1983 BMW R100RS "Gretel" UPDATE
Well, the great sh!tty winter of 2020-21 has finally eased in southwestern Ontario and so I have emerged from my basement dungeon and been out on my bikes a little recently.
I am totally jammed with work so I asked a local independent repair shop to install the new brake rotors on Gretel to replace the badly grooved OEM rotors she had when I bought her last year. New OEM rotors cost upwards of $435 USD EACH - and there are three of these things on the big bimmer. To me in Canada that would be about $2000 CDN just for the frickin' brake rotors....Ach du lieber Augustine - those Germans sure are proud of their OEM parts - that is a whole lotta dough for three dumb lumps of stainless steel and a bit of lathe work!
Anyhow, I went with a set of EBC aftermarket rotors and EBC pads plus I had a set of braided SS hoses installed to stiffen things up. All of the parts came from Bob's BMW in Boston MA and were shipped via my pal who has an office over in Michigan. The cost was "only" about 50% of the cost of the OE parts plus Bob's had a 15% off coupon deal, so I scored OK on this one. The EBC rotors are full floaters (better than the BMW fixed originals) and they have a good reputation in the BMW enthusiast forum. The new brakes work really well - very good feel and lots of power, so I am happy.
I have also found and bought an extra set of keys to the nice BMW/Krauser panniers that came on the bike (cost = about $30 USD) and so I can now tour without worrying about loosing the keys and having to drill out the danged locks. It is amazing how many hours of searching and calling around it took to find the keys - but once I found the right person...he said "oh yeah, I've got those numbers", and sure enough, he did.
Happy, happy joy-joy on the bimmer front now - except I now have to go back down into my dungeon for Easter weekend......
Next-up - I am installing a new set of mirrors on Gretel so that I can see past my shoulders.
Pete
Well, the great sh!tty winter of 2020-21 has finally eased in southwestern Ontario and so I have emerged from my basement dungeon and been out on my bikes a little recently.
I am totally jammed with work so I asked a local independent repair shop to install the new brake rotors on Gretel to replace the badly grooved OEM rotors she had when I bought her last year. New OEM rotors cost upwards of $435 USD EACH - and there are three of these things on the big bimmer. To me in Canada that would be about $2000 CDN just for the frickin' brake rotors....Ach du lieber Augustine - those Germans sure are proud of their OEM parts - that is a whole lotta dough for three dumb lumps of stainless steel and a bit of lathe work!
Anyhow, I went with a set of EBC aftermarket rotors and EBC pads plus I had a set of braided SS hoses installed to stiffen things up. All of the parts came from Bob's BMW in Boston MA and were shipped via my pal who has an office over in Michigan. The cost was "only" about 50% of the cost of the OE parts plus Bob's had a 15% off coupon deal, so I scored OK on this one. The EBC rotors are full floaters (better than the BMW fixed originals) and they have a good reputation in the BMW enthusiast forum. The new brakes work really well - very good feel and lots of power, so I am happy.
I have also found and bought an extra set of keys to the nice BMW/Krauser panniers that came on the bike (cost = about $30 USD) and so I can now tour without worrying about loosing the keys and having to drill out the danged locks. It is amazing how many hours of searching and calling around it took to find the keys - but once I found the right person...he said "oh yeah, I've got those numbers", and sure enough, he did.
Happy, happy joy-joy on the bimmer front now - except I now have to go back down into my dungeon for Easter weekend......
Next-up - I am installing a new set of mirrors on Gretel so that I can see past my shoulders.
Pete