Pure Gold

[Daz]

My Ohlins arrived yesterday for my 05 BCR and will be on this weekend. Will post pics.

[PFFOG]

Originally Posted by Daz

My Ohlins arrived yesterday for my 05 BCR and will be on this weekend. Will post pics.

Best $$ you ever spent on the bike.

[Chris Canning]

What till you have ridden it and all those with stock suspension start asking 'Can you really feel the difference' grrrrrrrr

[Daz]

Originally Posted by Chris Canning

What till you have ridden it and all those with stock suspension start asking 'Can you really feel the difference' grrrrrrrr

I did ride it today, and dont forget my bike doesnt have stock suspension, it had been lowered dramatically by the PO.

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by Daz

I did ride it today, and dont forget my bike doesnt have stock suspension, it had been lowered dramatically by the PO.

But can you REALLY tell the difference??



I don't think I will be able to tell the difference, doing circles in the garage.....

[Rapid Dog]

Originally Posted by BrianG

But can you REALLY tell the difference??

..c'mon!...

[jccdkc]

Until I got Ohlins on my bike, I wasn't sure if there would be that much difference. Wait till you really try it, you will be glad you did. The faster you go, the better it gets!

[PFFOG]

Originally Posted by BrianG

But can you REALLY tell the difference??



I don't think I will be able to tell the difference, doing circles in the garage.....

If nothing else you will feel the difference of a thinner wallet!

[WandererR11S]

Originally Posted by PFFOG

If nothing else you will feel the difference of a thinner wallet!

HAHAHA Yea... Bought my 04 stock 11s last november, having had Ohlins equipped bikes in my past, thought id add gold to my new baby, went off for a 4 hour ride to see out Mr Ohlins, see whats cooking... Front an rear, $3,800 if you will, but as your a good long time customer, if you order both together, il give them to you for a Meir $3,400... An thats from the factory importer... So its on my one day list...

Jeremy

[Daz]

Originally Posted by WandererR11S

HAHAHA Yea... Bought my 04 stock 11s last november, having had Ohlins equipped bikes in my past, thought id add gold to my new baby, went off for a 4 hour ride to see out Mr Ohlins, see whats cooking... Front an rear, $3,800 if you will, but as your a good long time customer, if you order both together, il give them to you for a Meir $3,400... An thats from the factory importer... So its on my one day list...

Jeremy

Wow that's rough. $1712.00 for mine inc shipping.

[WandererR11S]

Originally Posted by Daz

Wow that's rough. $1712.00 for mine inc shipping.

Where you order yours from... time i looked a bit harder... J

[bradzdotcom]

i snagged my 04 boxer cup rep in a "bit of a hurry".
liked the looks, familiar with testing bmw's, ran down to dealer to jump on his demo bike, just to refresh my opinions before buying.
grabbed some yellow r11s, went for 20 minutes, parked it, went inside and gave them the nod to grab me a bcr.

when i picked my bike up it was dark and i believe, drizzling out.
on the ride home i'm convinced the guys in the shop screwed with the suspension settings as a joke.
get home, garage, and there's black showa shocks on my bike.
the demo bike had ohlins (it was a trade in).
grab brochure. read specs. do giant face palm.

denying defeat, call yamaha connection to see if i can get springs and valving.
they don't use that model. "it's below level", i'm told. Fancy term for "not good enough for us."

great.
call ohlins guy.
wander through the "build your own" buffet.
pick shims, adopt washers, select spring stacks, choose clickey things, squirt nitrogen, etc...

love the suspension.
still go "grrrrrrr" because the bike should have come that way in the first place.

[ckcarr]

Originally Posted by bradzdotcom

...still go "grrrrrrr" because the bike should have come that way in the first place.

Ha! Well, looking at the spec sheet for my 2000, it specifically said Ohlins shocks. But no... apparently BMW cheaped out...

Oh well, Ohlins are not critical for me.

[Daz]

Originally Posted by WandererR11S

Where you order yours from... time i looked a bit harder... J

Someone on this forum recommended ProPilotSuspension.com who I believe are the largest Ohlins supplier in the US. Dealt with Jim over there. He was about 500-600 bucks under MSRP I think. They are out of NJ. Theres no sales tax in Oregon where I live, so with free shipping it really was $1712.00.

[wiggledbits]

Originally Posted by PFFOG

If nothing else you will feel the difference of a thinner wallet!

If you don't feel the difference you should be riding a Honda Trail 50.

[Daz]

[VetteRacer]

Originally Posted by Daz

Measure the paralever arm. From that pic it looks like it might have been swaped out with a longer one..


See how that one the diff is inline with the swingarm, and yours is angled like a regular S..
Might just be the angle, but worth checking IMO... 365mm is what stock would be, 385 is what regular S would be.

Otherwise, very beautiful bike! I love seeing that gold peaking through on mine

Matt

[Daz]

Thanks I will measure it. The ride height has not been set either so I will do both. Any idea where I would get a new arm if needed?

[WandererR11S]

Originally Posted by Daz

Someone on this forum recommended ProPilotSuspension.com who I believe are the largest Ohlins supplier in the US. Dealt with Jim over there. He was about 500-600 bucks under MSRP I think. They are out of NJ. Theres no sales tax in Oregon where I live, so with free shipping it really was $1712.00.

Sweet, thanks for that, shall look into it... What length Ohlins have you gone with, the Ohlins site only list one length...

BM 205
Technical Information
Product Type Street Shock
Type Code S46PR1C1LS
Length 315 +12/-0
Stroke 52
Spring 01093-59
MSRP $1289.26
Description
R 1100 S

BM 842
Technical Information
Product Type Street Shock
Type Code S36PR1
Length 318
Stroke 70
Spring 00180-44
MSRP $954.32
Description
R 1100 S

Copied from Ohlins USA web pages... Cheers Jeremy

[Daz]

The rear is fully agjustable and so has a huge range in length. It goes beyond the 05 length spec. Best to call Jim over there as he's done this with many BCRs.