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Motorcycle Oil Standards

Posted on March 19, 2025March 19, 2025 by bmwcecil

Gateway Riders BMW Club Technical Director Presentationby Ted Schmitz Motorcycle Oil Standards Introduction: I am going to talk briefly about motorcycle oil standards. Since the API (American Petroleum Institute) does not currently...
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AMA’s Official Position on Automated Vehicles Submitted by Jim Shaw

Posted on August 25, 2018August 25, 2018 by Phil Shoulberg

“Failure to specifically address motorcycles in statutory and regulatory language amounts to the abandonment of motorcycle safety by legislators and regulators,” the position statement reads. “Essentially, the issue of distracted and inattentive driv...
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April 21st Tech Session by Rich Leslie

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Phil Shoulberg

The Tech session at Art's garage was great! Fifteen members attended and helped change tires, drink coffee and eat pastry. We easily replaced old tires with Art's tire machine and plenty of helpers. Art had a cool tire gauge from Amazon and now I ha...
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24K Mile Service on an R1200RT By Jim Shaw

Posted on February 24, 2018February 24, 2018 by Phil Shoulberg

Tasks: Check valve clearance Replace spark plugs Replace coolant This procedure is similar to my last article in the club online Tech section (Jan.2017) plus coolant change. The coolant change is recommended bi-annually. I used pre-mix ...
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Ever Wonder What the Rider Modes Do on a GS?

Posted on October 28, 2017November 15, 2017 by Dave Anderson

If you are like me, you have probably stuck with the tried and true Road mode for your riding. I almost forgot I had options for which I paid dearly when I purchased the bike. One-day Phil Sulfstede mentioned that he liked Rain mode for riding wit...
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F800GSA Review by Steve Quindry

Posted on August 15, 2017August 16, 2017 by Phil Shoulberg

I've ridden the F800GSA for 17,662 miles: to three MOA rallies (St. Paul, Billings & Hamburg), the old river road to New Orleans, two trips through the Arkansas Ozarks, a nine-state tour of the northeast, and my recent (July) 10-day ride to the C...
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Need More Light and Less Load? by Dave Anderson

Posted on August 15, 2017August 16, 2017 by Dave Anderson

Our dilemma exactly. Tracy's BMW R650GS Twin is loaded with heated grips, cell phone charger, and heated gear for winter ops and a very expensive set of Wunderlich (can't you just feel the cash drain from your wallet when you read their name?) Mi...
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Elegant Horn Upgrade Installation for the R1200GSA by Dave Anderson

Posted on August 15, 2017August 17, 2017 by Dave Anderson

A motorcyclist’s definition of being between a "rock and a hard place is when you have an 18 wheeler on your left side and you are passing a car on your right that wanders into your lane as they are texting, tweeting, or succumbing to some such distr...
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BMW Recalls Bikes With Safety Violation by Jim Shaw

Posted on August 11, 2017August 16, 2017 by Jim Shaw

Summary: BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2013-2017 R1200GS, F800R and F800GT motorcycles, 2014-2017 R1200GS Adventure motorcycles, 2016-2017 S1000XR motorcycles and 2015-2017 R1200R and R1200RS motorcycles. When equipped with the...
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Brake Pad Replacement

Posted on April 19, 2017May 16, 2017 by Dave Anderson

Brake Pad Replacement The Value of a hands-on experience at Dave Leligdon’s Spring Tech Session By Dave Anderson They say “Fear” and “Money” are powerful motivators. In my case, my fear of getting in above my head when doing maintenance jobs o...
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