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  • I had a recovery van out and they checked the alternator was charging but the battery was not topping up or keeping a charge.
    The mechanic said he changes his battery for a fresh one every year.
    He is also.doing a ride with Charlie Boorman to Capetown next year. He interestingly said he (the mechanic)isn't doing it on the BMW gs as the one bike he has to pick up all the time is the new model GS and it is always an an electrical fault, often due to one of the sensors

  • Charlie & Ewan wanted KTMs for the "Long Way" rides, but KTM wouldn't sponsor them. BMW GSs are just horrible, slow, heavy & unreliable IMHO. On the Long Way Round, the only bike to break down and be unrepairable en-route was a GS.

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