K1600GT Front Shock 

You my friend are fearless!!! Mechanically adept myself I would not take on that job, mad respect for making it happen. Subscribed as any artisan of your capabilities certainly deserves it; more so for your service on that beautiful old gal the Mitscher!! Ride long, far, and safe. Be well.

I love the "let's figure this out attitude" Careful and methodical. I bought a '16 last year so this really helps. Thank you for making the video!!

Man I thought...this guy is going to have some major issues in the end reassembling everything! Congrats!!!!

Wow !!! I take my hat off to you sir... amazing video many congratulations....I'm sure this has helped many BMW owners

Great video Tony! Thank you for taking the time to make it!

Thank you Tony, for taking the time to make your detailed & excellent video. My 2014 GT, with a bit more miles than yours, still rides great and hopefully will for many more miles, but I was curious as to how it's done, so it was nice to see how to R & R the ESA front shock! Nice Job!

Great job, Anchor Klanker! Thank you for a great video, Tony!

Thank You Tony. Will be doing the front shock in the near future. I have the BMW repair manual but your video is so much better. Keep up the good work!

Damn you are brave and extremely competent. Great job. Thank you

These are clearly complex and intricate machines though you fearlessly tackled the job jumping the numerous hurdles on the way with with masterly expertise. I do not have a K but was awed by the proficient video. 👍👏👌😮

Hey Tony, i wish i had your confidence, great video buddy !!!

Nice job Tony 💪👍. I thoroughly enjoyed your video.

Thanks for the video, I'm about to purchase a K1600 with 33k miles on it so I want to be as aware of maintenance procedures as possible. Looks a bit daunting but doable with patience.

Dude, you rock! Not only are you a keen wrencher, your video was well made as too - thank you. !

You are a better man than me Gunga Din,excellent job.

great job, no bull straight forward, my shock isn't leaking but have a squeal in the front , can't find the squeal. More investigating ,lot of crap to take off to get to. keep them coming.

You are my new internet hero. Wonderful job, not just with the mechanical but with filming and editing of the video. I love how your commentary remains so calm and laid back even when you encounter a setback. Great job. Thank you. 27:29

My favorite color combo on the GT. Great video!

Tony, I like your style. The bike is an engineering marvel. But it's still just a bucket of bolts. Patience is the key. Nice job and thanks for the video. Isn't it a good feeling not having that one extra bolt left over! 😂😂Keep the rubber side down!!

That's awesome! You should have done valve check while at it! 😆

It was a pleasure watching you solve problems in the maintenance of your K1600GT. As the owner of a 2008 K12GT I share many of those issues. I'm currently replacing my leaking front ESA shock, and plan to have the shock rebuilt and reinstall it. Your video helped solve many of the questions I had about doing the job. There were a few old write ups on the discussion boards and some even had pics, but seeing a video helps a lot. I also see that while I'm in there it might be the time to do the valve clearance inspection and coolant replacement since I have to remove so much tupperware. Thanks again. I'll be looking at your future vids. Liked and Subscribed.

Mad respect for your mechanical skills! I wont be doing this level of maintenance myself! Enjoyed watching

Great job, my man, I know you did this to encourage others to potentially try to do their own maintenance but you just made me FULLY aware of the possible maintenance issues. That was a lot of work on the 1600GT to remove the front shock. I can see why some have leaned towards the Honda Goldwing.

Great TOP NOTCH Job Tony! Hope you liked the biscuits.

Outstanding job. Glad to find your channel.

Great video, Tony. Very good commentary and editing. You are brave and I like watching you tackle complex stuff. Love my '15 K1600GT.

Great job Tony.

Good camera work

This was amazing 👏

Awesome video Tony! pretty cool and smart moves to keep in right position the K and the whole video step by step. This models are complex and you made it..all the best! in the future I will have to replace the front shock suspension so this is saved.

awesome video! thanks for your time and effort to make it!

You are a very patient man. I would be shouting at the bike.

Well done sir

Impressive. Thanks. I plan on changing to the Tractive shocks on my RT.

Dang ... thank you for the info.... Makes me remember my 1999 K1300s.... Changing the air filter was an all day job.....

Bloody excellent...thank you👍👍👍

Great work and video.

Thank you for the video my front shock just went pouring fluid all over after taking off center stand hopefully BMW will replace under warranty your video would be real helpful if I had to do myself

That was very enjoyable to watch 👌 you're a hell of crafty amd skilled guy. I own a k1300gt

Great job, Tony! Excellent photography and hyper-articulate commentary. I like your style, man. You are a true super technician! I have a 2012 GT with 40+K miles on it. I'm guessing I will need to do this job sooner than later.

I don't have a K1600, but they are impressive bikes. Thanks for the videos, Tony, as they are always interesting to watch.

Wow, that Galvanic corrosion on the threads was brutal

Your video is excellent, and I feel I must say thank you. I had my shock replaced under warranty and the dealer showed me what they charged BMW. No cost to me. I will save your video if I ever have to do it myself later. Thanks again!

I would not even try and attempt that job. Kudos to you 👏 🙌 👍 👌

Thanks for your excellent video. I'm sure I'll need to use it, hopefully not anytime soon. 😁👍

Your an absolute champion mate! I am in the process of upgrading my K1200 GT and for some time now have been looking very closely at the 1600's. I am an old school mechanic and have enjoyed working on my 1200. Like my 1200 my only concern was the difficulty in working on them. You my new friend have now convinced me that the 1600 is achievable from a mechanical perspective. I am contacting my dealer this week and looking at trading in the very near future. Thank you for the time and effort you put into your videos, extremely helpful!!! Cheers Mate!

great job my friend. I have the same motorbike in germany and my electric suspensions are for sure defekt. i want to learn, how it is to repair. Thank you very much Tony. I give you 1000 Thumbs ub👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Great video you might want to get a front fender extension works great and keeps a lot of road debris off the rad

Great video, thanks so much for making this.

Piece of cake! Easy!🤪

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great video, i am the same way, however, never video tape anything (my bike is much older 2006 K1200GT) guest the number of times i took it apart didnt see you torquing anything, dont take as a negative comment i am pretty sure you know what you doing geat job you made it look super easy with no repair manual

Хотелось бы версию этого мотоцикла с обычной телескопической вилкой и с минимумом электроники.

New to the channel. I like the white letters on the tires. You’re doing? Color stick? 😊 on a side note, I think you can reset the shocks so that they sinc with one another for equal Elsa adjustment. You’ll need a GS 911. There is a video on how to do it.

great video, and very helpful

Instead of the ladder arrangement you could just put a jack under the engine and jack until the bike is supported on Jack, Centrestand and back tyre touches the floor

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Good work!

Thanks for sharing! I just posted to you over at K1600 forums. I'm about to remove the front and rears to replace mine with Wilbers. The video is a great reference. Wanna come to VA Beach to supervise a retired OS! 😆

Tony, I meant to tell you that Touratech sells these shocks and they ask how much you weigh so that they can set the preload for you. All the best, Sir.

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Thanks for your comment for watching and subscribing.

Tony---you da man! Over 1g for one shock and all that labor? This and other horror stories makes me contemplate selling my GTL and just keeping my Goldwing. I wonder how much the BMW stealerships charge for that job. Any idea? Thanks for that great vid!!!🦾🦾🦾

I did mine last year, didn’t video it! Pain of a job as you know, for future, there is a plastic pad between the exhausts under the gearbox, you can jack the bike up on that, no need for the ladders and ratchet straps.

Hey Tony, I am a first time viewer and I must say I was nervous as hell watching you take that a part. Awesome job! I must know....where did you get those raised white letter Michelin tires??? I love those! I'm running Michelin GT Road 6's myself. Please let me know about the tires!!! DB

Tony great work, i wish you were my neighbour, i have a 2005 K1200S. I am able to calibrate rear shock using Moto Scan APP, but Front not responding. Probably front shock needs replacement.

First of all, THANK YOU for the awesome video, you're a good mechanic, clean and organized. I have a 2014 GTL, and my front wheel is misaligned in regard to the steering plate. The handlebars look fine, but when the handlebars are parallel but the front wheel aims to the left and I have no idea how to align it. I tried to adjust the plate moving it to the next position removing the 27mm nut that holds the plate, but it is worst. I wonder if you have any suggestions. It is not a big deal but like you, my OCD triggers from time to time and bothers me. I will be very much appreciated.

Hi Tony, Just got a 2012 K1600 GT. Both shocks seems to be dead, it is like riding on Gravel the entire time. Front mirrors and panel vibrates and shakes, front end dives when I brake. The rear moves when I make adjustments to the ESA but I do feel every pot and hole in the road. Bike has 90K miles on it. So I will need to replace both shocks, what a nightmare. Not sure where you live as I could use the help. Thanks, great videa.

Need to carefully check the ball joints while your in there.

Do you have one for replacing the Rear Shock please ? Thanks.

Lower ball joint does not need to be removed. How about checking BMW documentation

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I glad have a oil boiler 650 Bandit 😂😂😂 What a complicated mess BMW! What those engineers are smoking? Jesus!