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MGD109 replied to a thread Looking for foldable mirrors in F800S & F800ST Modification Nation

$50 is about £25. Varies massively but that buys you about half an hour of a mechanics time a machine shop must charge even more. As a completely out...

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MGD109 replied to a thread Looking for foldable mirrors in F800S & F800ST Modification Nation

Titanium is a bugger to machine it would add cost over alloy well above the additional cost of the material. As it's a relativity complex form I'd be...

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MGD109 replied to a thread Ignition barrel maintenance in F800R Discussion

My wife's owned a car that had a driver's door look that would habitually get stiff and become difficult to unlock (remote lock/unlock had failed...

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MGD109 replied to a thread Winter Gloves in Apparel

I was gifted a pair of BMW Pro Winter Gloves a couple of years ago, very well used when I got them, "soft" padding, Goretex lining. I've ridden at -2...

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MGD109 replied to a thread The headlight clip. Wonderful design in F800GT Discussion

HID and LED upgrades into halogen approved reflectors has been a fail for sometime. According to the DOT If you want to upgrade to HID you need a...

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MGD109 replied to a thread The headlight clip. Wonderful design in F800GT Discussion

I did this to my R80 GS over 20 years ago. The headlamp on the GS was pretty poor even by the reduced expectations on the the day. I briefly...

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MGD109 replied to a thread The headlight clip. Wonderful design in F800GT Discussion

Better beam pattern and redundancy, if one projector fails I still have main and dipped beam with the remaining lamp.

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MGD109 replied to a thread The headlight clip. Wonderful design in F800GT Discussion

Hi All, I have a project on the go to add a pair of bi-xenon projectors into a GT headlamp shell, it's a slow process because I'm searching for...

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2 Weeks Ago

MGD109 replied to a thread New owner in Australia in New F800 (and F650GS Twin!) Owner Introductions

Welcome

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2 Weeks Ago

MGD109 replied to a thread Bastards!!!! in General Discussion

Very sad. I know it's only a machine, an inanimate object but the fact is motorcycles are a bit more than just a machine they engage with you...

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MGD109 replied to a thread No successor F800GT? in F800GT Discussion

Just wondering Willy if you feel the same about the bicycle? Do you see yourself getting off two wheels all together or do you see yourself stopping...

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MGD109 replied to a thread Hi from Iceland. in New F800 (and F650GS Twin!) Owner Introductions

Welcome

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MGD109 replied to a thread Hello Everyone from the Netherlands in New F800 (and F650GS Twin!) Owner Introductions

Welcome

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2 Weeks Ago

MGD109 replied to a thread what happened there? in F800 Riders Site Issues Forum

Yes it would appear everybody was affected this was not a Windows specific problem, my laptop along with others updated the night before the SSL cert...

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3 Weeks Ago

MGD109 replied to a thread Site Security Certificate in Forum Help/Support

In my case I logged on via Internet Explorer and thought Microsoft may have tighten up the security settings during the update, but having used...

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3 Weeks Ago

MGD109 replied to a thread No display this morning in F800S & F800ST Discussion

Thanks Jason, one of those bits of information that could very well come in handy one day. A couple of years ago I replaced capacitors in my TV. It...

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3 Weeks Ago

MGD109 replied to a thread Site Security Certificate in Forum Help/Support

Likewise. My laptop did a windows update last night and assumed that was the cause.

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3 Weeks Ago

MGD109 replied to a thread Service Reset near SC PA in F800R Discussion

I replaced the battery on my 2013 GT a few weeks back. It was kind of obvious the battery was not holding it's charge as well as it used to. Point is...

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3 Weeks Ago

MGD109 replied to a thread Still Having Difficulty Finding Neutral. in F800R Discussion

Gearbox on my GT changes fine but the gear indicator sensor is now failing. It sometimes struggles to differentiate between 1st 2nd and neutral....

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3 Weeks Ago

MGD109 replied to a thread Unplanned upgrade this weekend in F800S & F800ST Modification Nation

I'd always advise doing fork legs in pairs but I think the idea that having fresh oil and new seals in one leg will produce an unbalanced fork is...

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3 Weeks Ago

MGD109 replied to a thread Disabling Can-Bus Lamp Error Code in F800R Modification Nation

Hi Robbie, I can log onto my bike (2013 GT) via the R model in MotoScan. All settings just look the same to me. There is nothing obvious in the ZFE...

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3 Weeks Ago

MGD109 replied to a thread Disabling Can-Bus Lamp Error Code in F800R Modification Nation

As far as I can tell there is no option in the MotoScan app to configure the headlamp to LED for the GT/ST and S. These are all classed the same...

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3 Weeks Ago

MGD109 replied to a thread Bastards!!!! in General Discussion

Many years ago my father had his motorcycle stolen, a couple of days later informed by the police that they had recovered it. Insurance had yet to...

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4 Weeks Ago

MGD109 replied to a thread Finally starting my new F800GT ownership... in F800GT Discussion

Welcome

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