BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

Sometimes reading the manual helps.  It reads "The turn indicators are cancelled automatically after you have ridden for approximately 10 seconds AND have covered a distance of about 300 m."  My capitals.

It is for holding the toolkit, which on a 2012 RT is just a screwdriver with reversible blade, one end Philips and the other a flat blade.  The PO must have kept it as a souvenir!

Could be a lot worse! https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/21/motorcyclist-killed-pheasant-struck-helmet-60mph/ I hit a pheasant some years ago in Wales on my R100RT and it just clipped the top corner of the screen.  I though I had got away with it until I got home and found it had crac...

Or indeed if you want an Exide gel battery just like BMW supply: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EXIDE-GEL-12-19-Motorcycle-Battery-HONDA-SUZUKI-YAMAHA-BMW-12-VOLT/182890977415?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649 If that URL is too long then ebay (UK) no. 182890977415 As additi...

Well, I have changed mine on my 2012 R1200RT MU from Bar to psi using my GS911.  Easy. Using psi gives readings to the nearest 0.5 psi.  Using bars the nearest readings are to 0.10 bar which is 3 times bigger than the psi figure so, in principle, the psi one should give you an earl...

Hi Sullivj, can you please find out what your mechanic did so that we can all benefit? 

The NT maps, New Technology I believe, are the maps which are used by the older units but only have names using the Latin alphabet.  The NTU maps for the later units use Unicode, hence the 'U', and can show the names on the Eastern European maps in Cyrillic languages, such as Russian, corre...

For completeness the new release is for CN Europe 2018.20 NT.  This works with older units such as the Zumo 550 and 660.  The NTU 2018.20 version for later units like the 590 and 595 was released in August.

At the risk of reviving a moribund thread I have just been reading the 2017 manual used by the testers for the annual UK tests for motorcycles (MoT for UK readers).  Excerpts looks like this: Section 4 Tyres Reason for Rejection  1. An unsuitable tyre. (see information column ) Inf...

What sort of revs do you cruise at before trying to accelerate through 4,000 rpm?  I found that even though the bike will run happily and smoothly from 2,500 up to 3,500 after a minute or two of this then the hesitation cuts in when trying to accelerate, perhaps plugs getting fouled?&nb...

Simon,  Yours is a twin cam like mine.  Yes, you can change it with a GS-911.  I have done so myself on mine!  If you fancy a ride to darkest Powys, about 10 miles north of Newtown, I would be happy to do it for you,


John

+1 for Tony Archer.  He completely remodelled my R100RT seat for £90 inc return postage.  It is now easily as comfortable as my R1200RT standard seat which I find fine

The Autoslaap train company running from Den Bosch to Livorno etc went bust a couple of years ago (and I am still waiting for some sort of refund).  Now the only option, as far as I know, is the Dusseldorf one.

For those of you who were not at the show at the NEC last month Brittany Ferries, who had a stand there, are offering 10% off for motorcycle bookings anytime until Nov. 2017 provided they are booked before 31st December this year. http://www.brittany-ferries.co.uk/show-offer-nov16?referrer=610921 Jo...