Bike preparation has been an ongoing process. We prefer to do stuff like this much more than doing paperwork and such. We should have documented all of the things we have done to the bikes, but often forgot the camera, or were just to lazy. Here are some photos and brief descriptions of some of the things we have done to the bikes. We will show the final big jobs to be done in Germany as well as the finished product of what the bikes will be heading into the middle east in a couple of weeks.
This is the huge job of adding an extra fuel tank to the bikes. The original tank is located under the seat and is 4.2 gallons. The new tank will mount where most bike tanks in front of the rider and are 5.4 gallons. This will give us a range of almost 500 miles. Pretty legit for the Sahara.
We were told by our buddies at the BMW San Francisco dealership (very cool guys), that we were truly underestimating the time needed to do the job. Many many man hours later we fumbled along and completed the job. Well mostly, the tank still leaks from one of the hoses on my bike, but its mounted and connected to the original tank.
nothing a little drinking at Mike's Ranch cant take care of.
Here are the water tanks I added to my bike. Mark over at www.mpcustommetal.com helped me make the aluminum boxes that I had been envisioning for awhile. A lot of people couldn't imagine it or thought it was a bit far fetched. Either way he was awesome to work with and I am very pleased with the end results. Hopefully they can hold up to a good beating.
I replaced the stock windshield with an adjustable as seen here.We also decided to spray some UV protection on the extra tank. We thought leaving it a gritty black would look more inconspicuous as well as giving it that sweet Mad Max feeling.
We have done so much yet so little.
