BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

You can open the fill cap with a straight edge or a screwdriver placed horizontally across to catch the tabs.  I'm sure you have to be careful when you do it, but I've seen it done in a video, so it's possible.

I got it figured out.  Thanks for the help.  Here was the solution. First, I unwound the kink in the reservoir hose.  DOH!!  I guess while putting on the lid, I had spun it around a few times.  Unwinding the hose allowed me to... Backflush the system with...

Thanks for the quick responses.  I pushed the calipers back in with door shims when I did the job originally.  That held them in place.  When I did this, the fluid level in the reservoir increased, confirming I had forced fluid backward.  Now it doesn't because th...

New to the forum.  I have a 2011 R1200RT.  I bought the bike at 33,000 miles and have ridden over 3k in the last month.  I love this bike!  But.... It was time for maintenance, so I bought the JVB productions video, went to Beemer Boneyard and got some stuff, and ...