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A couple of photos from my 2017 Norway tour - 18 days was enough to wet the appetite

Just traded my 2014 RT (WC) in for a 1250, got just £4600 for a fully loaded LE but the corrosion was appalling. So why another BMW... The bike was fantastic, 3 year warranty and a determination to crucify them over ANY blemish under warranty and a commitment to trade in at 3 years. My bike covered ...

Also useful when you switch (like every other vehicle I've had with a digital dash) to see range & odo in km this helps road signs be more useful. When touring I want to be enjoying the ride & scenery not constantly performing simple maths, obviously I'm odd but the question was what would y...

Casbar wrote:
You have a speedo in mph, its not rocket science to work out the speed in kph, a little bit of mental arithmetic. Or you could just buy another Vauxhall  8)

Never said it was rocket science but clearly BMW consider it to be so.


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Bit poor not having it my 1987 Vauxhall Astra GTE with the digital dashboard even had that!


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There is no switch to change to kph from mph. Apparently the dealer can set if required, but not user stable. Just use the Nav or do the calculation, not really an issue I use the satnav but not much use in a tunnel and on the continent they do love placing cameras on tunnel exits! Sent from my iPh...

I love the rt dash, a few small improvements: on the trip counter allow it to have the 3 current settings or range. I'm sure it's there but buggered if I can find a switch to kph instead of mph digitally. I agree on keeping the dials though in reality I don't use the that much just prefer the look. ...

RTman10 wrote: Too late already booked for Germany and Scottish West coast.


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I assume that's 2 tours! I'm doing Switzerland, Austria & Germany in September with brothers not wife so range won't be reporting 413 miles then!


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RTman10 wrote: I was wondering were they all were.  Now I know, Norway.

I guess you'll just HAVE to tour now!


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timminator wrote: Z rated tires are good for 149+ mph.  At least according to the experts at google.

So needed for riding flat out down a very steep hill then, otherwise overspecified...


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Nah! Way too common just seen another one on the zig zag road down to Geiranger fjord!


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I put the bike on the centre stand an place 4 old bike gel batteries in the top box. Voila front stays high in the air. Actually lifts around 2 batteries others are there as a guarantee


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Should know but what does the Z rating actually mean? Good for 160mph?


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How very dare you... German motor caravan doing 45 in an 80, 4 cars and a lorry stuck behind then the Can Am then me. I may have touched 90 briefly once but just went past one at a time when the way was clear. It was tight but couldn't have been THAT tight or my wife would have commented! Still reac...

Until we got out the other side, he followed the traffic on the narrow road, I went past


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