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Re: OEM Top Box for 2015 RT
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2016 5:27 pm
by richardbd
Steve F wrote:
Oooh Richard ! How shallow...!!
always - that's also why I opted for the faster (and much better looking) grey one...
:whistle: :enjoying: :clap:
Re: OEM Top Box for 2015 RT
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2016 8:03 pm
by BMjoe64
richardbd wrote:
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:
Re: OEM Top Box for 2015 RT
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2016 8:35 pm
by Steve F
richardbd wrote:
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!
Re: OEM Top Box for 2015 RT
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 8:03 pm
by 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
Re: OEM Top Box for 2015 RT
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 11:18 pm
by Steve F
Coding the locks is indeed straightforward - ref comments #50 onwards on this thread. Lichen table?? Nah, just a flat uncluttered surface suffices....!
Re: OEM Top Box for 2015 RT
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 12:05 am
by mercator1
Steve F wrote:
Coding the locks is indeed straightforward - ref comments #50 onwards on this thread. Lichen table?? Nah, just a flat uncluttered surface suffices....!
Re: OEM Top Box for 2015 RT
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 2:40 pm
by richardbd
Steve F wrote:
... the faster, superior SM Blue ones!
everything you say about the blue one is correct Steve - apart from two things...
:alas: :alas:
Re: OEM Top Box for 2015 RT
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 5:03 pm
by jon23505
http://www.bmw-motorrad-store.co.uk/bmw ... -mate.html
Why is the older one so much cheaper, I have a 2012 RT
Re: OEM Top Box for 2015 RT
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 5:11 pm
by mercator1
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.
Re: OEM Top Box for 2015 RT
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:28 pm
by Steve F
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!
Re: OEM Top Box for 2015 RT
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:38 pm
by 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.
Re: OEM Top Box for 2015 RT
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2016 2:50 pm
by Steve F
richardbd wrote:
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:
Re: OEM Top Box for 2015 RT
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2016 3:02 pm
by guest2360
Replace old and dense with classic and select.
Re: OEM Top Box for 2015 RT
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2016 4:20 pm
by richardbd
RTman10 wrote:
Replace old and dense with classic and select.
What he said +1
;D ;D
Re: OEM Top Box for 2015 RT
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2016 4:41 pm
by 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!
