BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

I finally got round to giving the RT a good clean after her trip to Italy. Tried out the dirt devil cleaning foam which really did the trick. Any suggestion on removing some scuffs from the seat? Tired legs causing me to clip it with my boot a couple of times, cosmetic only.

Best1. Light weight
2. Handling
3. Brakes, especially the early servo items ; )


Worst
1. Gearbox clunky 1 - 2 change
2. N/a
3. N/a


Accessories
1. Comfort seat
2. Touring screen
3. Top box

I got the BMW comfort seat, works a treat and no creeping pillion 

Wunderlich Worked for me.

I purchased the Sena S10 BT system and used for my recent italian lakes tour, which included a number of very rainy days. The system was brilliant, never missed a beat, providibg clear comms at 85mph and long battery life. Even had good quality music via the iPhone. Comes with a great app which allo...

richardbd wrote: Glad you had a great time.
Where to next?

Open to suggestions but was thinking either Germany or Spain.

The Italian motorbike tour 2016 The bike was brilliant from start to finish. Motorways, A, B and narrow mountain passes and apart from the odd sloppy change from 1st to 2nd giving me a few false neutrals it took everything in its stride and never missed a beat. In all we covered 2,300 miles in 11 da...

Glad to hear you had a trouble-free journey South. What's your next destination en route to the Italian lakes? Went into Italy via the Simplon pass which was great and stayed overnight in Vebania. Today we hit the mountains going to Santa Maria Maggiore. The weather was really challenging, it has h...

Arrived in Arbois this afternoon. No issues getting fuel on main roads. Just one station out of town which was - super unleaded. No queues anywhere which was a relief.

richardbd wrote: 54 for me too...

54 as well, bit of a pattern here........

RTman10 wrote: We are off on Saturday. Intend to turn left after the train and work our way through Belgium/Germany.

We are also crossing the water on Saturday. Taking the early P&O ferry @ 7:35.

Just my luck, the French go strike crazy as I'm due to depart (Friday). Anybody got contacts in France who know the actual situation on the ground. Is is really the case that the fuel stations are running dry all over the country? Plan B would be to by-pass France and get to Italy via Belgium, Austr...

Will everybody stop banging on about how good the later LC bike is. It's giving my 06 RT a complex and tempting me ever closer to a test drivet

RTman10 wrote: www.bmwmotorrad.com. you have to put in your chassis number so don't know if hours is there.

Got it, thanks 

Been trying, without success to locate a download (pdf) for this manual. Anybody know where I might find it?