BMW F800GS

The Giant Loop project bike, our 2010 BMW F800GS. Follow along as we build our stocker into a dirt-worthy adventure touring machine! Here's round one: our top priority is to protect the bike from the punishment of riding offroad on a 450+lb ma All the holes and fitment on the Moto Overland were perfect (not always the case with aftermarket parts).chine. Recessed bolts on the Moto Overland skid plate let the bike slide over logs.

Moto Overland's skid plate for the BMW F800GS is far more burly than the BMW part, and it comes up higher in the front to better protect the oil filter, oil cooler and exhaust header pipes.

Driving Force Graphics, the Bend company that makes all of our stickers, applied clear protective film to the body panels to protect the paint from any possible abrasion from grit getting under the Great Basin Saddlebag and Fandango Tank Bag.
You can't even see the clear film on the battery/intake cover, but it will keep grit under the Fandango Tank Bag from abrading that bitchin' Lava Orange, all sparkly and all.

Clear film protects the fuel tank body panels on both sides, so any grit under the Great Basin Saddlebag won't mar our beautiful Lava Orange. Shout out to Driving Force in Bend - real pros at printing/installing all things vinyl on motorcycles, cars, trucks, etc.

 You can't even see the clear protective film they installed for us.
We added the extra wind spoilers to the Touratech hand guards, which really keeps the hands out of the wind/rain. There's also a small patch of clear film protecting the "G" in the GS logo from getting rubbed by the Fandango Tank Bag's sid Our Australian distributor, Steve at Adventure Moto, sent us Pivot Pegz for the F800GS. They're larger and more aggressive than the stockers, and the platform pivots to keep your boot in contact with the whole peg all the time, even when braking and shifting.e straps.

The Pivot Pegz are beautifully machined too.

I got to put the F800GS and all the protective parts to the test last weekend at the 19th Annual Black Dog Dualsport and Adventure Ride - rode there and back on pavement and covered nearly 250 miles offroad on Saturday and Sunday. Check back for the full report.