I have two of those - 98 with 21” front wheel and completely stock 99. Don’t see any need to upgrade. 100% happy with the bikes. Hall, pivot, shaft grease and gearbox bearing replacement and general look into stuff in there every 80kkm and you’re golden. Engines will last 300-400kkm with no problem. Bike keeps up with the modern GSs on curvy roads and toasts in the twistiest everything else if only the tarmac is anything but perfect. Although I have quite an experience off road this bike fuckin hates sand esp with street tires. Good fuel economy and enough power to loose license in an instant. I have covered stretches of autobahn with panniers doing 180-190kmh - the bike was just like on rails. In general nowadays as of 2024 the whole r1100 lineup is an incredible deal - rt, rs, s - can be had for little money and these bikes do deliver. ❤❤❤
Great to see you are having fun with it! Got a 97' last year and already put it through the tet in croatia,hungary and poland. Great gravel machine but really struggled with deeper sand in poland. After my recent trip I will be downgrading to a lighter bike for solo travel though, got into some situations where the gs was just too heavy to get out alone.
My 96 r1000gs is older than I am, and ticked over to 175000kms today, oldie but a goodie, tourer and commuter. standard headers, de-cat and bosson slip on, haven't heard another gs that sounds as good
I feel you man! Got my 1994 R11000 GS at the end of last year. Started with motorcycling after a almost 20 year break from it. I love everything about the GS, also that is has some "charakter" - especially while shifting. :D The GS (and other adventure bikes) is all about freedom. Go where you want to go and dont know where the road ends! Greetings Tafka
Jai une GS de 1998, cest la moto la plus attachante que jai eu, il me tarde de partir avec pour une ballade de plusieurs jours, merci pour cette vidéo !
@@two-wheel-tales i have the 94 model,after many years without a motorcycle.....2 thing's to notice: first is the hall sensor, replace it with a water proof one (about 120 e)and second the bearing's on the Shaft (about 200 e) and you re done! I hope i wrote everything correctly 😂
@@two-wheel-tales oh great! I'm looking to buy a 1100 GS and I was worried about the seat height. Please keep the vids coming there are not many vids on the 1100 on youtube. Maybe share some servicing and maintanance videos of her!
@@motooilermotooiler9597 earlier in the year I put diesel in the tank by mistake when I was touring (Doh ! 😖) , a van came out and completely pumped out the contents of the tank , when i refuelled I looked at the receipt and it said 18 litres , the tank is the standard item , weird 🤔 , mines a metal tank btw .
Brilliant commentary, meeting every literary standard, a true poet in love with his bike! 😅 I ride a 95 GS with 70.000 k, running smoothly.
good reason...man. I'll want one.
I have two of those - 98 with 21” front wheel and completely stock 99.
Don’t see any need to upgrade. 100% happy with the bikes.
Hall, pivot, shaft grease and gearbox bearing replacement and general look into stuff in there every 80kkm and you’re golden.
Engines will last 300-400kkm with no problem.
Bike keeps up with the modern GSs on curvy roads and toasts in the twistiest everything else if only the tarmac is anything but perfect.
Although I have quite an experience off road this bike fuckin hates sand esp with street tires.
Good fuel economy and enough power to loose license in an instant.
I have covered stretches of autobahn with panniers doing 180-190kmh - the bike was just like on rails.
In general nowadays as of 2024 the whole r1100 lineup is an incredible deal - rt, rs, s - can be had for little money and these bikes do deliver. ❤❤❤
Great to see you are having fun with it! Got a 97' last year and already put it through the tet in croatia,hungary and poland. Great gravel machine but really struggled with deeper sand in poland.
After my recent trip I will be downgrading to a lighter bike for solo travel though, got into some situations where the gs was just too heavy to get out alone.
How was the TET Croatia? And what bike will you get after?
My 96 r1000gs is older than I am, and ticked over to 175000kms today, oldie but a goodie, tourer and commuter. standard headers, de-cat and bosson slip on, haven't heard another gs that sounds as good
Love the old GS's, great machines that to this day stood the test of time. Great video and commentary, thanks.
I feel you man! Got my 1994 R11000 GS at the end of last year. Started with motorcycling after a almost 20 year break from it. I love everything about the GS, also that is has some "charakter" - especially while shifting. :D
The GS (and other adventure bikes) is all about freedom.
Go where you want to go and dont know where the road ends!
Greetings
Tafka
Thanks for watching and sharing your experiences! Great to hear you enjoy it as much as I do.
Just came across your channel. I like your style
Thanks! Really appreciate it 🙏🏼
i Have 95 and with 86k i love it so much just did nice big tour around maine everytime i ride i feel like a child again so true
Great to hear you’re still enjoying the old beast 💪🏽
Jai une GS de 1998, cest la moto la plus attachante que jai eu, il me tarde de partir avec pour une ballade de plusieurs jours, merci pour cette vidéo !
Since when do you have the bike? I hope you can enjoy many more long trips!
It was nice, thx for the video
Thanks for watching 🙏🏼
We have a saying in Greece....:at the end we all get a GS "
Greeks were always known for their great thinkers, seems you are right again with bikes 😜
@@two-wheel-tales i have the 94 model,after many years without a motorcycle.....2 thing's to notice: first is the hall sensor, replace it with a water proof one (about 120 e)and second the bearing's on the Shaft (about 200 e) and you re done!
I hope i wrote everything correctly 😂
It is International, in Poland we will have simillar end ;)
Hey everyone! Thank you for watching, let me know what you think about the bike 😄
Has your bike got the standard silencer ?
Yes it's bone stock!
Куда делось ветровое стекло?
У меня тоже 1100gs 😊 отличный мотоцикл для путешествий, можно спокойно 1500 километров в день ездить
Unfortunately I dropped my bike and the screen broke. I recently installed a new one. Thanks for watching and ride safe.
Hey! What's your exact height man?
Hey man! I’m 173cm
@@two-wheel-tales oh great! I'm looking to buy a 1100 GS and I was worried about the seat height. Please keep the vids coming there are not many vids on the 1100 on youtube. Maybe share some servicing and maintanance videos of her!
@@dimitriskatsoulis4986I have a GS1100 and am 6ft tall , the seat height is surprisingly low .
Specs all say the fuel tank is 25 litres but mine seems to be 18 .
That's strange, how did you figure out you only have 18 litres?
Older plastic tanks were bigger by 2 litres afaik. The standard steel one is 21 me thinks. Problem is you can’t sip all of the fuel out.
@@motooilermotooiler9597 earlier in the year I put diesel in the tank by mistake when I was touring (Doh ! 😖) , a van came out and completely pumped out the contents of the tank , when i refuelled I looked at the receipt and it said 18 litres , the tank is the standard item , weird 🤔 , mines a metal tank btw .