Thank you to all of you for following along and giving your time and attention to this channel as I’ve torn down and built up Rosie. Ride safe and have an amazing 2019. I’m thankful you all were along for the process.
I’m impressed by your thoughtfulness and ingenuity. You clearly put on your bike years of experience and tries-and-errors, and you seem to have found a soft spot where practicality and vision meet. I’m a rider with no off-road experience at all and in two days I will pick-up my first adventure bike, so watching this video made me think a lot about what I will do - and also what I will not :-) . Congratulations, and keep on riding.
Hi Adam, been following you from the UK for a while, I have a r1200gs te and you have inspired me to get a few of the extras that you have (but not all!). Great channel, bike looks great
Nice job. Older video but just stumbled upon it today. I see you have lots of AUX lights mounted in different spots. IF you were to mount just just ONE set of smaller AUX lights with yellow lens on a regular 1250GS, like the Darlas, purely to be better seen during the day -- where would you mount them? On the lower forks like you have yours or somewhere else? I don't have upper crash bars.... only the lower crash bars .... which seems like a bad spot in case the bike goes down.
If you're not really riding hard-off-road, fork mount is fine. We have Denali D2s and Clearwater Darlas on two GS bikes and at the fork location, they're great and have given zero issues. I wouldn't hesitate recommending that for small 2" lights. If you're going to be bushwacking over logs and through water crossings where rocks are everywhere, maybe not but I do and also haven't had an issue.
It just turns on when I start the bike and just records for up to 6 hours then starts recording over (overwriting the tape). I can press a button if I want to save a clip to not be deleted.
The dash cams? They are the ThinkWare M1 off road cameras. They are okay. Have been nice to have a few times but not great quality. Still working after 4 years.
My apologies if I missed this info. The gear shifter that you show at around 15:30 -- I don't see this listed in your extensive listing on your web site. Very interested in this and have not seen one. Could you add it to your list?
Hi Adam, I think your videos are great! At what point would you just buy a dirt bike and stick blinkers and brake lights on it VS buying a GS/streetbike and spending nearly 20K on upgrades so you can take it off road?
Well, I have a dirt bike as well and an around town cruising motorcycle. All of them have a lot of upgrades. I think the point is more about enjoying modifying the bike than the bike needing all of these things.
So I’m not the only one then, whew! LOL. I bought a Touratech GPS holder made for your bike and adapted it to my Harley. Made risers and everything. Just wanted the GPS in the center and not on one of those ball mounts on the throttle. No one makes one of these for a Harley. Got brake checked once while I was looking over at the GPS and almost rode up dude’s butt. I’ve added Rigid Industries SAE SR fog lights to it too. Every light on the bike is Custom Dynamic lights except for said fog lights. But I can SEE CLEARLY at night now. Put seat rests and hard bags on it and made a FatBoy S into a bagger. I need an automatic hand slapper to keep me off the internet shopping sites. Fantastic bike you have there though. My next bike will be a GSA. Thanks for sharing. Love it.
Good work, Adam. What a great way to spend winter! Any thought to using a black breather hose, or did you choose the red piping to tie in with the tank color?
That's the plan. Basically, I install mods as is and throughout the year, I take them off as they fail or at the end of the year, I see if they were just snake oil or not so if end of year comes around and I don't find any water in my final drive (milk), I'll keep it installed and change the hose.
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005J43I56/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=adamchandlerm-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B005J43I56&linkId=8a117439b9a3136e858b4bade429fba6 That's the handlebar bolts then you just need a 3-5" arm and finally, the Hondo Garage Perfect Squeeze which is sold separately.
Great video Adam, enjoy that bike! I’m sure I’ll be watching this again many times for reference when buying new parts! One question, why no rear mudsling fender? Any opinion on those? Thanks!
I'm glad you asked about the Mudsling. I actually purchased 2 of them, Maier and MachineArt Moto. Neither of them work with my Touratech suspension or Jesse luggage rack. I'm actually taking them to a friend who is going to help me modify them for install. Stay tuned. I think we'll have an install video for that really soon.
Can you speak from your experience of whether or not the mudsling works with knobbies on a GSA? Their website says there are fitment issues with the GSA and knobbies, meaning rubbing when on the center stand. Thanks Adam!
It is! It is a HyperPro/Yacugar damper. You can get it for around $350. It's the same one Touratech sells for $550 just without their branding on it. It's progressive so you can increase resistance for when you're 2-up highway touring or going through deep sand. It's night and day when I remove it from the bike.
Great video and tastefully done. Your bike is looking sweet! I have a 2019 R1200GS and have been loving it. I am finally getting around to adding some more mods to it. One thing that I think you might like are the Weiser Technik 2 in 1 Drive/Turn Signals and Brake/Turn Signals. They were easy to install and they fit in the blinker housings. They have added a lot more visibility to my bike from the front and rear. More drivers are now noticing me on the road and I feel a bit safer. I will share the link below. www.weisertechnik.com/collections/driving-lights-turn-signals/products/ultrabrights-extreme-2in1-led-drive-turn-signal-upgrades-white-amber-front-ext-dtc-bm01
I’m using the Dynamic Motorrad LED Turn signals. I like that they’re plug and play w/o the need for additional wiring. Weisers offer the added ‘running light’ visibility but I have their aux lights for that. Thanks for the comment.
Just work. I work a lot actually but I enjoy it. Real estate, writing, photography, this TH-cam channel, project management, running a tech internship program, some speaking gigs, some work at universities, programming, a bit of this and that. Oh and on 3 different motorcycle club boards, organizing rallies. It's all over the place.
@@AdamChandler86 Ahhh I C I have a K1600GA and I spent 4G on farkle and gave up. Still had about another 1 grand of farkle i wanted but i was like this is enough lol. I be bankrupt
This was shot with the iPhone XS which has an optical image stabilizer at 4K, 60FPS on a DJI OSMO Mobile 2 Gimbal. I usually use an external Shure microphone but it's not compatible with the Gimbal. Thanks for asking!
Parked on the street? This is where I live: i.imgur.com/uhAE6ow.jpeg :P No one here locks their cars or houses. Last murder was 15 years ago in this county. While traveling, not much I can do but I usually travel to remote areas.
Thank you to all of you for following along and giving your time and attention to this channel as I’ve torn down and built up Rosie. Ride safe and have an amazing 2019. I’m thankful you all were along for the process.
I’m impressed by your thoughtfulness and ingenuity. You clearly put on your bike years of experience and tries-and-errors, and you seem to have found a soft spot where practicality and vision meet. I’m a rider with no off-road experience at all and in two days I will pick-up my first adventure bike, so watching this video made me think a lot about what I will do - and also what I will not :-) . Congratulations, and keep on riding.
Congrats on the new bike. be safe out there and let me know if you have ideas you wanted to bounce around for changes to your bike.
Adam Chandler , thank you - I will, and I subscribed to your channel. Cheers!
What a TANK!! Beauty of a bike. I especially love the panniers and the pegs. Looks badass
Thank you Timo!
Hi Adam, been following you from the UK for a while, I have a r1200gs te and you have inspired me to get a few of the extras that you have (but not all!). Great channel, bike looks great
Simple and effective upgrades. Really have to look closely to recognize them on the bike.
Agreed. Thanks for the comment.
Most welcome.
Hi Adan. This the tenth time that I see your video. Is awesome. Thank’u
I believe you left out the handlebar raisers 😀
Great video and really impressive collection of mods!
Dream bike....and those mods too! I want a 2018 !
Thank you, for the list of the modifications!
Nice job. Older video but just stumbled upon it today. I see you have lots of AUX lights mounted in different spots.
IF you were to mount just just ONE set of smaller AUX lights with yellow lens on a regular 1250GS, like the Darlas, purely to be better seen during the day -- where would you mount them? On the lower forks like you have yours or somewhere else?
I don't have upper crash bars.... only the lower crash bars .... which seems like a bad spot in case the bike goes down.
If you're not really riding hard-off-road, fork mount is fine. We have Denali D2s and Clearwater Darlas on two GS bikes and at the fork location, they're great and have given zero issues. I wouldn't hesitate recommending that for small 2" lights. If you're going to be bushwacking over logs and through water crossings where rocks are everywhere, maybe not but I do and also haven't had an issue.
Any more info on the dash cam? How’s it power up, what’s it record to, how much interaction from you does it need, etc
It just turns on when I start the bike and just records for up to 6 hours then starts recording over (overwriting the tape). I can press a button if I want to save a clip to not be deleted.
now that's a spec'd up bike, what's left that's still BMW and refined German engineering...lol Great vid!
Quite impressive, your motorcycle looks great!
Jeez and I thought I had spec’ed up my 2018 GS Adventure but this is certainly impressive 😱😎👍
Can I ask what brand are the cameras.. thxs ..
The dash cams? They are the ThinkWare M1 off road cameras. They are okay. Have been nice to have a few times but not great quality. Still working after 4 years.
My apologies if I missed this info. The gear shifter that you show at around 15:30 -- I don't see this listed in your extensive listing on your web site. Very interested in this and have not seen one. Could you add it to your list?
oops. Sorry! It’s the SW-Motech Adjustable Shift Lever. Best place to purchase it is Revzilla. Twisted Throttle has it as well.
Can you provide the part info / # for the LARGE Clearwater mounts (attaches to engine guard)? Thanks!!!
Hi. It’s probably best to give Clearwater a call. Glen & Billy are great and they can make sure you get the right part.
Best mod. License plate 😉
Hi Adam, I think your videos are great! At what point would you just buy a dirt bike and stick blinkers and brake lights on it VS buying a GS/streetbike and spending nearly 20K on upgrades so you can take it off road?
Well, I have a dirt bike as well and an around town cruising motorcycle. All of them have a lot of upgrades. I think the point is more about enjoying modifying the bike than the bike needing all of these things.
Incredible. Thank you for sharing.
So I’m not the only one then, whew! LOL. I bought a Touratech GPS holder made for your bike and adapted it to my Harley. Made risers and everything. Just wanted the GPS in the center and not on one of those ball mounts on the throttle. No one makes one of these for a Harley. Got brake checked once while I was looking over at the GPS and almost rode up dude’s butt. I’ve added Rigid Industries SAE SR fog lights to it too. Every light on the bike is Custom Dynamic lights except for said fog lights. But I can SEE CLEARLY at night now. Put seat rests and hard bags on it and made a FatBoy S into a bagger. I need an automatic hand slapper to keep me off the internet shopping sites. Fantastic bike you have there though. My next bike will be a GSA. Thanks for sharing. Love it.
sweet build! Enjoy the bike and all of your Farkles.
Nice! Where did you get those recessed tank stickers?
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DWOC8AK - They come in red or black.
Good work, Adam. What a great way to spend winter!
Any thought to using a black breather hose, or did you choose the red piping to tie in with the tank color?
That's the plan. Basically, I install mods as is and throughout the year, I take them off as they fail or at the end of the year, I see if they were just snake oil or not so if end of year comes around and I don't find any water in my final drive (milk), I'll keep it installed and change the hose.
Can you provide me the part numbers for those RAM mounts?
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005J43I56/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=adamchandlerm-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B005J43I56&linkId=8a117439b9a3136e858b4bade429fba6 That's the handlebar bolts then you just need a 3-5" arm and finally, the Hondo Garage Perfect Squeeze which is sold separately.
@@AdamChandler86 Sweet man, thanks so much!
way over the top/ How many miles on it in two years?
I ride about 12K miles a year. I'm only at 15K now due to COVID. haven't taken any long trips yet this year.
Great video Adam, enjoy that bike! I’m sure I’ll be watching this again many times for reference when buying new parts! One question, why no rear mudsling fender? Any opinion on those? Thanks!
I'm glad you asked about the Mudsling. I actually purchased 2 of them, Maier and MachineArt Moto. Neither of them work with my Touratech suspension or Jesse luggage rack. I'm actually taking them to a friend who is going to help me modify them for install. Stay tuned. I think we'll have an install video for that really soon.
Update, the rear mudsling is now installed!
Can you speak from your experience of whether or not the mudsling works with knobbies on a GSA? Their website says there are fitment issues with the GSA and knobbies, meaning rubbing when on the center stand. Thanks Adam!
is that an aftermarket Steering damper?
It is! It is a HyperPro/Yacugar damper. You can get it for around $350. It's the same one Touratech sells for $550 just without their branding on it. It's progressive so you can increase resistance for when you're 2-up highway touring or going through deep sand. It's night and day when I remove it from the bike.
Great video and tastefully done. Your bike is looking sweet! I have a 2019 R1200GS and have been loving it. I am finally getting around to adding some more mods to it. One thing that I think you might like are the Weiser Technik 2 in 1 Drive/Turn Signals and Brake/Turn Signals. They were easy to install and they fit in the blinker housings. They have added a lot more visibility to my bike from the front and rear. More drivers are now noticing me on the road and I feel a bit safer. I will share the link below.
www.weisertechnik.com/collections/driving-lights-turn-signals/products/ultrabrights-extreme-2in1-led-drive-turn-signal-upgrades-white-amber-front-ext-dtc-bm01
I’m using the Dynamic Motorrad LED Turn signals. I like that they’re plug and play w/o the need for additional wiring. Weisers offer the added ‘running light’ visibility but I have their aux lights for that. Thanks for the comment.
Exhaust is totally different to the 1250
20k bike with 30k in extras... wow
Seriously what do you do for a living?
Just work. I work a lot actually but I enjoy it. Real estate, writing, photography, this TH-cam channel, project management, running a tech internship program, some speaking gigs, some work at universities, programming, a bit of this and that. Oh and on 3 different motorcycle club boards, organizing rallies. It's all over the place.
@@AdamChandler86 Ahhh I C I have a K1600GA and I spent 4G on farkle and gave up. Still had about another 1 grand of farkle i wanted but i was like this is enough lol. I be bankrupt
Nice bike!
@@AdamChandler86 yea except for the major recall it currently has =/
What sites you use to find these back road motorcycle trails.
That's a lot of stuff.
what kind of camera? thx :) btw. great machine
This was shot with the iPhone XS which has an optical image stabilizer at 4K, 60FPS on a DJI OSMO Mobile 2 Gimbal. I usually use an external Shure microphone but it's not compatible with the Gimbal. Thanks for asking!
Adam Chandler I think he meant the dash-cam. :-)
@@TheMailrouter nope :) no, I mean the one he's recording
So many lumens!
Not enough when night riding off road.
Man a lot amount of money spent 😁 are not you afraid that some gadgets could be stolen when you leave your are bike parked in the street
Parked on the street? This is where I live: i.imgur.com/uhAE6ow.jpeg :P No one here locks their cars or houses. Last murder was 15 years ago in this county. While traveling, not much I can do but I usually travel to remote areas.