BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

Denver co lost my key 05 r1200rt just got quoted 750 whatva joke ill sell before paying that any lock smiths to refer would be amazing any buddy v care to share

So me taking it to authorized BMW service center is out of the question absolutely will not cannot and do not afford it but luckily I’ve been mentioned for over 10 years so every day professionally just not on what you might wanna do that

Is there any chance what m im feeling is the oem esa shocks?! Its pretty harsh dampening over anything pretty much found some good looking rtp esa shocks for 125$ with 30k miles

05 r12rt 94k miles recently the back end has developed a significant amount of wobble or play after getting a flat I suspect i tore up my final D limping it home the fluid was never this bad i just did swing arm bearings helped but not cured over any uneven roads sets off a wobble thTs just terrifyi...

It was plastic dip but damn it sure held strong when inwas pressure washing i went with a more factory silver color paint for the oem look

:cry: its a bmw thats forsure you didnt spark anything out swapping batterys? Put a dvom on it good battery should hold steady around 12.5 unhooked if its ok load test put a fan or light directly on it whats the reading then? If around 11-12v make sure you connections are clean and tight! Unhook it ...

Both valid points id love to get them powdered but i just dont have the dividends currently more time to ride less time working comes with its sacrifices

The back ones factory chrome or whatever I’m tired of looking ridiculous I’m either gonna match them to the darker sparkle, flake color, or to the factory chrome and silver look

It’s just plasty dip so I can take it off easily. I did that because I wanted to protect the wheel. I was doing the tire myself also because the wheels are kind of beat up. Not too terrible but still.

Does the knock sensor seem to be inoperable to anybody else?

Super easy start with the speakers speaker covers and you take the bezel cover screws on the top and some on the bottom. Once you get that off, you’ll see more screws take those out and then it just sits right off. Cheers.

I certainly didn't have something plumbed properly lost 2 of 4 gal i just added after installing the tank i put my fuel pump vacuum to fuel filler vent whats the proper route for everything 05 r1200rt abs cruise charcoal canister aswell

:( :( :( took my peg board panel piece off to meas around with some rattle cans looked cool for a while i got lots of compliments about the blue n black metalic stainless and blue metal specs specialty coating it’s already wore out tho and i still haven’t figured out how the spring the spacer and th...

It’s the thing when you turn the bike off key removed while holding the left turn signal

OK it just look strange

Not sure on that one good point i might want to verify.. you can barely tell when the lights are on and its running tho plus i so kinda have a heavy wrist so if i was going to get cited for said lights i had no idea