OEM Top Box for 2015 RT

[richardbd]

Oooh Richard ! How shallow...!!

always - that's also why I opted for the faster (and much better looking) grey one...


:whistle: :enjoying: :clap:

[BMjoe64]

Again, my vanity comes to the fore...

I try to just use the panniers and concentrate on looking good.

Bet you love riding by big shop windows -  :alas:

[Steve F]

always - that's also why I opted for the faster (and much better looking) grey one...


:whistle: :enjoying: :clap:

Nah! Posing requires slow ride-bys (sounds like using a gun from a bike !!), so grey coloured RTs fit the bill more than the faster, superior SM Blue ones!

[The Standard]

Gentlemen


Noticed your comments on coding the lock
Coding of the lock refers to putting the numbers in to match the key, this is a very simple job and can be done by anyone with a lichen table, some tweezers (I used my wife's) and a pen and paper "Check ut the several You Tube clips"


The Standard

[Steve F]

Coding the locks is indeed straightforward - ref comments #50 onwards on this thread. Lichen table?? Nah, just a flat uncluttered surface suffices....!

[mercator1]

Coding the locks is indeed straightforward - ref comments #50 onwards on this thread. Lichen table?? Nah, just a flat uncluttered surface suffices....!

[richardbd]

... the faster, superior SM Blue ones!

everything you say about the blue one is correct Steve - apart from two things...


:alas: :alas:

[jon23505]

http://www.bmw-motorrad-store.co.uk/bmw ... -mate.html

Why is the older one so much cheaper, I have a 2012 RT

[mercator1]

http://www.bmw-motorrad-store.co.uk/bmw-topcase-49-litros-para-r1200rt-k1200gt-y-k1300gt-color-aluminio-mate.html

Why is the older one so much cheaper, I have a 2012 RT

Just because they can charge more for new one.  I actually wanted the new one so I could add an upper LED tail/brake light.  New style fits the body lines of the LC a little better, but they are both big blobs.

[Steve F]

http://www.bmw-motorrad-store.co.uk/bmw-topcase-49-litros-para-r1200rt-k1200gt-y-k1300gt-color-aluminio-mate.html

Why is the older one so much cheaper, I have a 2012 RT

As mercator1 says, 'cos they can, and do. Besides, someone's got to bear the brunt of re-designing the box and fitting those nice little gas struts and the weird box to rack locking device...!!   I still bought one of the new ones mind you, so I can't say too much against it!

[mercator1]

The only way I could halfway justify the cost of the new case was that I was able to have it shipped from Germany to Alabama, USA for nearly $500 less than my local dealer wanted.  I got the new (non-electric) case for about what he wanted for the old style.  Of course, I could have gotten the old style for hundreds less than I spent, but I choose to ignore that.

[Steve F]

everything you say about the blue one is correct Steve - apart from two things...


:alas: :alas:

Now what would those two things be I wonder Richard...........vibrant and colourful unlike old and dense callisto grey (like its Jupiter moon namesake!) :alas:

[guest2360]

Replace old and dense with classic and select.

[richardbd]

Replace old and dense with classic and select.

What he said +1


;D ;D

[Steve F]

Well, I could go geeky and weird and generate one of these voting threads on the best colour for the R1200RT, but rest assured, I won't !!   I'll just remain very contented that my SM Blue is, IMHO (and that of many other proud RT owners), the more desirable colour!