank you for sharing this series of videos. Very inspiring to watch and I really like how you present your work. And I hope you enjoy driving - for me it’s the travel to where I go that is most fun
The saga continues! Been waiting for this, it looks awesome!
Thank you Lord Grievous and for watching the series....
great stuff chap...
Really enjoyed watching this series. You have a great knack of making all those stressful occurrences we face doing our own mechanics look so simple to solve. Very inspiring! Nothings going to hold me back now with some of the jobs I was a little concerned about doing on my own GS. Thank you
Good for you Daniel...go for it🤩
Thanks Norm… it’s been a blast! So pleased for you. 👏🏼
Superb Norm, please let me know if you plan to sell her one day. Love the videos always so interesting to watch . Superb detail
Morning Clive, thank you for your comment. I am really pleased with the end result, OK it took some time to get there and as you saw I hit a lot of unforeseen problems on the way. But I was doing this bike for myself so spared no expense, shocked myself when I added up all the receipts which I keep neatly filed. £2905.68....arghh...my wife is going to kill me. This folder is kept hidden on my shelf! However with my 29" inside leg it is still about an inch too high for me. A lot better than it was and the balls of my feet are on the floor. The height is the same as the latest GS models, but as I found the seats are much more narrow. Sat on a new 1250GS in the showroom yesterday with a standard seat on the lowest position and almost have my feet flat on the floor. So sadly I have to sell the 1150GS...sob sob, but because I have loved riding the GS again I have ordered a new 1250GS, trading in my RT, new bike arriving June 1st. I know I will lose a lot on this restoration project, when will I ever learn. If you are interested Clive email me: mrnormanhill@yahoo.co.uk
@@normski3091 £2905 that sounds a bargain. Where else will you find an old GS in that condition?.
@@WestSussexBiker That is what I spent on parts...not counting the £3000 I paid for the bike. This is for the love of having a winter project. Would be easier to go into the road and throw £10 notes down a drain! At least my 2 vintage guitars that I sold 3 weeks ago went up over 10 times and paid for the restoration....sob sob again, when will I ever learn.
@@normski3091 We never learn
Absolutely stunning norm what a job 👏 thanks for sharing
Steve
Thank you Steve. When I started I was really looking for a cosmetic job...didn't turn out that way, but that is behind me now.
Well done Norman 👍 so pleased after all your trials n tribulations, its turned out so well. Looks n sounds great. Interesting, BM say you can put e10 in them, i did wonder. And, yes, those blocks under the side stand make a huge difference.
Regards Roj
PS : re : visibility, I've put a couple of coats of yellow highlight dye on my driving lamps, just for ""added attention"" works a treat
Hi Roj, Yes Remus a great sound, little too loud for me going through the Derbyshire villages, but nice. Bike performing brilliantly.
Beautiful country roads and wonderful engine sound ! Bravo Norman ! 👍
Thank you Massimo for following me all the way...keep playing those drums!
The bike looks great in every way. Enjoy it.
Appreciate your comment Neil. Thought it would take 6 weeks but 6 months later!
Thoroughly enjoy your videos Norm and this particular series has been great with the end result looking fantastic. What's next? Thanks
Thank you Tony…just cannot afford to do another one. Actually much easier to feed £20 notes down a drain. I should have learnt my lesson eh🤷🏼♂️
Well done Norm! Purr’s like a kitten.
Hi Tall Biker, yes it does, really nice 👌🏼
Turned out great Norm. love the sound of the Remus can too. Well done sir 😎
Hi Keven, yes the Remus does sound awesome, little too loud for an old timer like me, I am more a slippers and hot chocolate kind of guy!
Awesome mate......Stay safe
Will do Phil...still too big for me. This afternoon I am BMW being 'fitted' for a 1250GS! Now we will see.
1250GS eh? You lucky boy.
That 1150 looks absolutely fantastic Norm. Looks and sounds superb. Been great to see it develop. Stay safe and keep us updated on the 1250
Thanks Tojjer, just back from BMW. Sat on a standard 1250GS and my feet almost flat on the floor, wonderful. The salesman was right the seat is so much more narrow than the 1150GS. If I was just an inch taller think the 1150 would be perfect 🤩
I absolutely adore this series! I will take these videos as an inspiration when I'll finally get around to doing up my own increasingly tatty looking GS. And I'll start with the exhaust, because she's making an awful racket compared to your beautiful machine.
What really impresses me, the first video was postet 5 months ago, you do know that some people spend years doing up a bike and never get anywhere. 😂
Really impressive, I wish you well wear and may she keep you in good stead for many a year to come!
Greetings from Germany.
Thank you Jochen so much for your encouraging comments. Hope you are inspired to start on your GS. 🤩
Amazing
Thanks derv man … it does ride so well🥳
Well done Norm. It must be immensely satisfying to being a bike back to that condition. As for the indicators, my GS has those ones, and they’re far better, in my opinion.
The best of health to you, to enjoy the bike. Excellent 🍺🍺🍺
Hi Rumien, I remember so well taking delivery of a new RT in 2012 and thinking what stupid indicators...but of course you do get used to them whatever the changes!
Looks great Normski but ditch those orange plug covers.
Ha ha Yughiii...well whoever buys it can repair them in a few minutes...maybe sparkly purple eh!
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Typically it rained
Yep it always does!
Wow , I found it was the only bike ,well BM, to compete with an RT for comfort and just a tad easier to work on without all the tupperware. Well enjoy for now , I'm sure people will snap your hands off to buy. Thanks for all the vids they're been really useful.
Hi Norman, I loved the GS when I bought my first one about 15 years ago. Did some amazing trips around the Highlands & Islands. However my wife found it just to high so in 2012 bought a new RT. The RT is a great bike but I cannot forget the GS. So up to BMW today to see how I fit the 1250GS. 🤗. Keep the alternator belt adjuster Norman, will not need it again🤷🏼♂️
@@normski3091 I've just put it on the side with your address , I wouldn't have tackled it without your video , it turned out to be really quick and easy job so thanks again. I always thought gs's looked quite intimidating but so easy to ride. I've just bought a KRS which seems smaller than one I had before. Do you have a date for the new bike? Good luck.
@@normanmart7933 Hi Norman, well the 3 of us, Mike, Goddie and myself walked into Alan Jefferies 2 weeks ago for a coffee while at the end of a ride around Lincolnshire at 4pm and said to the salesman, sorry to disturb you but we want 3 Triple Black GS's please, 2 Adventure and one normal GS. He looked a little stunned.....maybe around May?
@@normski3091 I bet he went home with a smile on his face.
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Hi, bike looks great and a great job too, Im into getting my hands dirty too. I wonder why having this bike ready and being a simple and reliable bike you go and by a new one with loots of electonics that can go wrong ?? Thanks , Gus
Great job Norm the bikes a credit to you.
I've enjoyed the series, what's next ?
How did the rear shock height vs stand height thing work out ?
Mark
Hi Mark, Yes the 'extended, now painted black' side stand does touch the centre stand when they are both in the up position but it doesn't appear to cause any problems. I can now touch the floor with the balls of my feet but that is just not low enough to give me the confidence I need. The rear shock is brilliant, well everything is really including the lowered seat. I have been to the BMW dealer today, Alan Jeffires and sat on the 1250GS with the exactly the same seat height and guess what, my feet are almost flat on the floor...wonderful. It is as the salesman said, the early models of the GS had wider seats. Would not matter to anyone with a 31" inside leg, but with my 29" just too difficult for me. New 1250 Triple Black arrives June 1st. I will MOT the 1150GS, put it on eBay and lose a fortune. Why won't I ever learn!
The bike looks fantastic Norm ,and my eyes were drawn to the Halford blue fork tubes . The ride through stone building villages was so perfect for your first ride . Remember there is a low front seat option for the GS and even a low chassis option also . My 2013 GS has both those options and according to BMW the seat height is 790mm . I fully get why you love the GS .
Hi Graham, I tried the low chassis at BMW because a biker just turned up on one and he let me sit on it. Just a little too low. BMW say they can ask the factory to swap the normal seat for the low seat which is 820mm but they do not think I need it...hence the trip today to try it. Leaving in 15 minutes!
Morning Graham, the new 1250GS with the standard seat in the lowest position is absolutely perfect. Feet almost flat the showroom floor. Chris the salesman is my height and of course has ridden over 100 GS bikes over the years, he is the one who told me the older bikes had wider seats...spot on. If I was another inch taller there would not have been a problem with the 1150!
@@normski3091 Hi Norman . That is great news and important BMW these days cater for riders of varying heights .Especially good for me being 5' 6" ! So good to have a salesman with extensive knowledge . Norm you have got me thinking about putting auxiliary led lights on my GS as it is the fairly dark Thunder Grey .
@@grhmnz4648 Hi Graham, I would normally say go for Denali, but they are £300 - £400. I needed to start cutting the spend (came to almost £3000) on the 1150GS so bought them off Ebay at £59.99. They are amazing and to be truthful look exactly the same as the £350 BMW ones I have just added onto the new 1250GS I have ordered!
@@normski3091 Hi Norman ,I was at my dealers today getting a new clutch switch to replace the one just failed .They have a new triple black GS, there so I now know how yours will look ( if you have spoked wheels ) . While there i decided to go with the BMW auxiliary lights kit ,which has been ordered .
I have a new gsa rallye its quite simply. The best bike i have owned.after over 30 years of riding i have had 2 hexhead rt s. And in april i bought new xr from chester didnt like it so traded it at rotherham for my gsa its the greatest
Hi Austin, yes brilliant, we could have bumped into each other in April in Alan Jeffries as we were ordering three new bikes😃
@@normski3091 well i have been visiting and occasionally test riding various bmw at rotherham since 2019 only around march this year i had sold my z1000sx my gen 1 tuono and i had my 05 rt left. I visited rotherham on rt on early march they gave me a trade in figure against a used xr 2021 model. I went away and kept searching until low and behold a display bike s1000xr was there at chester on ebay no reg just used to display in showroom and it was £2500under the config price. So i nailed it. I put 3500 miles on but i found these issues 1. Too tall center of gravity very top heavy. 2 far too easy to stall fully loaded on incline. 3 footpegs in the way when feet down. 4 engine sounds like a load of bolts being shook in a tin. Also too much revving for me. I had kitted her out in shad luggage way cheaper than the bmw luggage. So i asked tony lembo at jeffries to just chuck me a trade in price to go up to a new gsa rallye with gold wheels and alarm heated seats. Full spec except the billet packs. He offered me £400 less than i paid 5 months earlier. As they say the rest is history and my new baby is called vikky. I found with my rt's i barely needed to moify anything and its same on my gsa. The xr was driving me mad trying to sort things. I wouldnt have the hill hold on due to it causing me to stall. Not so on the mighty gs i also like the new rt lovely bike. I was ordering vikki in late august
A really great series Norm. You are a natural presenter. I hope there will be more projects to come. What’s prompted a change from RT to GS?
Hi David, well I love the RT and also the GS. My idea was keeping my 2018RT for touring with my wife but having the GS for when I am riding on my own. But in the real world I finally realised that I would get to the end of a year and only one bike would have been used😱. This is exactly what happened to my riding mate Geoff. He had a 1250RT for going out with his wife and a new 800GS for IAM training and dingle riding. The RT was never used last year.
So if I can lower the rear foot pegs on the 1250GS and get the pillion seat lowered 30mm then on paper it is exactly the height of the RT. Maybe I can then convince my wife to return to GS riding…but will it work?
Cannot see any more big projects. It is way to expensive, costing £3000 to renovate a bike but only adding about £1000 onto the resale value😱🤷🏼♂️. So think it will be accessories from now on😩
@@normski3091 that makes sense Norm. I found that since I got my 1250gs the other bikes don’t get a look in. Yes the economics of restoration don’t stack up do they? Perhaps a subscriber would fund a restoration of their own bike. It would be such a shame if that was the last restoration video. You do such a great job. Cheers. David
Was looking for some info on the r1150gs as I am very tempted to get one when I found your videos on the restoration.
I watched all the episodes in one go.
Love the way you explain everything, it looks so easy.
Thanks to you I'll will definitely be getting a r1150 GS and I'll have no problems trying to work on it.
Thanks again for the videos.
Just one question if you don't mind.
Do you think a high mileage is an issue with that model. ( Over 100 000 km)
Hi Errol, pleased you enjoyed them. As you will see I actually bought a ‘bad’ bike. Probably would have been better to get one with higher mileage 🤷🏼♂️. I bought blind off eBay and thought it looked really good in the pictures and description. You never really know, until you try and take out the spark plugs that is. When they will not move you suddenly realise ‘this has not been looked after, at all’ 😱. Have fun, you will love it 😍
Mate, I think we should change her name from Seized Suzy to Sexy Suzy!🥰
How do I acquire, the "whatever it is" on your tank, up to the gas cap? :)
Hi Barb, It was the PUIG Carbon Look tank protector 9304C self adhesive. Hope you can find it. If you type that into Google I notice it comes up on eBay in the UK.
What is the 'E5' you're talking about when you're entering Tesco's? Here in New Zealand we dont have 'E5', we have 91/95/98/100, all octane rating, & Diesel of course. We don't have Tesco's either, lol.
E5 petrol is made up of 95 per cent unleaded petrol plus 5 per cent ethanol.
E10 petrol contains up to 10% renewable ethanol
The UK has changed to E10 petrol last year. Many older cars and bikes cannot use it. E5 still available in a few petrol stations🤷🏼♂️
indeed, E5 must stay, in Belgium it's ok now , but for how long 😐
Hi, how do you find the 1150 compared to the more modern GSs?
1200 & 1250?
1150GS seat too wide, I could not reach the floor. Really dangerous for me with a 29” inside leg. 1250GS perfect 🤩
@@normski3091 I’ve watched more of your videos now. You did a great job.
I have a 2002.
Do you still own the 1150GS. I'm just starting the process of restoring my 23 year old one.
Hi Adam, no I sold it to a collector the minute I finished building it. Just could not reach the ground, whatever I did😵💫. Bought a new 1250GS, no problem with that, apart from my wife hating the pillion ride😮.
what's next on your project list???
Well Phil I was building the 1150GS for my own use so the whole project has cost a lot. You cannot even cover the costs of doing up a bike like this and this has been my third one so I am dangerous waters from my wife to even think of another one!
hello, I saw that you mounted a YSS rear shock absorber, how did you find it? i also have a 2001 R1150GS and i would like to mount your same shock absorber, please can you give me the shock absorber code? thanks ... greetings from Italy
Hi Delantero and greetings to wonderful Italy.I bought it from Brook Suspension in Bradford UK and they tell me it is model: MZ456-385H1RL-04 it cost £498.61. Hope you can find it in Italy. You will find it on Brook Suspension web site.
@@normski3091 many thanks, very kind :-)
Hello..I like the video..I have a request.Can you tell me the dimensions of the clutch centering tool?I want to make it myself.i have r1200gs 2010
Hi Dongsik, good question...let me see if I can find out where I got the dimensions.
@@normski3091 Thank you. I am satisfied with the hand drawing. I will change the clutch in a few days. I am very nervous. This is my first attempt. Any advice?
Hi Dongsik, I have found the centering tool I made, plus all the other ones for tapping the seals in. You are most welcome to them if they help. If you let me know your email I will send you pictures and a picture of the tool drawing. I live in Chesterfield in case you are close enough to collect. They are quite heavy but I could send them via Hermes. Just pay the delivery cost, you can have the tools free.
I have just looked at my Haynes manual for the 2010 GS and the tool drawing is exactly the same as the 2004-2007 GS, so it will work.
If you follow the Haynes manual very carefully you can do it.
If you do not have the manual you are welcome to mine, free of course, I can put it in the same box.
I have ordered a new 1250GS. Just finished the 2003 1150GS and I am not going to renovate anymore. It costs £3000 to rebuild a bike to a good standard so much too expensive for me to do it again.
Hello. I would like to receive the dimensions of special tools by e-mail. dongsik@oilbank.co.kr