宝马GS系列可能是现代冒险摩托车中最具标志性的。新利18苹果伊万(Ewan)和查理(Charley)将他们带入了社会意识,因此现在宝马与哈雷(Harleys)(每位巡洋舰)和忍者(每辆运动自行车)的摩托车知识享有摩托车知识的席位。

BMW makes the GS in a bunch of different flavors, these days. Even if you don’t plan to take your motorcycle off road, the comfortable Adventure style seating position makes it a popular everyday machine.

Why a 310 GS?

当宝马决定发布其GS的小版本时,它引起了我的兴趣。最近,当我决定一生中需要的是轻巧的污垢街道自行车(与街头法律越野自行车相对)时,婴儿GS充分引起了我的注意。我不足以骑钢芯需要辐条,这也意味着我的轮胎中没有管子。奖金!

So new it doesn’t have any luggage yet! Photo: Kate Murphy

Background

Note that I am coming from a decade of KLR ownership. I loved that KLR, but found it was too heavy for the dirt riding I like to do. A friend of mine sold me his marvelous little WR250X, which was very lightweight and nimble. That bike turned out to be too much of a dirtbike for the road-riding I wanted to do, to get to the dirt roads and events. I already own a Super Ténéré for heavy long-distance touring, and a 3rd-gen SV650 for day trips and track use.

输入310 GS。它足够轻,非常容易骑在泥土上,推到车库,必要时装上拖车。但是,它具有非常僵硬的股票悬架和工厂后架,在我最喜欢的活动中,它的功能更大:摩托车露营。

What’s It Like?

G 310 GS基本上是一个更加文明,更顺畅,轻巧,注射燃料的KLR(是的,我知道2022 KLR解决了很多这些问题……除了重量外)。310的HP与KLR相比大致相同或仅几乎几个,具体取决于KLR所拥有的mod。库存,他们都发布了几乎相同的(34hp vs. 35)。但是,您会感觉到这一点,在低端咕unt声中:KLR抛出39英尺/磅,只有310 20。

天堂的麻烦

这台全新机器上的前几英里承诺,慢自行车速度愚蠢,但我几乎不知道,一切都不好。在首次升级之后,有关此方面的更多信息。

升级

We all know a new bike is just a starting point, and when the work begins. I’ve already begun the upgrade on this babyADV; the first thing I installed was a set of tank pads, for grip and to keep my jacket from scratching the tank. I’ve bolted on some wind protection. I’m on the hunt for crash bars, and the future will include a bash plate, knobbier tires, luggage, a tank bag, a beefy horn, an aux light setup, and possibly suspension work.

The Sketchiest Aftermarket Ever

I note here that the 310 series is very, very popular in Southeast Asia and South America. It is not so popular in the “bigger-is-better” United States, where I am. That means limited aftermarket and upgrade parts availability except on sites like Amazon and AliExpress. I’m going to be testing out a bunch of really sketchy and questionable accessories and telling you all about them! Let’s begin!

Tank Pads

我已经开始在我的夹克拉链偶尔接触的油漆中看到磨损,因此油箱垫登上了“需求”列表的顶部。这些是亚马逊的“夜猫子”。他们的价格不到30美元,而我对质量感到惊讶。他们感觉就像是重量级橡胶,在坦克侧面既漂亮又毛。中心垫很好地保护了水箱免受我的夹克拉链的保护。

安装与任何其他粘附配件一样容易。将所有内容排成一列是困难的部分,但是一旦将它们围绕并居中,这只是一个剥落后背,让弹力橡胶垫恢复的问题,然后用自己的粘合剂锚定。

将其排好,将其粘住,然后将其剥落。照片:凯特·墨菲(Kate Murphy)

一些评论说,新利体育ios材料分解了,过了一会儿就变得有点粘。我将密切关注这一点,因为以价格,如果我必须将它们剥落并每隔几年更换一次,我就不会生气。一段时间,使用一些大猩猩胶带的工作缓慢,将立即取下所有粘性。

It even advertises the model name. Photo: Kate Murphy

防风

This is another Amazon find, from the brand “Lorababer.” It cost me thirty (30) dollars US, and for that price, I figured the risk was definitely worth it. It arrived in a beat-up box, but the windshield was well packed and sound. The fitment is… not perfect, but after flattening out its curvature I was able to get the bolt holes lined up.

将库存“挡风玻璃”取下非常简单。四个螺栓。照片:凯特·墨菲(Kate Murphy)

I used the grommets and spacer-washers from the stock windshield on the new one, to get the bolts tight without over-torquing and cracking the plastic.

New cheap-o windshield is quite sturdy! Photo: Kate Murphy

To my great surprise the windshield is fantastic. The construction is as beefy as any name-brand shield I’ve worked with (MRA, Puig, National Cycle) and the wind protection works great.

The Breakdown

Here’s the bad news. One hundred and eighty miles into my ownership of the bike, halfway to its first real destination: Vermont’s Mount Ascutney, the bike started to give me fits. The engine was stuttering and hesitating under load, and I couldn’t top 40mph up any kind of hill. The check-engine light had come on and the “caution” triangle lit up yellow. I pulled over in Henniker, NH, an hour from home, to check the bike’s battery connections and make sure nothing looked wrong.

I called the dealership that sold me the bike, and the service guys there had never heard of one of these, new, having this kind of trouble. They recommended a “capacitor discharge.” This means I pop the seat off, disconnect the main battery leads, touch them together, and reconnect them to the battery. That didn’t help. I added fresh gas. That didn’t help either. There wasn’t much else to be done out there but try to get it home.

我做到了,但这没什么好玩的

在回家的路上,自行车的性能和动力传递从口吃犹豫不决到在任何RPM上的任何油门上的应用中陷入困境。我的最高速度降至20mph,然后自行车停滞了。似乎让自行车冷静下来(发动机温度在178-182华氏度之间运行),所以我像整个回家一样跳过了它:开始自行车,获得我能做的力量,滚动,滚动滚动, ride ’til it stalled, pull over and wait, repeat. All that while also waving traffic around me and trying not to get run over.

So now the dealership is scheduled to pick the bike up and figure out what’s wrong. A sensor that was bad from the factory? A bad fuel sender? Problems with the fuel injection? Hit me with your bets in the comments.

一旦我恢复自行车,修复了,我还应该考虑其他什么升级?让我知道您在评论中也喜欢自行车!

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