BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

  Thank you for the detailed advice and pictures.  I didn't realize the backrest was removable so you have the option of riding with or without it.  I've decided to order it with the backrest and if I don't like it I'll remove it and ride without it.  Thanks for t...

I shipped my seat off today to have a Russell Day Long seat built for my 2017 R1200RT.  .  As it stands now I have not ordered a rider/driver backrest for the seat.  What is your general feeling on the need for a backrest on this motorcycle?  I noticed in the pict...

..or the cradle is good but just not plugged into the bike power loom. You're very close to the cause of the problem.  I took it into the BMW shop on Saturday and the connection between the cradle and the bike wiring was faulty.  They [size=78%]cleaned the connection, put some die...

  I picked the bike up last Tuesday and rode it 160 miles home.  This is no Goldwing.  That's neither a negative nor a positive, just an observation.  Each have their strong points, but this is a very different motorcycle.  Sort of like a Cadillac and a C...

My longest day was 1238 miles in 21 hours, from Scottsbluff, Ne. to Elizabethtown, Ky on a 2001 Goldwing, in 2005.  My most tiring trip was 9972 miles in 19 days, 16 of them in cold rain, on the way to and from Alaska in 2007.  We rode 6 consecutive days in non-stop rain with a hig...

Got a call yesterday and the RT is ready to go.  Can't pick it up until Tuesday as the shop is closed on Monday. I have ridden more 1000 mile days than I can count, sometimes several in a row, but always one up.  My wife and I rode to Washington State this past summer, 6100 miles i...

Just put a deposit on a 2017 with 3000 miles on it.  I would have it in my possession but they want to service it and replace the front tire before I pick it up.  Looks like the previous owner rode it in a straight line for 3000 miles with low pressure in the front tire.  ...