Hello,
I'm Alex, from Vancouver (Surrey) BC, and I bought an 1200RT in January. Looking forward to good weather to enjoy it and to learn about it as much as I can. It looks to me that there is a lot to learn about these bikes.
Cheers!
Newbie, Surrey BC, Canada
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Re: Newbie, Surrey BC, Canada
a warm welcome to our site. Any questions just ask away
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Re: Newbie, Surrey BC, Canada
Pretty sure that's the RT my good friend traded in last year for an R1250GS. If so, it's a good bike and you should really enjoy it. He needed the GS for our planned trip up to the Yukon ands Alaska last summer.
This picture from 2023 was at Diablo Dam in Washington on our return from Oregon.
This picture from 2023 was at Diablo Dam in Washington on our return from Oregon.
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Re: Newbie, Surrey BC, Canada
They all look the same to me 

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Re: Newbie, Surrey BC, Canada
They do, but the colour, the year and the 28L topbox and his location are all clues. My friend is from Burnaby which is part of the greater Vancouver area and he traded the bike in at the dealership the picture is in front of. 

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Thank you! I actually like it very much - yes. It's black in the garage, or in the shade, and a beautiful metallic burgundy in the sun. On the other hand, I didn't see this model in any color that I didn't like

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Re: Newbie, Surrey BC, Canada
Thanks for writing and for the picture! I'm sure it's the same bike. I went and tested it for the first time in the summer (June/July, I think), and loved it. I'm coming off metric cruisers so this is like Star Treck for meMCMXCIVRS wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 6:48 pm Pretty sure that's the RT my good friend traded in last year for an R1250GS. If so, it's a good bike and you should really enjoy it. He needed the GS for our planned trip up to the Yukon ands Alaska last summer.
This picture from 2023 was at Diablo Dam in Washington on our return from Oregon.
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