R1200S DOHC Project

Stephen400 · Postby **Stephen400** » Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:41 pm

I spent a good 5 hours on Saturday working on the wiring loom. Boring but satisfying results.

Im adding cruise control from an rs/rt and i want it as close to 'factory' as possible so it was a great opportunity to route the 9 new wires through the loom from the battery area to the various end points.

This was at about 50%. It was dirty, sticky and dusty in parts. but the wires underneath were in excellent condition.

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Its going to look much nicer now alongside the powder coating.

Heres all the old tape :pukeleft:

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and heres a photo of the bike outside for the first time, it looks awesome in the sun, looking forward to seeing it on a proper sunny day.

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I am getting a little concerned the paintwork is going to cover too much of the lovely stuff :lol:

I plan on getting the loom on and maybe getting it running this weekend. Then put the old fairings on and brainstorm colour schemes, if anyone has any suggestions I'm all ears. So far the obvious one is original scheme but black with purple stripes (if i can get a paint to match the powder) or maybe just a boatload of carbon fibre??

Humbug · Postby **Humbug** » Tue Feb 20, 2024 1:57 pm

I'm for the original in black and purple

Stephen400 · Postby **Stephen400** » Sun Feb 25, 2024 2:37 pm

Nice sunny day yesterday so I took the time to throw the fairings back on and get a sense of what its going to look like

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Humbug wrote:Wow, and black and white was the worst part in your opinion!

Am I tripping or does the Black and White go quite well?? :lol:

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Got lots of decisions to make now. Akra silencer is no longer available new

(Pretty sure they were available on BMW motorrad bohling when I first started work :-x

)

Looking at the Zard now, not many options left at all really and the Zard is still a bespoke single silencer. GPR do one but its just two normal silencers strapped together :pukeleft:

. Zard is available with an 8 week wait. Was hoping to take this bike to Germany in April, 8 weeks to be precise :bounce:

I took a purple part to a local auto paint shop to see if they can make a match. Fingers crossed.

Still unsure about colour scheme. After staring at the bike outside for over an hour...

I can get Tekarbon side fairings and tail fairings for less than the cost of a decent paint job... Maybe carbon tail and sides, purple front, centre tank and pillion cover? Thinking I could paint those parts myself and even if the purple isnt a prefect match it will be far enough from the rest...

Any suggestions are welcome

popsky · Postby **popsky** » Sun Feb 25, 2024 5:37 pm

I really like it

the purple makes the paintwork shine. Stick with that for a while get the Zard, very nice bit of kit (but I’m a bit biased) imho it suits the bike without shouting I’ve got a trick pipe.

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Humbug · Postby **Humbug** » Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:24 pm

Black and white goes well I think. Maybe I'm biased but looks great with what you have done.

Stephen400 · Postby **Stephen400** » Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:54 pm

Sorry for the delayed updates, struggling to access the forum most days.

popsky wrote:I really like it the purple makes the paintwork shine. Stick with that for a while get the Zard, very nice bit of kit (but I’m a bit biased) imho it suits the bike without shouting I’ve got a trick pipe.

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Yeah, the zard was the top choice but I'm taking the bike to a local exhaust builder to see about a custom solution. Even went as far as to cad design a silencer but there just isn't time before my trip. Hotels booked for 27th April :shock:

(nice paintwork btw, looks really well)

Most of the work these past weeks have been mundane tasks, lots of checking and double checking, cleaning and installing little bits. Lots of stainless bolts, new Bridgestone S21s.

Started her up for the first time a couple of weeks ago, I was confident it would run ok but it was comforting to get confirmation!

I’m installing cruise control as it was one of my favourite features on my S thou. Really helps on long runs to relax your hands and arms for a bit.

There is very little space for extra anything on the S so I’ve had to go with a lithium battery (smaller + no orientation restrictions) mounted on its side leaving space for the cruise unit next to it. I designed and printed a box to keep everything in place, Also looks more ‘standard’ from underneath.

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Still unsure with the paintwork, I had a go at wrapping in carbon which has turned out great. Won’t know for certain until it’s all together but It will do for the trip and I can always pull it off and paint it stripy at a later date.

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The exhaust headers look great with a bit of colour in them!

Stephen400 · Postby **Stephen400** » Fri Apr 26, 2024 12:17 am

Shes finished! (nearly)

Setting off to Germany at 5am on Saturday. I will make a post with more detail when I get back. Passed MOT today, Just a couple of small jobs to get done tomorrow.

Heres a few photos I took in the sun yesterday.