Are there any mean, dirty, tough-guy looking r1200r's?

[pistonbroke]

hi all
that bike looks great, not all polished up like a show piece , just used like they are supposed to be .
always wanted to have a rough and ready looking bike , like the raw type metal finishes , rusty and brown looking .
piston.

[pistonbroke]

I'm planning a matt black when the bike celebrates its 3 year birthday (out of warranty; things paid off). I know most prefer the candy gloss finish, but I do like the matt and think it gives a sophisticated if less refined look.

Here is what it looks like in full mat black (now it also has rizoma black & lower handlebars which makes it look even better) :

hi great pic of the bike ,how much lower are the rizoma bars and how much clearance from the tank on lock.
i would like a matt black exhaust on mine with no baffle .

[Ykar]

hi great pic of the bike ,how much lower are the rizoma bars and how much clearance from the tank on lock.
i would like a matt black exhaust on mine with no baffle .

Clearance from the tank on lock is ok, at least 2 or 3cm. The only downside compared to stock bars is that you have limited angle when positionning the front brake lever: max angle is when brake hose touches windscreen frame. Appart from that, much better than stock.
You also can see it on this video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo-2aVyCuxA

[sunny72]

Pardon me if it's answered elsewhere but what kind of cylinder head guards are on your bike?

[Ykar]

Well, they are from BMW : http://www.bmwdetroit.com/html/bmw_acce ... sories.htm

[sunny72]

Oh! Duh. I guess you blacked-out the cylinder head itself. That's why it looks cool... thanks.

[qgaex]

If I wanted to pretend I'm a tough guy what can I do to the look of my bike? Anybody have some pictures of our bike like that? I've seen this one http://www.r1150r.net/board/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=17146 and the beautiful white one owned by a guy who's name starts with Z or something (gorgeous).

Maybe this bike is too "perfect" to be turned dirty and mean and I need to add an angry old Harley (or BMW) to my collection for when I'm feeling insecure...

Hey!

I only rode and never washed my bike since April.
Does that count?

Cheers

qgaex

[pistonbroke]

hi ykar
great pics of the bike , thanks for the answer ,the bars look good , sets it of nice ..

[pistonbroke]

hi ykar
just had a look at the vid on you tube .
good vid , the bars are now on the wanted list.
i have put head gaurds on mine , page 20 gallery ,orange bike , latest mods are a gs sump plate and laser hotcam exhaust .
cannot decide to paint the head gaurds orange or black , sump plate too .
think the next set of tyres are going to be a set of pirelli scorpions .
i have just sold my gs this week as i prefer the r1200r .
will have to find another bike to replace the gs with .
piston

[kallakaki]

Well my bike is a bit dirty anyway... and the sound is a bit mean... but tough-guy looking... don't think so...

[celticus]

Can you give us a close up on those air filters?

Mark

[kallakaki]

Can you give us a close up on those air filters?

Mark

Sure thing.

[celticus]

OK , I guess next I should ask why? Does it run better?
Mark

[kallakaki]

OK , I guess next I should ask why? Does it run better?
Mark

Hi Mark

The short answer is; yes.
The longer answer...
I understand that there are quite a number of environmental friendly actions applied on modern bikes; to make them more quiet, consume less fuel and so on, and that is indeed very good. But when the noise-killing things makes my bike run poor I don't think that it is as good anymore.
I had a Yamaha previously that opened/closed parts of the intake to the air box at certain revs in order to make it more silent under a specific rev where they measured the noise. This made it run really crappy below that rev so I removed the airbox, put on a couple of K&N filters, more open mufflers and added a power commander and had it dynoed in order to get a straight air/fuel-mixture graph. And hey presto it ran very smoothly at low rews which it hadn't before. I'm not sure if the r1200r is opening/closing air intakes in the box or not, but the very same modifications that I did to my Yamaha made my BMW run much more evenly at low rews. And I quite like the sound of the gurgling intakes.
I have been discuraged from this forum during my surgery. For at least two reasons; I certainly don't know better than the development department in Germany (which is so very true) so I shouldn't try to improve things that work, and I was told that K&N-filters are not that good. You can read more in an earlier thread I started back in 2008. viewtopic.php?f=20&t=15308

I also want it to look lean and I really don't like the way modern bikes hide everything behind lots of plastics. When I hibernate the bike for the winter I'll try to figure out how to get the airbox out of the frame without splitting the bike in two parts (without cutting the box into pieces).

[celticus]

OK , I guess next I should ask why? Does it run better?
Mark

Hi Mark

The short answer is; yes.
The longer answer...
I understand that there are quite a number of environmental friendly actions applied on modern bikes; to make them more quiet, consume less fuel and so on, and that is indeed very good. But when the noise-killing things makes my bike run poor I don't think that it is as good anymore.
I had a Yamaha previously that opened/closed parts of the intake to the air box at certain revs in order to make it more silent under a specific rev where they measured the noise. This made it run really crappy below that rev so I removed the airbox, put on a couple of K&N filters, more open mufflers and added a power commander and had it dynoed in order to get a straight air/fuel-mixture graph. And hey presto it ran very smoothly at low rews which it hadn't before. I'm not sure if the r1200r is opening/closing air intakes in the box or not, but the very same modifications that I did to my Yamaha made my BMW run much more evenly at low rews. And I quite like the sound of the gurgling intakes.
I have been discuraged from this forum during my surgery. For at least two reasons; I certainly don't know better than the development department in Germany (which is so very true) so I shouldn't try to improve things that work, and I was told that K&N-filters are not that good. You can read more in an earlier thread I started back in 2008. viewtopic.php?f=20&t=15308

I also want it to look lean and I really don't like the way modern bikes hide everything behind lots of plastics. When I hibernate the bike for the winter I'll try to figure out how to get the airbox out of the frame without splitting the bike in two parts (without cutting the box into pieces).

Thanks kallakai. I know what you mean about the curmudgeons who haunt this forum. You ask a question and what you get is "Why would you want to do that?" Instead of an answer. I wish I could hear the improved sound of your bike.

Mark

[Ric]

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[mogu83]

Thanks kallakai. I know what you mean about the curmudgeons who haunt this forum. You ask a question and what you get is "Why would you want to do that?" Instead of an answer. I wish I could hear the improved sound of your bike.
Mark

by kallakaki » Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:35 pm

On my last bike (Yamaha TDM 900) I removed the air box and replaced it with a pair of conical K&N air filters. I also had replaced the mufflers with more free flowing ones. In order to have the bike run properly a had to have a power commander and dyno run.

Can I do the same air box surgery on my R1200R? I already have the Acra mufflers.

I cannot find a Power Commander for the R1200R. Is there really no Power Commander for my bike?

Oh, why do I want to do this you might ask? And my answer is that I'm allergic to plasic and want to have my bikes as clean looking as I possibly can. And I also like to change and alter things eventhough they work just perfectly...

Here's the original post from kallakaki. Note the sentence Can I do the same air box surgery on my R1200R?, that opens the thread up to people giving their opinions. Maybe the opinions weren't what he (?) wanted or agreed with but they were the opinions of the people that answered. If he's happy with the results of the time and effort he put in on his machine then that's GREAT, and I'm sure everyone is happy for him.

If you don't want opinions - say so. When the power plug thread was going strong and 'opinions' were flying around a few of us just stated right out. 'Well it's my money,my bike and I want to do it' I think everyone understood that line of thought, as we've all done it at one time or another. BTW: I'm happy with my Power Plug.

[kallakaki]

Note the sentence Can I do the same air box surgery on my R1200R?, that opens the thread up to people giving their opinions. Maybe the opinions weren't what he (?) wanted or agreed with but they were the opinions of the people that answered. If he's happy with the results of the time and effort he put in on his machine then that's GREAT, and I'm sure everyone is happy for him.

If you don't want opinions - say so. When the power plug thread was going strong and 'opinions' were flying around a few of us just stated right out. 'Well it's my money,my bike and I want to do it' I think everyone understood that line of thought, as we've all done it at one time or another. BTW: I'm happy with my Power Plug.

I have absolutely no bad feelings towards any of you. I did appreciate and assess all your comments, positive and negative and made my own decision. As you said; it's my money, my bike and my time and it would be really boring if there were a bullet proof and safe solution for every task you take on. I'm a researcher by my profession, but have minimal mechanical experience so I enjoy a new challenge when I have the time for it.

Btw. When a two year old boy tries to say kawasaki, kallakaki comes out. In case you wondered where kallakaki came from...

[celticus]

I figured you were a Hawiian living in sweden.

Mark

[kallakaki]

I figured you were a Hawiian living in sweden.

Mark

No, I guess I'm as Swedish as we get; blue eyed blond... Ok, bring on the stupid blond jokes but they only apply for girls, right?!