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by beemerboy9
Sun Oct 27, 2024 11:20 pm
Forum: Newbies
Topic: Just joined and a question already!
Replies: 8
Views: 1065
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Re: Just joined and a question already!

The tricky part is getting good sound quality from speakers at 70mph with the wind rushing past your helmet. Motorcycling has now adopted the modern fashion in automobiles, namely using Apple Carplay or Andriod Auto to mirror the screen on the smartphone. The latest way is to use a helmet communicat...
by beemerboy9
Sun Sep 15, 2024 8:33 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: adding alarm and central locking to 2016 R1200RT
Replies: 4
Views: 1134
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Re: adding alarm and central locking to 2016 R1200RT

If you have to wait for a reply, it means that most of the models sold had Central Locking as standard. So yours is quite a rare machine.

In the UK your machine would have an "SE" designation, whereas the "LE" (Luxury Edition) was more popular.

Good luck.
by beemerboy9
Tue Sep 10, 2024 9:09 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Painting costs
Replies: 11
Views: 1765
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Re: Painting costs

My 49 litre top-box will be 20 years old next year.
It has has been repainted into metallic dark red and now Alpine White.

I take it to a cheap back street repair shop in North London and try to avoid paying VAT ;)
by beemerboy9
Mon Sep 09, 2024 3:50 pm
Forum: Maintenance, Servicing and Problems
Topic: stuck windscreen
Replies: 4
Views: 1126
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Pivot Pins for Windscreen 2019 RT

The part number for the PIN is 4663 7693 990
The part number for the Circlip is 0712 9909 733

May suit other years and models e.g. 2014--> R1200RT and 2019--> R1250RT with TFT.
by beemerboy9
Sat Sep 07, 2024 1:12 pm
Forum: Audio, Bluetooth & Electrical System
Topic: Sound bomb or SPLIT sound bomb.
Replies: 4
Views: 1750
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Re: Sound bomb or SPLIT sound bomb.

I have the low tone horn from a BMW 5-series car. Naturally it is compatible with the existing bike plug.
by beemerboy9
Sat Sep 07, 2024 8:53 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Why the BMW RT
Replies: 15
Views: 3571
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Re: Why the BMW RT

WHY The R100RS Monolever that I had inherited made my hands numb. So, either give up biking or buy something that I liked. We were a BMW family since before the war so I purchased a R1100RT. Since then, I have had a 2005 1200RT, a 2014 1200RT and now a 2019 1250RT. I have had a K1300GT as a service ...
by beemerboy9
Wed Aug 28, 2024 11:05 am
Forum: GPS and TFT
Topic: Zumo XT
Replies: 12
Views: 2186
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Re: Zumo XT

Thank you for the Stu :thumb: Also will the XT fit using its own mounting in the same place as the bmw unit, if the bmw navigator mount is removed. I would NOT remove the BMW mount. I have fitted the Wunderlich/Oldtimers Satnav electric locking device to my non-TFT bike. This locks the BMW release ...
by beemerboy9
Sun Aug 18, 2024 12:13 pm
Forum: Clothing
Topic: Alternative to leather trousers ?
Replies: 9
Views: 5015
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Re: Alternative to leather trousers ?

Buy something that fits the waist and have them taken in. I've just paid £60 to have my Resurgence jeans taken in by Hideout Leathers (nr. Cambridge). Probably 3x as expensive as the local tailor but I wanted them to use best quality thread. After all, AAA abrasion resistance is no use if the clothe...
by beemerboy9
Tue Aug 06, 2024 7:55 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Indicators always on
Replies: 10
Views: 2563
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Re: Indicators always on

Once upon a time (we're talking R1100RT) I paid for a gadget to allow me to use the yellow indicators as DRLs. Then a white van pulled out in front of me thinking that I was about to turn left into a side road. This left me thinking that yellow DRLs are not necessarily a safety aid. White DRLs or dr...
by beemerboy9
Thu Aug 01, 2024 9:18 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: R1300RT Prototype
Replies: 25
Views: 4946
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Re: R1300RT Prototype

Don't forget its a prototype the bodywork won't be finished and they will be testing first It will probably look worse if the new GS adventure is anything to go by :lol: That is exactly what everyone said about the 2005 1200RT when it replaced the curvaceous 1150RT. I lost count of the number of ti...
by beemerboy9
Fri Jul 26, 2024 8:51 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Key Blanks
Replies: 13
Views: 2768
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Re: Key Blanks

You should be fine with that - a good automotive key cutter should be able to oblige with cutting the duplicate.

I've done the same thing.
by beemerboy9
Thu Jul 25, 2024 12:17 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Chinese Goldwing
Replies: 3
Views: 2858
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Re: Chinese Goldwing

450 kg ready to roll :o
by beemerboy9
Thu Jul 25, 2024 12:14 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: BMW F800-GT
Replies: 5
Views: 3128
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Re: BMW F800-GT

I did not particularly care for the F800R/GT motor. The motor in the F750GS/latest F800GS is far nicer and the underlying technology is much newer. If needed, there are low-frame models of both the above. I would look in that direction. Don't worry about the chain - just fit an automatic chain oiler.
by beemerboy9
Mon Jul 22, 2024 10:20 am
Forum: Clothing
Topic: Summer mesh jacket that’s waterproof ?
Replies: 32
Views: 11432
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Re: Summer mesh jacket that’s waterproof ?

My go-to Summer jacket is a red/grey BMW Airflow jacket which has a red waterproof over-jacket stashed in a pouch on the back. The red colourway means that I do not feel the need to wear a flouresent overjacket to be seen easily. The jacket is made of sturdy Dynatec high-melting point Cordura. The A...