BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

To date I have owned five GS’, it’s become time to get something lower and less adventurous so have p/x’d the R1250GSA for the equivalent RT, which I collect next Friday.


I had a 90th edition RT back in about 2013, last of the air cooled models, we didn’t gel, but it was a lovely looking bike. 


I haven’t fallen out of love for the GS and I might start looking for a 650/800, but for practical two up touring which accounts for a significant percentage of my mileage it was causing us a few problems getting off at the end of a long day.


It’s been coming for a while and probably should have bought an RT instead of the current GSA.  When the GSA needed to go in for a day long firmware upgrade we loaned an RT and headed down to Worthing and along the south coast. 


I already know some of you from UKGSER.

Welcome Steve, some good debates on here and many with lots of knowledge around bikes and the RT in general.

Welcome and enjoy

ymfb wrote:
It’s been coming for a while and probably should have bought an RT instead of the current GSA.  When the GSA needed to go in for a day long firmware upgrade we loaned an RT and headed down to Worthing and along the south coast. 

I remember one German journalist writing that his favourite bike for one-up touring was the 1200GS and for two-up touring the RT. Both are exceptionally capable machines.

ymfb wrote: I already know some of you from UKGSER.

Morning. Guilty as charged.  I made the swap a few weeks ago from GS/GSA to RT and very pleased with it so far after a couple of thousand miles. 

What I particularly like is that the luggage is part of the bike, and it works as an integrated unit (I have central locking).  And that I don’t need to fit a whole lot of extra bits! 

And apart from a couple of km on a gravel track, it’s out-performed the GSA for every one of those miles.



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Welcome to a great forum good hints and tips !!!!

Well I’m a newbie on here my self.  I rode airheads and still do.  Love that machine.  The wife bought me a 2015 rt one with no radio no extras .... after riding airheads for so long there’s was some major differences I had to get used to.  Like it’s fast it stops.it gets great fuel mileage just to name a few. The factory seat was as usual hard as a rock.  Russell day longed that.  Only short rides till I had got used to it 100 miles or somewhere in that area. Then I needed a long ride.    Knee surgery was all good . Cool weather mid 70’s time for a long ride.  So 1800 miles 5 state’s beautiful weather from Tennesse up through Ohio over into Pennsylvania down through West Virginia and Virginia back into Tennesse . the weather couldn’t have been nicer the new machine preformed flawlessly.no gps ,no phone ( well in the he saddle bag )
Ps get your maps ahead of time. Visiting centers are the only places I found maps.  Few a far between on back roads.