BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

160 mile run via The Old Stores, nr Mold and Tollgate cafe, Llangollen. https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2888111

Are you draining the oil out of the filter too, or do you prefill it before fitting?

Removed and repacked the exhaust from my F650GS Twin, waiting for the caliper to comeback from a refurb.

Where do you get them fitted if you don't do it yourself, I'm thinking of replacing the Battlax 023's that were on my bike when I bought it? Sticky Stuff in Telford charge £70 for ride in/out or £35 for a pair loose wheels.

Given that we all have smartphones/pads/laptops nowadays, why isn't the software available to download and you just buy a suitable cable or wireless connector to suit your particular bike & device? You could either buy the software outright, pay monthly, buy a fixed number of use or level of ac...

Spent 7 hours today walking around the NEC at the Practical Classic Car and Restoration Show, I've walked around 6 miles in there.

Michelin have an offer, £30 off a pair of tyres at the moment. I believe it is $50 in the USA

https://www.sticky-stuff.co.uk/blog/pos ... tyres.html

Took the F650GS Twin for an MOT this afternoon, it failed for a binding front brake.

Take a look here https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showpa ... Id=46_1341

TheWeeDonkey wrote: ↑Thu Mar 20, 2025 5:03 pm Incidentally, there's a great place for breakfast just South of Ely. Try Amelie's Cafe at Ben's Yard. Plenty of parking, extremely well prepared full English and proper coffee. What's not to like?

Coffee

When I was knocked off, my bike started talking, but I couldn't hear what was being said, too much traffic going past. 5 minutes later 2 ambulances turned up, 10 minutes after that the NHS ambulance arrived. The NHS paramedic told me that the other 2 were private contract ambulances, I presume sent ...

75 mile round trip to Snugburys ice cream, the queue at the farm shop had approximately 30 people in front of us. https://snugburys.co.uk/

It's actually called Vehicle Excise Duty, it's a tax currently based on CO2 emissions. Road Tax was abolished in the 1920/30's by Winston Churchill and Neville Chamberlain but the term is still in wide use.

AZ-Rider wrote: ↑Sun Mar 09, 2025 7:55 pm How many km/miles did you get on the Roadsmart IV's?

No idea, I only had them for 5 months before being knocked off, the bike was a right off.

My current bike has come with a set of 'new' Bridgestone Battlax 023 tyres, 3k in and they are OK, I prefer the Dunlop Roadsmart IV GT's though