Can anyone recommend a good rear shock for the R1200? (2008)
When I google this, I get hits ranging from $60 to $600 and UP!
Q: does the R1200 use a generic shock of something specialized?
Thank you in advance.
recommended shock for R1200
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recommended shock for R1200
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Re: recommended shock for R1200
If you bike has EPS then it is expensive to fit but I've heard that a few places in the USA do fix them. Wilbers are a good shock to use. Again a lot in the US recommend them. It all comes down you want to pay.
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Re: recommended shock for R1200
I will look into Wilbers or a replacement shock.Doctor T wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2025 1:49 pm If you bike has EPS then it is expensive to fit but I've heard that a few places in the USA do fix them. Wilbers are a good shock to use. Again a lot in the US recommend them. It all comes down you want to pay.
at 112,000 miles, the goal is to maintain it as well (cheaply) as possible until it dies a natural death. (I.E. requires a repair I can't afford.)
The "boingy boingy" sensation I get when stopped at a light may be a function of the bike being lighter than the FJR I'm used to. The ride seems stable right now.
Chat GPT (is that really an authority??) listed EPS as a weakness. I kind of agree...
If the shock ever fails, I'll replace it with something in the $300 range and ask my mechanic to disconnect/remove EPS as much as possible.
BMW oil, iridium plugs, a good air filter, and all scheduled maintainance is more important to my mind.
I can't be the first person to replace a shock on that model and just leave the EPS stuff out of it.
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Re: recommended shock for R1200
The easy what to rid the ESP is just to unplug the leads
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Re: recommended shock for R1200
Yes, that's a good first choice.
I'm not keen to get rid of ESP for its own sake...
but if ESP requires a gold-plated, german-engineered, signed by chancellor Olaf Schulz, BMW extra expensive shock...
then ESP becomes a liability.
I'm guessing the friendly BMW engineers made it so that BMW suspension would accept many different brands of shocks and not just one...
but I could be wrong about that! (-:
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