R80/100GS front fork mounted on R80G/S (TüV or BMW approval)

[G-slash-S_Rider]

• Hi 2V riders
  
  I have a BMW R80 G/S and would like to mount the front fork from a BMW R80/100 GS but I will need to have it certified for legal use on the road. The front wheel will still be from the G/S with a special front axle and brake parts from HE Bremstechnik.
  

  • Does anybody know if any German riders have done the same conversion and had it TüV approved?
  • Or does anbody know if BMW has made an official approval of using the R80/100 GS forks on a R80 G/S?

  
  Hope that some one can help me with some answers or point me in a direction where I can find some more information on how to get the conversion approved for road use in Europe!​
  
  
  

 

[mfro]

• Hi 2V riders
  
  I have a BMW R80 G/S and would like to mount the front fork from a BMW R80/100 GS but I will need to have it certified for legal use on the road. The front wheel will still be from the G/S with a special front axle and brake parts from HE Bremstechnik.
  

  • Does anybody know if any German riders have done the same conversion and had it TüV approved?
  • Or does anbody know if BMW has made an official approval of using the R80/100 GS forks on a R80 G/S?

  
  Hope that some one can help me with some answers or point me in a direction where I can find some more information on how to get the conversion approved for road use in Europe!​
  
  
  

It would probably help if you'd tell were you are from.

European regulations for vehicle modifications still differ extremly by individual country.

 

[G-slash-S_Rider]

It would probably help if you'd tell were you are from.

European regulations for vehicle modifications still differ extremly by individual country.

Wohnort updated

At the moment our motor vehicle laws regarding modifications are being updated and are expected to be released this summer. They have for many years been very unclear and the rules have been very rigid because of the unclear regulations.
In a draft document of the new more clear regulations it is stated that if a TÜV approval exists for having a different fork fitted on a specific bike model then it will fulfill the national rules.

So therefore I would really like to obtain a TÜV approval document!

 

[vollgas]

i changed once the fork like you are planning, was no problem with the german tüv - but in denmark?
but i have neither g/s nor any papers anymore, unfortunately

Maybe just ask your local danish "tüv"

 

[vollgas]

take a look here:

http://www.derdicke.de/mot/r80gs.html

Zitat:

"Die TÜV-Eintragung war kein Problem. Bei Bedarf kann ich eine Briefkopie versenden und mit Unterlagen für die Eintragung behilflich sein."

which means he offers help on his homepage to this problem...

 

[G-slash-S_Rider]

i changed once the fork like you are planning, was no problem with the german tüv - but in denmark?
but i have neither g/s nor any papers anymore, unfortunately

Maybe just ask your local danish "tüv"

We don't really have a TÜV in Denmark so I would need to contact a private testing company and that will probably be VERY expensive to have them do the testing and certification.

take a look here:

http://www.derdicke.de/mot/r80gs.html

Zitat:

"Die TÜV-Eintragung war kein Problem. Bei Bedarf kann ich eine Briefkopie versenden und mit Unterlagen für die Eintragung behilflich sein."

which means he offers help on his homepage to this problem...

I actually tried to e-mail him some days ago but no answer yet. His homepage has not been updated for more than 10 years so I'm not too optimistic in receiving an answer from him.

 

[vollgas]

a pity

 

[lestrade]

Here it is. ......

 

[G-slash-S_Rider]

a pity

Actually I just received an answer from Daniel this afternoon with some very good details on how he got the road approval.

Here it is. ......

Thanks a lot! Do you by any chance have a better scan or photo which include details about the motorcycle model being a BMW G/S?

 

[lestrade]

I hope these pictures are better......

 

[G-slash-S_Rider]

I hope these pictures are better......

Thank you very much!!

By the way are you using the G/S front wheel together with the HE Ø320 mm disc and a Brembo caliber from an R1100 or similar?

 

[lestrade]

The wheel boss is from the GS. The wheel rim has he same size as the g/s.
The brave disk is from HE. The adapter is modifes by me. The brave caliper is a brembo P4 gold also from HE.

 

[G-slash-S_Rider]

The wheel boss is from the GS. The wheel rim has he same size as the g/s.
The brave disk is from HE. The adapter is modifes by me. The brave caliper is a brembo P4 gold also from HE.

Thanks for the information lestrade!