BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

About the same age and also just bought an RT from Vines ... Freaky!

I will keep my eye out for a 2010 Thunder Grey RT

Methos1979 wrote: Do you (or anyone) have photos of a bike with the BMW OEM pannier rubber protectors?

These could be them

http://www.bmw-motorrad-store.co.uk/pro ... -side.html

http://www.bmw-motorrad-store.co.uk/pro ... -side.html

They had one out the back that had a few chips of paint missing from the top box either from bad storage or carelessness.

I decided that I might as well get mine done at the same time as the panniers after seeing that.

Well you have certainly bought a cracker 8) You haven't bought it from Barnstormer have you, its just they have an iconic that has a sold sign on it Got it from Vines. They had an allocation of 5 apparently. There was still one left after mine if anyone wants it. Been told that mine is number 99. C...

RTman10 wrote: While your in the soending mood think hard about crash/drop protection with that oaint.

One of the next jobs on my list. Dealers seemed unsure of what I was on about.

Have you not got any kit then? Are you coming back to biking or just changing all your gear Mid life crisis and a lack of hobbies 3 years ago led me to take my bike test and buy the 800GS. I then had a test ride on the RT this year during its yearly service. I do have most of the gear I need but wa...

CF helmet? Does your Sena connect to both BT interfaces in the audio unit or do you ride solo. CF = Carbon fibre To be honest, I did not want the radio but the bike came with it. I was going to listen to most of my music from the micro sd card in the Nav 5 (unless someone convinces me otherwise) Th...

The Pro Summers look exactly like what I am after ... And not a bad price either. Should not be too many questions left now as I have been buying a lot of kit this week. Got a new CF helmet, boots (thanks to recommendations on here), Nav 5 & Sena 20s. My new motto is "you only live once"

Yes, I think that no gloves is not something I want to try.

Looking for a summer pair currently.

Might look for a pair with gore tex.

Would like to have a pair for a few years so willing to pay a bit extra.

I'm sure most of us own more than one pair, so what do you use and recommend?

As your travelling in style, why not stay in style? [size=14px]www. [/font][/size] [size=14px]parador [/font][/size] [size=14px].es/en [/font][/size] The Parador chain of Spanish government owned hotels was one that I had looked into. Very nice option but hoping to save a bit of cash by going a lit...

As above.

Have a "Ride" magazine tour of Spain all planned out for next year.

The biggest problem I am having is trying to find a hotel chain similar to Premier Inn or Travelodge in Spain. I just need some where basic to lay my head at the end of the day.

Welcome to the club.

Have just bought a new RT at the weekend as well

RTman10 wrote: I have never found a need for an extension to the side stand as on level ground it doesn't lean over much anyway and its never dug in anywhere.

I had one for the 800GS as I felt that did need one. The foot on the RT also looked quite small so seemed like piece of mind for £30

I had a great first years quote on a dealer bought 800GS but then managed to find it cheaper every other year.

Same as every other insurance company really!!