BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

DT50MX - the first bike I rode.
It was my brother's - I rode it up the driveway and into the garage on the night he got it home, didn't notice that the kick start had gone up my trouser leg and toppled over to the right when I came to a halt.

Got my old Buell Ulez tested this afternoon. Have barely used it for the last few years because it was £12.50 every time I went out. Will be nice to give it some longer runs. Thankfully the RT and my Buell Ulysses are already compliant.

No training, I just bolted a sidewinder sidecar on to a Yamaha RD350LC and took my test on it..........

.....since then the only training I've done is on track.

The body of the silencer split near to the mounting bracket on the rhs. It's a Buell specific issue but the quality of materials and construction were simply not up to the job. With the baffles fitted it felt very flat compared to standard; with them removed it was noisier than the APH and still not...

We have a winner!

I have both cat and de-cat oe systems for my Buell Ulysses + a very nice APH handbuilt system. The APH is beautifully made (unlike the previous Remus which fell to bits) sounds great and gives excellent power/torque but I find myself riding much slower than with the oe systems because of the volume....

If they're not prepared to offer fair money for a trade in it kinda removes one of the few reasons to pay inflated main dealer prices for a secondhand bike.

It's surprising that an ANPR camera hasn't picked it up before now.

...and ditto on the hard copies. I have all the apps on my phone and the emails but I still print out copies of licence, MOT, registration, Insurance, ferry tickets and hotel bookings before any long trip.

I can't get over my local labour charges. Our MOT place and garage (no brand speciality in a unit on a residential street behind houses) charges £115 + VAT labour. Our main dealer, just around the corner, wanted to charge £198 + VAT (I assume their hourly rate) to "investigate" the worn an...

To me, the obvious competitors to the RT are (were?!) the Yamaha FJR and Honda Pan. The Goldwing is another step in terms of size and weight. As an only bike I'd definitely pick the GS but I already have an adventure "style" bike which I preferred to the GS and wanted a winter bike that wo...

Mine haven't rusted and in fairness would be in decent condition if I'd looked after them, I don't though as I only use the bike over winter so the conditions have taken their toll, they do clean up if I use the effort with Autosol, but who wants to polish exhausts in a cold garage over winter. Tha...

Thanks for that.
Camcoat is the company that I used. Buell UK used them too but customers were soon returning their rusty camcoated exhausts.

I can see the part numbers, it's just that I haven't seen a stainless TC header come up for sale whereas there are plenty around for the older model.

My old S2 has a ceramic coater silencer, in fact Buell UK did this under warranty for some customers of later XB models. Unfortunately the results were only marginally better than just using regular exhaust paint. I find polished stainless is the easiest finish to maintain on a bike that is used all...

My headers are are rather pitted and corroded under the engine. I believe the bike (2010 TC SE) came with the Chrome Exhaust option but I'm not sure exactly what that means. Is it chrome over mild steel - if so I would expect it to look far worse than it does? Is it Chrome over stainless (is that ev...

Ed Harley wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2024 11:49 am Not so bright idea today to take the Road King out for a ride in 8 °C weather.

I've always loved Road Kings since Warr's gave me one as a courtesy bike a few years back - I was always a sucker for the wires and white walls of the "Classic":