BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

I think Bob21 was being sarcastic.. I have keyless and have to say that whilst it's neat it's hardly essential.  I seem to have coped for the previous 45 years without too many problems.  I might have mislaid the occasional key (well quite a few actually) but never whilst I've been...

An interesting little video there David. Of course all recent RT's (since they dropped the powered brakes on the early 1200s I believe) have a neat, intelligent semi-linked brakes.  Using the front brake applies the rear brake too but the rear only applies the rear.  Normal braking...

There are dozens, possibly hundreds, of different grades of stainless steel. Some are very "stainless" some less so. They can have markedly different mechanical properties but none of them are going to corrode away! Some may need a bit more love and attention to stay looking pristine but t...

I have zero faith in any form of alarm.  Instead I've gone down The Old Timers route. https://www.oldtimers.si/en/navi-central-lock-ready-for-bmw-r1200rt-lc-2014.html   They are a Slovenian company that produces a superb bit of kit that properly locks the sat-nav release button whe...

The screen on my R1250RT might not be perfect (I'd like a little more summer ventilation please) but aerodynamically it's pretty damned good.  I've done 4,000 miles on this bike now and 19,000 on my previous water-cooled R1200RT. I'm 5' 7" with a 29 inside leg and therefore a fairly lo...

I'm very late to this party but just a quick comment on modes: As I understand it the maximum power output is the same in all modes it is merely the rate at which it is applied that changes; gradually in rain mode, proportionally in road mode and quick action style in dynamic mode.  The sus...

Well I didn't expect this but the other week I dropped in at Wollaston BMW and they made me an offer I couldn't refuse to upgrade to a 1250RT,  keyless this time! Still stuck with the analogue instruments and the insecure sat-nav mount but I am a model closer to them if I want to upgrade wh...

I got dragged into doing modest computer tasks in the mid 1990s.  I believed then that computers would never be taken up by the wider population whilst they required so much complex learning to do even basic things.  Garmin's Basecamp is still like that 1990s software! Apple (and I...

Hi Arek, I went through a very similar process when I chose my R1200RT in 2015. To take your points in order; I'm short in the leg - 28" inside leg and I get on fine with the standard seat in the low position but I appreciate that this is a very personal choice. LE and dynamic are good choices ...

I'm just onto my 3rd set of tyres at 17,000 miles.  My original Metzeler Roadtec Z8s were cut slightly short by an impending long continental trip at 8,000 miles and my second set of Michelin PR4s came to a premature end at a similar mileage with a double puncture.  Both sets would...

I think the answer is rather more simple.  I suspect that all three modes use the same fuel mapping, the suck - squeeze - bang - blow bit changes in response to temperature, altitude, power requirement etc, not mode setting. What is being changed is not the fuel map but the response rate of...

It's just inconsiderate, bordering on rude.  No need to do it especially with the very effective LED running lights.