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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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.
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! (-: