BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

I've dinged up my front wheel on my last two trips in Mexico. Here's what it looked like in March when I got back. wheel.jpg Both times I had it straightened at a shop in Walnut Creek where they did a lot of heating with a gas torch. I imagine BMW did some kind of post fabrication heat treatment and...

I-5 to San Diego, then 94 the last little bit over to Tecate. On the way back, I crossed at Mexicali and came back on I-10, then on 5.

I just got back from two months in Mexico on my 2009 R1200RT. I dinged up the wheel kind of horrendously on a couple of piche baches. Here's a photo. It's at the shop now. They previously straightened it after last year's trip (not as bad). My question is, does heating and straightening these cast w...

I just got back from about two months in Mexico. This is my fourth year to make the trip. The first two on my old Honda ST1300 (not an excellent Mexico bike) and the last two on my 2009 R1200RT, "Che". The route was basically from SF Bay area down the Pacific coast of Mexico to Puerto Esco...

yeah, that V4 takes up all the space between your legs and there's basically no where for the heat to go except up. I was grateful for that extra heat about half the time last year. This year on the RT, I was cold all the way to about Tampico. For sure, if the air temperature got over 95F I had to s...

I've ridden through Mexico the last three years. '22 and '23 on my old 2003 Honda ST1300, which, in retrospect, was not really suitable for the roads. In October I bought a new (2009) RT. I've ridden about 7-8 thousand miles per trip. This year I took the new bike from Berkeley, CA down the east coa...

No oil pressure light... so there is some oil level float switch. Maybe it's just stuck or something. I will maybe try an oil change, see if fresh oil helps it

I'm currently in Isla Mujeres. My 2009 has been great for the last 3000+ miles aside from a burst fork seal from the pinche topes. The (as yet nameless) RT had fresh oil and filter before I left, but I got a disturbing "check oil" message en route yesterday across the top of Yucatan from M...

I blew a fork seal today (2009 R1200RT). I can see how it happened on the wretched (topes, truck convoys, no sholder, greasy wet pavement, potholes) crta. 180 before the Isla del Carmen bridge. (Really, an hour and a half of the worst, bumpiest, ruttiest, greasiest road...so many trucks, so many top...

also, what is the one tool that you wished you took on your last trip?

I'm leaving for Mexico tomorrow a.m. This is one of the (minimal) tools in the tool roll. What the heck is it?

well, it's 12.53v after riding for an hour, but..."it's the cheapskate what pays the most!" I just ordered a new AGM

(2009 bought in October with 50K miles) I am getting ready to ride to Mexico next week and was just going over some nuts and bolts. I noticed the date on the battery = 2017! Unloaded voltage after sitting for a month is 12.18v. I am planning to ride about 7000 miles (out to Quintana Roo, down to Gua...

Is there a consensus about the best long distance saddle cover.? On my last two Mexico trips I was on an ST1300 with a comfy Sargeant saddle. My biggest complaint is that after a long day ride my man unit felt like it had been ground up in a metate. I mean, the RT saddle seems big, wide and comfy, b...

okay, message received. Shine them up and put them back. thanks to the brethren for the advice!