Bodging the GS

[Rubberchicken]

Home improvements: GPS bridge.

Very much version 0.1 and needs a bit of work still as the point where it all starts vibrating madly sits squarely at the motorway speed limit. Obviously that won't do.



Then there's the more outlandish stuff, a 4 meter telescopic lightmast.


Ideal for those coffee and pancake making sessions on a Rhine riverbank in Germany where it's pitch black at 2 AM.

(That's Emmerich across the river there.)

[Kjell Lindberg]

A 4 meter tall Telescopic light mast? That should come in handy when You parked Your GS in the middle of a whole crowd of other GS

Or are You involved in some shady radio transmitting groups travelling the land, sending short radio messages to each other?

[rodent]

A 4 meter tall Telescopic light mast? That should come in handy when You parked Your GS in the middle of a whole crowd of other GS

No, surely that is so, when he is parked next to more than 3 other BMW's at night, he can provide enough light for them to try and fix the one that has broken down

[Rubberchicken]

Nah, I'm involved in some shady world's biggest relay running event: Batavierenrace

Starts at midnight, finishes at about 6 pm. There's about 8500 runners who mainly get in the way Then there's about 150 bikes who keep traffic out from under those runners (or rather the reverse) and then there's about 20 bikes who make sure those 150 survive the night by feeding them coffee and pancakes. That's where I come in.

One of those coffeemaking and pancake baking spots is pitch black at 2 AM and cooking by torch or headlamp is a pain, so I figured I'd add a bit of light. Worked very well indeed.

So that was one quite loaded GS, with 10l of water and 13l of pancake mix and various cooking gear and other supplies.

[Rubberchicken]

And no, luckily the BMWs breaking down were all during daytime hours. Mine ran the battery down and needed to be kickstarted (which worked) and then there was this one that blew a carb off. But that's a 2 minute fix.

[j]

Mike, Vader is no doubt putting an order for one off Chad as we speak, but he will want a flame thrower attachment as well as a big search light.

[Rubberchicken]

I'll bet he does.

[steveR]

Love the light mast! I used to mark out and marshal 100 mile 24hr long distance Horse events. Used to start at 3am and last horse had to cross the line 24hrs later. Escorting in knackered riders and horses in dense woodland was sometimes interesting.

A high level light would have been wonderful, especially for late night brewups.

[Rubberchicken]

We get into all sorts of places that aren't usually legal too.

Though offroading that lot on 3mm tread after lots of rain with all that weight on the back is a bit tricky sometimes.

[Windmill John]

No, surely that is so, when he is parked next to more than 3 other BMW's at night, he can provide enough light for them to try and fix the one that has broken down

Rodent, Rodent, Rodent! I've seen your threads and all I can think of saying is.... Pot, Black, kettle......or maybe glass houses, people and throwing stones