BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

Hello from Dundee Scotland. Had a few bmws over the years have a r1100r and a r1200rt at the moment. :blah: Welcome, i'm not so far from you around 100 miles north but up here that's a run to the shops :lol: Hopefully you plan to attend the annual meeting in Thirsk (May 30th) and perhaps ride south...

Well yesterday all i did was take all the bikes out of the garage and gave the garage a tidy up. Today i took the battery off my Hayabusa and fitted it to my ZX9r and brought a new battery for the Hayabusa. I am thinking of selling the ZX9r, but i say that every year and never do. its just a beauti...

On a much brighter note, I set up my tent and sleeping bag for night 1 of 5 for the Great Tommy Sleep Out through the British Legion to raise awareness of the challenges our ex-forces ladies and gents face being homeless. I had set a target of £100 but have now gone above £600 and am both humbled an...

A sleepless night for me. Had the Police and Ambulance knock on my door 4 times in the night. Each time they wanted to look around the house. By 6am wasn't worth going to bed. You would have thought by the 2nd time each of the services would have worked out is was crank calls. Hope no one really ne...

Thank you

Glenn wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 7:25 pm I spent 12 years in Forres when at RAF Kinloss.

A beautiful part of the world however I fear we may be slapped for going off topic

Doctor T wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 12:50 pm Where are you based. People's say upt North but that can be anywhere past Watford gap

I'm based around 35 miles north west of Aberdeen

DaveCly wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2025 12:43 pm Sorry to see you’re having to pull out Mike, I’ve removed your name from the list

Good morning Dave, can I please ask you to include me on the list of attendees for the meet in Thirsk.

Thank you.

Mike

Good day folks, due to a positive change in circumstances this room is no longer available as I'll be using it myself. I will now be able to get to the Yorkshire meet.

Thank you for your support

Shoes? My apologies, tyres on bikes (maybe cars also) can be referred to as shoes up here. I'm sure there are plenty of other 'local' references for bits & pieces on our beloved steeds up and down the country, took me a while to figure out what blinkers were. Having horses around here I thought...

I'm in the park. Mum in-law has Dementia. very forgetful but she still knows our faces and voices. So we all do as much with her until she can't. It is a cruel condition and I always say to my wife we should take every opportunity to enjoy mum's company as one day she won't be there (in person) and...

The main thing is you saw your mum and made her happy Thank you very much Doctor T. Mum (in law) has lived in Wythenshawe, Manchester for over 75 years and only went in to a care home around 6 months ago at the age of 98. Whilst it's a slog up and down the M6 every 4 to 6 weeks we only have one mum...

I traded in my 2012 RT with 47k miles last year and got £4850 for it against a one-owner, 2013 RT with 2856 miles on it from same BMW dealer and they even fitted 2 new shoes of my choice so can't complain

I thought up north it was cheaper than down here. Can you swap for another date? Saves you by losing your money Hi Doctor T, Unfortunately I took what I thought was the best deal at the time which was 'non refundable / non changeable' thinking I was 100% sure of going to the meet so minimal risk. I...

That's bloody exspensive for 2 nights. I don't know the area and assumed it was fairly standard given the hotel rating, RT recommendations and it's a holiday weekend. Not a problem, if I lose the monies paid then it's another one of those "we live and we learn even at this age" situations...