BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

Learned to ride around the fields, as you did in '77/78. Got a CD175 at seventeen and went along to the RAC/ACU training scheme in Wolverhampton. I'd passed my motorcycle test before I finished the RAC scheme. A year or so later and I went back and rejoined then as a trainee then later instructor. T...

As an iteresting side note my dealer warned me about using a metal tank bag ring around the filler cap. He said there are a lot of electronics going on in the cap and the ring can create interference with it that can ultimately leads to failure. In therory that kind of makes sense, power & a met...

I discovered that she has some kind of 'two stage' horn, which starts off as something akin to the horn of a reasonable size car but then steps up to something like a train horn if the hirn bitton is pressed down for more than a couple of moments. Funnily enough my Denali Mini Sound Bomb went throu...

When I bought my '18 R1250RT it came with a short 'sports' screen. Great for the two weeks a year which we Brits call summer when appreciate the extra blast of air, but it's not up to much in terms of protection at motorway speeds, so I bought a Wunderlich screen deflector thingy. That does help but...

And now the sun is trying to break through!

Well that's the good weather over in my cormer of Shropshire. The dots are lightning strikes in the half and hour or so, plus of course the accompanying rain.

Not an answer to your problem, but it's worth reading the artice in the link below as it gives an insight into the tech battle going on.
https://fliesonthevisor.com/sena-50s-ga ... t-harmony/

Not actually your answer, but it is doable as this post from '23 for a repair shows the panniers with the trims taken off. https://www.1200rt.com/viewtopic.php?t=7583 This link shows the pannier lid only, but more importantly what looks like locator holes where the trim 'clips' to the lid. https://w...

Considering you can buy a DIY changing kit for just under a hundred quid (incl VAT), and even allowing for genuine Ford parts being more, that's a lot of labour charges. https://www.autodoc.co.uk/car-parts/water-pump-timing-belt-kit-10553/ford/focus/focus-iii/107885-1-5-tdci Given the age of the car...

Just to add to the what do you consider lugging debate. Given the Wales is my backyard and I'm pretty used the 20mph zones and my 1250 will quite happily sit in 3rd gear at 20mph and equally happily to accelorate cleanly from there if called do so. It'll also sit at 20 in 4th, but that IS starting t...

This is true to a point. But it all depends on the engine. It's OK like a tourer, but wrong on a sports bike. They are better, more up the rev range. And that's one of the reasons I particularly like my 1250RT, it pulls like the Queen Mary. Compare the two torque curves below, (both back wheel on a...

Go with your gut feeling. - Anyone who buys a car unseen and at more than the going rate sounds suspicious to me. Also you did the right thing about no sending him a copy of the V5. Appart from the fact it opens the car details up to cloning, it also verifies your details to the cons and that could ...

My local Tescos is currently:- Unleaded £1.279 vs Super Unleaded £1.359. That makes the posh stuff near enough 6.4% more expensive.

So, does anyone who's measured it get a 6.4% or better increase in MPG?

Hmmm, yesterday I filled up with 93 octane for $3.19/US gallon, so about $.85 per liter. So, about .76 pounds UK, or .88 Euro per liter. So, gas here is about half the price of gas in the UK. Bigger difference than I thought. Our price includes $.44/gallon state and federal tax. In the UK there is ...

If anyone wants it, I've got a BMW 29ltr top box (with mounting plate) sitting in the loft unused. https://bmw.europe-moto.com/gb/top-case-moto-bmw-motorrad/2513-bmw-top-case-light-29l-with-adapter-plate-whitout-bmw-plate-g310gs-g310r-c400gt-c400x.html?srsltid=AfmBOopgs_1CdNh3hubYDAVv0aino-2cEZLW9og...