Motorcycle Winter Camp Gear +Upgrades × BMW G650GS Sertao

[@Tinker1837]

NOTE: Seem like too much gear? IT IS! Much more could be strapped on board, but this is essentially just a maximum load-out for these containers, with multiple options for different seasons & scenarios.

[@raskatripas]

Colega, no te falta de na, puedes viajar hasta el fin del mundo y enfrentarte a mil peligros. Una pasada lo que haces con la moto y tus adaptaciones. Yo acabo de comprarme también una BMW G650GS. Saludos desde España

[@tarandusmt8089]

Enjoyed the video! The maintenance part was helpful. Great to see some content for adventuring with the G650GS. Keep it coming!

[@Tinker1837]

Thanks! Yeah not much out there for them really, hoping to get more out soon.

[@tarandusmt8089]

I'm a fan!

[@ShadowVonChadwick]

Love your setup, Never seen that green on the plastics before, looked amazing.

[@Tinker1837]

It was a custom vinyl wrap, used to be the usual white/blue.

[@Reaper4367]

Sorted! Nice load out cobber. Looking forward to 'accompanying' you on your adventures. Cheers for sharing.

[@andreapisani7960]

where can i find those green fairings? they are super cool

[@Tinker1837]

That's actually a vinyl wrap I applied, & it's real cheap if you have a go at it yourself. Not all that hard either, just a little time consuming.

[@andreapisani7960]

@@Tinker1837 thank you!

[@Tinker1837]

The material I used was a "flat british green" from the company Vvivid vinyl, just make sure to have a heat-gun or hair-drier handy before you start.

[@Sertao2013]

Could you type out a list of the things you packed up ?

[@wanderingbox7971]

nice bike

[@Tinker1837]

Thanks!

[@sierrafoxtrotgolf3638]

I'm considering a G650GS after mainly riding larger displacement cruisers. I have a trip planned for July of '19 from northeastern Minnesota to Boise, Glacier, Banff, and home again. I'm a bit leery of a 650 single on the long stretches of highway. How fast can you comfortably run at highway speeds (and a bit above), like across Montana as an example? I hope I'm not making an incorrect assumption, but thanks for your service. Never forget.

[@Tinker1837]

I'm not the most experienced rider, but I didn't have much of any issues maintaining between 70-75 on long highway stretches. Only problem I encountered was wind from either side pushing me around, but I think that's just a part of life when riding relatively upright on a taller motorcycle like this.

[@sierrafoxtrotgolf3638]

@@Tinker1837: Did the trip I mentioned on my cruiser, but decided not to go into Canada as I carry all the time. Still considering a GS as cruisers just don't do it for me anymore. On leg of the trip was 1566 miles in 27.5 hours from home to Boise. The rest was more relaxed and enjoyable.

[@ronadams6953]

The vinyl wrap looks really nice on the Sertao. I’m thinking of doing mine but can’t decide between wrapping it or just spraying it with plastidip. Was it a pain to wrap it?

[@Tinker1837]

Thanks! I'd definitely do it again, especially now having some experience, next time will be much easier. The vinyl will hold up MUCH better than plastidip, since it just rubs right off any high friction areas or scratch prone spots. Plastidip is less work to apply, but much more work to remove vs. vinyl.

[@ronadams6953]

Did you leave the decals on or just wrap right over them?

[@Tinker1837]

@@ronadams6953 Peeled them off, just figured they would show through if I didn't. They peeled off easily.

[@tarandusmt8089]

Great video. What type of USB/12v is that? Need to set up my bike for charging.

[@Tinker1837]

The built in voltmeter is so handy! So far it's held up great in heat, rain, snow, mud, everything I've thrown at it. Not bad for only $15-20. Here's a link >>> www.amazon.com/dp/B07CYYB48K/

[@tarandusmt8089]

@@Tinker1837 great thanks! Trying to get more confident doing more of my own work.

[@Tinker1837]

@@tarandusmt8089 Happy to help :) So far mine has been a treat to work on, only difficult thing so far was doing the vinyl wrap.

[@JB-ym2yy]

Nice video. How do you like the Karoo 3 tires? I just ended my first season on my Karoo 3's, about 800 miles. They hum a lot, but they sure pull me out of some pretty soft dirt fire trails. Could you share your info for the supplemental lighting you added? Did you have to do any complicated wiring and mounting for these lights? Keep up the good work.

[@Tinker1837]

Thanks! Quite liking them so far, honestly was surprised by their street manners, but not all that surprised how not great they are in snow. The headlight LED is a "Cyclops" conversion that was plug & play, & the auxiliary LED pods are a pair of dual flood + spot beam pods I mounted with custom aluminum brackets I fabricated to hang off the forward side-fairing bolts. Wiring was pretty straight forward using a basic Hella weatherproof relay that triggers from the main headlight's high-beam wire (so the stock high-beam switch turns on everything at once), & the main power feed for them runs straight to the battery with an inline fuse (everything's tucked along the frame under the plastics). Main Headlight LED link >>> www.cyclopsadventuresports.com/BMW-F800700650GS-LED-Headlight-Bulb-Cap-for-High-Beam--2013-and-Older_p_120.html Auxiliary LED pods link >>> www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01AIVUHBM/

[@jimpannell2035]

Excellent video! Your Sertao looks SWEET. I still have the stock white with horrible decals... really like what you've done with the colour change. Did you do that yourself?

[@Tinker1837]

I did! Not perfect since it was my first go at applying vinyl, some edges went a little wrinkley. Definitely will have a better chance at it the second time around. And for roughly the price of an oil change... I figure why not just try a new color every now 'n then?

[@jimpannell2035]

Alright, so it isn't paint? I figured that you'd resprayed it. Don't suppose you have any links to what you bought that I could take a look at?

[@Tinker1837]

Yep, it's a thick vinyl wrapping, kinda like a big sticker that you heat up & stretch over things. This is the material I used: vvividshop.com/ ...and 3M makes some top notch stuff as well, but for 2x the cost.

[@jimpannell2035]

Fantastic. Can you recall which color you went for?

[@Tinker1837]

Jim Pannell There are so many to choose from! I was turn between their matte metallic "Copper Rust" & "Military Green" but decided on the latter.

[@utahbones3094]

Do you still have your BMW? I just picked up and 07 650gs love it.

[@Tinker1837]

I do & it's been as reliable as I hoped for, only issue so far has been a fork seal's started leaking... but that might be my own fault for not keeping them clean enough. I've heard the generation of GS you picked up is the best they ever made. I always hear the Dakar650 & the KLR650 are the epitome of midsize dual sports.

[@utahbones3094]

I’m from Utah and moved to Wisconsin, I ran a DR650 out west flawlessly sold it when I moved here. Tried the Harley thing here and it’s not me, picked up the GS and I’m back at home. I loved the winter camping video I did the same out west. Your a natural westerner! 👍🏼😁

[@Tinker1837]

@@utahbones3094 And I need to get out west more! The cruiser type's not my style either, but I get why plenty like the whole kicking back and chilling out thing.

[@СерыйГ-ь8з]

Крутой канал с удовольствием смотрю

[@Tinker1837]

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