BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

Hi All, any advice please regard gear lever position / length. With my riding boots on (size 12 eeeek) it's difficult to get foot in the correct place to change up. .... is there a modified longer gear lever available please ? Thank you Robbo.

It's pretty straightforward to raise and lower the lever on my 2009 RT.  Just remove the cinch bolt at the bottom, remove the lever (recommend you use a marker to note the original position) and rotate it up to accommodate your your pontoons, replace on the spindle and tighten.  There is a "fine-tuning" adjuster that hardly seems to move it at all.  NOTE:  I raised it too high and, on a rough road, found I was inadvertently shifting down when the bottom my foot hit the lever during a bounce.  Disconcerting.  You may have to find a longer lever in the end.  Good luck.

Robbo wrote:Is there a modified longer gear lever available.

Suburban Machinery make an extended shifter, https://www.suburban-machinery.com/R1200RT.html



This thread from BMWLT might be helpful, https://www.bmwlt.com/forums/rt-series/ ... lever.html

jackronner wrote:I raised it too high and, on a rough road, found I was inadvertently shifting down when the bottom of my foot hit the lever during a bounce.

Foot Placement for Motorcycle Riders, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxi3rdTZCXo

i had one of these on my 2007 R1200RT and it worked ok, but it fell off somewhere in Spain in Sept


if you find it, you can keep it





https://www.nippynormans.com/f800r-f800s-f800st/wunderlich-touring-brake-or-gear-lever-enlarger-r1250gs-r1250rt-and-more