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Thanks guys you were awesome, certainly couldn't have fixed it on my own without all the words of wisdom from the experts in this club. I tried many of your suggestions and I learned a lot. It turned out al my worries came from a sticky throttle twist grip, stripped it, squirt WD40 and like new. Unf...

Hi Y'all, 97-8 gs1100. Couple weeks back now, I got on my bike, and no go... After some dicking around I narrowed it down to the side stand switch... It was conveniently broken at the top plug, so I was able to bridge that and we were all go again. Except now it's not gunner idle without the fast id...

Thanks ever so much Ghost ship forum.
After some extensive investigation, I found these.
Motoz Motorcycle Road Tractionator GPS 110/80-19 Adventure
$160 ea, Aussie design and presumably manufacture.

Thanks, I'd looked at the conti's, they do look a lot more appealing than land rover tyres, but I have recollections of slipping sideways down rutted tracks. I only have enough strength to pick up my bike once, maybe twice. Are there any eye witnesses as to the capability of these rubber bands in ou...

Hi Y'all. I'm looking for advice/opinions on tyres for 1100gs. I bought the bike with Metzlers, wore them out, and fitted the set got with the bike, which were used, and as it turns out they didn't last very long, the rear had an 'over-inflation bulge'... So just a few weeks ago I ditched them n fav...

Hi Y'all, as above, newbie here. My name is Steve, I'm having a mid life crisis, called an R1100GS, 97, or 99? Bought as 99, rego sez '97. Have had plenty of older bmw cars, still have e34 530i 370K's I've had for 11 years! So I used to kick around with some bikers 20+ years ago, never really had my...