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New Farkles – Some for FUN some we need!


It’s always fun when you get a new bike and get to buy some big-ticket items but sometimes it’s the little less expensive farkles that make your bike your own.

Having owned BMW’s before, two ’10 F650GS’s, we have learned from our first time out of the gate what we want, need and who we want to buy from as in dealers/suppliers.  The good news there are accessories for these bikes all over the place and so many choices and price ranges.  I do most of the research for what goes on the bikes and Cheryl of course installs it all.  Recently, we have been on a AltRider kick.  Why?  Well, the do make some great products like our crash bars, head light protector and rad guard but I have to say they ship so fast to Canada I can often get my order faster than I can ride down to my dealer here in BC.  We pick and choose where and when we buy accessories/farkles based on impulse ;-) or as we can afford them.

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The new 2013 BMW F800GS = ESA = Very Nice feature!


October 17 2013

Today was a great day to ride to AltRider. Why? It was not raining, cool enough to turn on a little heat, traffic wasn’t too bad, the AltRider gang were extremely friendly and helpful and I got to test out the ESA on the “infamous” I-5 from the border to Seattle.

AltRider WEBSITE go HERE

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Farkles for the 2013 BMW F800GS – ask before buying


It appears that BMW may have changed a few things on their new model. As for the frame, that seems to be the same as previous years so things like skid plates, luggage mounts etc should fit. But other accessories other than BMW parts might not fit. ADV Spec crash bars will not fit…so..hmmmm..has the frame changed too?
. ADV Spec has informed me that they believe their bars will fit as the frame seems once again to be the same as previously stated. They are not sure how their originals will look until they test them out on a new 2013. Stay turned!

We have found out this…our BMW hand guards do not fit as is, Touratech also right now do not have guards for this year bike. That would also mean Barkbuster hand guards need to be tweaked. I am waiting to hear back from them directly but one could assume they are running into the same fit issue.

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2013 BMW F800GS WHITE – Cheryl’s arrives


Exciting day for Cheryl as she got the paperwork done on her new F800GS.  Me, Leslie being conservative looks at our garage and thinks….”HOLY, we need to get rid of some bikes!”  Have a look!

As usual all pics can be click for LARGER sizes.

Very hard to concentrate this week on work. We have a BIG garage sale coming up this weekend and we need to take some things off my bike, get it cleaned up and listed.  Cheryl also wants to see if our Jesse Luggage Mounts fit on her 800.  So far our BMW hand guards seem to NOT fit so we may have to modify them.  Touratech are not ready for this bike yet regarding hand guards so something has changed.  Continue reading →