BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

How exciting ! You're a lucky guy !

Enjoy and let us know how you enjoy your new ride

Ouch ... sorry to hear that.
Glad to hear there's not too much damage.
Now that you've dropped it twice, you have fulfilled your drop-quota for the next 40 years be

Welcome and congrats !

Please let us know later on your experience with the RT and how it is compared to your Goldwing

JBnAZ wrote: Even the "breeze" with no windscreen will cook you.

LOL !!  8)

F800GT: F6B is a wonderful bike, but it's not a sport touring bike. No matter how many cruiser or full touring bikes I've owned I still end up returning to a sport touring ride. I've had 3 sprint STs, a Concours (newest gen),and now the BMW. The flexibility of riding styles offered by the BMW combi...

Paggers wrote: I guess you have to define 'warm' as it's subjective.

35-40 degrees Celsius in the summer.

Anyone riding the R1200RT under warm weather ? I was wondering if the R1200RT blocks too much of the needed wind under warm/hot weather ?

pkpilot wrote: Google police motorcycle competition and watch the videos of what a RTW can do.  A very balanced machine.

Just did, and saw a couple on youtube. Very balanced machine indeed.
This one video is interesting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WFsWDIjM80

Welcome and congrats !

You mind sharing the reasons why you switch from F6B to the R1200RT ?

Sorry was never my intention to take thread off course. Comment about making much difference was in relation to which bike to choose not specifically  about filtering. Think we can all agree a thin bike is easier. If filtering was my main concern on bike choice I wouldn't pick either. Not ...

I've been thinking back and forth between the R1200RS and the R1200RT for a while. I like the RT for its versatility, especially for multi-day trips. However, commuting with it when I need to split lanes everyday is not as easy as with the RS.

If you had considered the R1200RS, besides the upright sitting position of the R1200RT, what else in the latter made you choose the RT over the RS ?

If, as your name suggests, you are coming to the R1200 from an F800 then you are in for a blast. That's the route I took. I was a happy owner of a 2008 F800 ST, until I took out an R1200 GS as a loaner while my F800 was being serviced. I had always assumed that the R1200 would feel big and ungainly...

have you tried the handlebar riser from Wunderlich ?