BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

After reading a few comments on here about these and members sharing their experience on getting these from china I took the chance and ordered a set from Ali express. Cost me £37. All in. Arrived yesterday, a week earlier than delivery date. Royal Mail delivered.
Looks well made and nicely finished, goodly supply or pins and bolts and spacers and bushes, but no instructions. So if anyone can provide fitting instructions would be appreciated. Especially Info about the single plate.

At £37. Cheaper than I could have made them for given the cost of buying aluminium nowadays, not to mention the time and associated swearing and moaning that would have been involved.
Need to see if they will take my weight now once fitted. Which is next weeks job.

I think you can download instrctuions from the website of the manufacturer this kit was copied from.

This is for the 14+ but your kit looks the roughly same.

If you find out what the long bolt is for,let us all know

Thanks very much for that video. Very informative. And yes will post on here if I find out what the big bolt is for.
Cheers muchly.
Di

Got the foot peg lowering kit fitted to my 2010 R1200 fitted over the weekend. Quite a straightforward job. The hardest bit being to relocate the heavy spring into place.
I did not use the master cylinder relocating plate or many of the other parts sent. The 2010 did not require it so lots of spares. Only used the heavy pins.
Although the drop is only 1&1/4 inches. The difference in position is starting. What a positive difference. Was not going to adjust footbrake or gear leaver, just going to get used to it, but found a minor oil leak from one of the casing bolts and had to remove covers to fix so lowered both.
They take my 90kg with no complaint and must say well impressed with them. So much so that I have ordered the handlebar risers now as well.
I use a sheepskin on my seat which adds about an inch in height so angle at hip and knee is much improved.
Going to do the NC500 this year so that will be the real test for the changes.
And sorry did not find out what the long bolt is for. Pic below is of all the stuff I didn’t use.

Hi

Hope they help, have had a set, but I’m some 40kg heavier than you and they look good, but would think aluminium machined by any company would be of the same strength

Gary

They seem fine need to take bike for longer ride to be completely certain but think they will defo make position more comfortable.
Here they are fitted to the bike

vennie wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:33 am After reading a few comments on here about these and members sharing their experience on getting these from china I took the chance and ordered a set from Ali express. Cost me £37. All in. Arrived yesterday, a week earlier than delivery date. Royal Mail delivered.
Looks well made and nicely finished, goodly supply or pins and bolts and spacers and bushes, but no instructions. So if anyone can provide fitting instructions would be appreciated. Especially Info about the single plate.

At £37. Cheaper than I could have made them for given the cost of buying aluminium nowadays, not to mention the time and associated swearing and moaning that would have been involved.
Need to see if they will take my weight now once fitted. Which is next weeks job.

Do you have a link for the lowering kit please ?

sbell wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:14 am Do you have a link for the lowering kit please ?

Please introduce yourself on the newbie section

I fitted my Amazon-sourced cheapo kit in 2021, with absolutely no problems experienced since. For such a small increase in ‘drop’ the difference in comfort is surprising.

Mine have been great since fitting. Make a big difference to comfort and decreased knee stiffness on longer rides. I also step on them when getting on and off with no problems They take my weight well.
Adding a gel seat has also helped big style.
Enjoy.

Anyone got a link for the lowering kit for a twincam RT

I got mine from Ali Express. Sure you will get the ones you need from them. Only problem is they are a right pest 2-3 emails a day with buy this buy that. Will delete the app me thinks.
Good luck

I got mine from suburban machinery and they’re great. I just don’t understand why there are so many parts in some of the other kits. Suburban machinery was a very simple set up.

vennie wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 6:37 pm I got mine from Ali Express. Sure you will get the ones you need from them. Only problem is they are a right pest 2-3 emails a day with buy this buy that. Will delete the app me thinks.
Good luck

I never get emails from Ali. Maybe you can change your settings on your account