Congrats on the new wheels!

They're playing it right - I can't figure out what they're going to do. It looks like they still had the 1250 on display at EICMA:
EICMA 2024: BMW F450GS 4K

I'm wondering what a dealer would say if I asked to order a 2025.

I had missed the discussion replies, but I did find a very nice walkaround video of a stock RT with the tubular bar option:
2022 BMW R1250RT R1250 RT R 1250 Premium Sport

Right now, I'm leaning heavily towards finding a 2024 with this setup. There's a couple on the west coast right now. I'm still ...

I saw that Renthal makes GS bars, and they're obviously much cheaper to aquire than BMW's. I was thinking about buying a set just to see what the actual geometry was like in real life, right up next to the stock bars. But that could also be a less expensive way for you to get some new straight bars ...

If you look at the first page part way down you will see Easyriders images fairly clearly 👌


I finally found the thread on it, which has lots of good pictures, by just trawling through their posts:
GS Top Yoke Conversion Kit

Sorry if I was a bother here. Just really trying to sort out a ...

Panman40 wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 5:51 pm I only got this far before deciding to just use the RT original bars.

That's the clearest pic I've seen so far of the setup. Thank you so much!

So to me, that setup looks higher and maybe 3/4 of a fist wider. Did you find it was too wide for you, or too high, etc.?

Panman40 wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 6:49 am I can’t be 100% certain but I think if you order a new bike specifying bars they won’t be as wide as GS bars.

Did you end up using GS (not RT tubular) bars? Any pics you can share?

This is kind of what I was guessing - that they would be tubular but much closer to the original RT geometry and general dimensions. It's very hard to tell on BMW's site. The bars are certainly different part numbers between the GS and RT.

The RT tubular bars are BMW part number: 32718392389 ($431 ...

How did this work out?

I love my used 1200 but want to get a newer 1250. Was thinking of ordering one with GS bars, or converting one. I'm guessing that BMW will announce a 1300RT at EICMA in a couple weeks, and a bunch of newish 1250s are going to be traded in early next year.

Very curious if ...

Here's a couple pics I took on Friday, down at the Edmonds Ferry terminal.

I saw this one the other day, while I was shopping around for the thin pannier lids - looks kinda double-bubble:
https://www.motorcycleparts-hornig.com/BMW-R-1250-RT/Windscreens/Windscreen.html

Here's probably the one you want, from the manufacturer's site:
http://www.nationalcycle.com/catalog ...

Thanks all. I just rode my Yamaha for the first time since getting the RT, and never before has a 900cc felt like a little dirt bike

Greetings all from the Seattle area.

I wanted to thank this board for answering some questions I had before buying my first RT. I've been riding since I was 15, and it still took 30 years for me to get that police bike (or that Tour De France cameraman bike) I always looked up to. It's like nothing ...