The 1200GS was a great choice, because they could ride them. Sure they had lots of support, but they still rode the **** out of those bikes.
What kind of maintenance did the 640 need at that time? I know back in the day it was recommended to change oil on some of their dirt bikes every 12 minutes or so.
The 1200GS was a great choice, because they could ride them. Sure they had lots of support, but they still rode the **** out of those bikes.
What kind of maintenance did the 640 need at that time? I know back in the day it was recommended to change oil on some of their dirt bikes every 12 minutes or so.
I would disagree about "great choice". Sure, they were able to make it. But they had a lot of mechanical issues and had they not been followed by support vehicles, they would not have made it on the original 2 bikes. And I'm a BMW guy who has owned a GS. No way I would use that bike for what they did. That said, they (Ewan and Charlie) did a great job.
On KTM - the LC4 motors (on the 640 Adventure) had longer service intervals. The RFS had 20 hour service intervals. It sounds worse than it is. I would do mine every 5th or 6th ride. It took all of an hour for oil/ filter(x2) change and valve adjustment.
I would disagree about "great choice". Sure, they were able to make it. But they had a lot of mechanical issues and had they not been followed by support vehicles, they would not have made it on the original 2 bikes. And I'm a BMW guy who has owned a GS. No way I would use that bike for what they did. That said, they (Ewan and Charlie) did a great job.
On KTM - the LC4 motors (on the 640 Adventure) had longer service intervals. The RFS had 20 hour service intervals. It sounds worse than it is. I would do mine every 5th or 6th ride. It took all of an hour for oil/ filter(x2) change and valve adjustment.
Yeah I knew it was fairly often, a friend had a 350 I think a few years back and was always complaining.
They definitely had plenty of support and great film crew. Even though they had more than one bike they took those pigs places I would never even consider. I have had half a dozen or so of various BMW's too. I struggled in 6" of sand on my little 700GS.
I really enjoy those series and will watch them for years to come.
They overcame the limitations to range by each one having two bikes. While each was riding one the other was in a truck with a generator recharging them. In my book that is cheating,
So, they're transporting an electric motorcycle in a truck that burns gas, charging the electric motorcycle with a generator that burns.....wait for it.......gas.
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