Annoying things about the R1200/1250RT LC - what are yours?

General discussion of the BMW R1200RT/R1250RT
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Re: Annoying things about the R1200/1250RT LC - what are yours?

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Dip beam/ high beam switch is awkward and unlike most other motorcycles.
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Pickaxe wrote: Dip beam/ high beam switch is awkward and unlike most other motorcycles.

Interesting, I like it - particularly the way it combines with the flash
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Pickaxe wrote: Dip beam/ high beam switch is awkward and unlike most other motorcycles.

I don't find it awkward. In fact I find it a lot better than having to fumble for a rocker switch like we have on our FJR1300s
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sup909 wrote:
Gotta link for that? I would be curious to se that.
Yep. Me too.


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Pickaxe wrote: Dip beam/ high beam switch is awkward and unlike most other motorcycles.

YES, totally agree. I used to like a bike I had that had the dip switch below the position of where the indicator switch is (on the Wethead). It was push to dip push, push for high, so it always toggled to the setting you needed. On that bike, the horn was a trigger in roughly the same position as the dip switch is on the Wethead!


However, to the point. I have added a 15 - 20mm extension piece to the current Wethead dipswitch and it now falls to hand much more readily.
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