BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

To me, the obvious competitors to the RT are (were?!) the Yamaha FJR and Honda Pan. The Goldwing is another step in terms of size and weight. As an only bike I'd definitely pick the GS but I already have an adventure "style" bike which I preferred to the GS and wanted a winter bike that wo...

Mine haven't rusted and in fairness would be in decent condition if I'd looked after them, I don't though as I only use the bike over winter so the conditions have taken their toll, they do clean up if I use the effort with Autosol, but who wants to polish exhausts in a cold garage over winter. Tha...

Thanks for that.
Camcoat is the company that I used. Buell UK used them too but customers were soon returning their rusty camcoated exhausts.

I can see the part numbers, it's just that I haven't seen a stainless TC header come up for sale whereas there are plenty around for the older model.

My old S2 has a ceramic coater silencer, in fact Buell UK did this under warranty for some customers of later XB models. Unfortunately the results were only marginally better than just using regular exhaust paint. I find polished stainless is the easiest finish to maintain on a bike that is used all...

My headers are are rather pitted and corroded under the engine. I believe the bike (2010 TC SE) came with the Chrome Exhaust option but I'm not sure exactly what that means. Is it chrome over mild steel - if so I would expect it to look far worse than it does? Is it Chrome over stainless (is that ev...

Ed Harley wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2024 11:49 am Not so bright idea today to take the Road King out for a ride in 8 °C weather.

I've always loved Road Kings since Warr's gave me one as a courtesy bike a few years back - I was always a sucker for the wires and white walls of the "Classic":

....and who knew they were all disgruntled BMW tourer owners?

Looks like there are several pannier options including some top loaders

That looks interesting and listed as suitable for a 2013 TC. I did look for a longer hose but couldn't find anything. Do you have a link? Not really. I knew a guy locally that would make them up for me but he moved his business to northern Ireland. I could be wrong about the cost. HEL claim to make...

Just found this on ebay:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145621902095

Might work on older bikes better. You can probably get a new hose for £30 though.

Anyway, apologies to k9doc for bickering on your thread.
Those Hornig risers look like they are much better quality than the ones I fitted and I think the 25mm up would put less stress on the brake line than mine which are 18mm up and about 16mm back.

Sounds like you have made up your mind - why did you go on an open forum and ask for advice if your just going to shoot people down :oops: Here are mine on my current RT and they are fine: https://i.postimg.cc/nrvrbc2M/risers.jpg I did not ask for advice, I was merely relaying my experience yesterd...

What have bar risers on other bikes got to do with this situation? :roll: I have risers on other bikes and they are fine. On this bike in this situation they are not. The hose is about a foot long and there is no slack. I guess if you have a cut in your tyre on the left hand side you weigh up how of...

That's interesting, I might have tried these next.
I've just fitted some of the cheap Ali Express ones that move the bars up and back. The brake hose is definitely being stretched on full left lock. They'll be coming straight off later today.

I've just had the same experience with my - admittedly much older - bike. I took it away for the first time this summer and found exactly the same issues - pain between the shoulder and in the back side. I rarely do more than 300-400 miles in a day but found that I was uncomfortable in half that dis...