I don't know how "invested" you are at this point in the OEM grips. However, I strongly recommend that you forget those and go with a new, BETTER Ox...

If it brakes well it can't be a 1988 R100GS! lol Merry Christmas; your gift apparently arrived early.

[hide][/hide]Now those are brakes! Did you personally make the adapters for those calipers?

Thanks for those suggestions. When the fuel falls to a easily manageable level, I'll pull the tank and check the coil connection. The last time I had...

For the record, slamming Shinko tires as poor quality Chinese is an error. Shinko tires are made in Korea. A blanket condemnation of them on the basi...

If I remember correctly, my R100GS had smaller valves than my R100RS (which has the larger carburettors). If you fit the 40mm units to the engine wit...

Thanks for that! Lots of info to wade through there.

Okay, I get that the bearings, if not abused, will outlast the rider. The issue I'm wrestling with is the preload adjustment. Bike is a 1983 model...

Just to give closure here, I did install the friction disk. I'm completely satisfied with the result. The original clutch pack had not been serviced...

I see I've misspoke when I described the brake calipers on my 1983 R100RS. If they are two-piston calipers, then the K-bikes had four-piston calipers...