BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

I think one issue to be initially disposed of (easily) is whether your sight glass is permanently stained, preventing the "sight" part.  Try draining your new oil into a clean oil pan until (or if) you can see the top level of oil lowering within the glass, then put it back in the...

RU up for a visit to a casino?  I'll stake you.

Cal,  Maybe you'll start a new, hunchback of Notre Dame, fashion trend:  Quasi-modish?

Correctemundo.  Just turned 71.

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Arnes, Here's the "hot" girl herself, per yer request.  Loved the bike.

To avoid lightheadedness, I also carry some potassium pills to replace electrolytes lost with the sweat.  On a previous trip to the 116 ride, at only 114 outisde of Vegas, I felt my GF sliding off and caught her.  Stopped at a cafe and made her swallow two teaspoons of table salt, ...

116 in Imperial Valley, CA.  Just shorts and sneakers.  Couldn't stand being in direct sun.  Put on T-shirt, shirt, sweat shirt, pants, sweat pants.  Folk thought I had heat stroke, but then doused myself from a hose.  Ahhhh.  Never travel in the...

I strap on an I Pad since its bigger screen is easier, and safer, to read while moving.  Don't know if phones suffer from this, but the I Pad just stopped functioning at temps over 100 degrees F (38 C).  The I Pad was betwen the handle bars and exposed to the sun.  You mig...

Somebody did a funny comparison between Celsius and Fahrenheit, saying the latter makes more sense in human terms.  Zero F - extremely cold;  32 F pretty cold;  100 F extremely hot.  Zero C pretty cold;  100 C - DEAD!

Welcome on board.  Congrats on our new hip!  I envy you your upcoming discovery of this wonderful machine.  Perhaps a majority of the members here are British, so don't get worried when they discuss their gas mileage - they're talking the larger, imperial gallon (1.2 US ga...

I got a plug-and-play LED, and can't recommend the experience.  The first time on a dark, twisty road, on a cool night - and it stopped working.  That night I periodically tried it over the course of 40 miles, to no avail.  Since then, it will go out then function again wi...

In the US there used to be speed-checks signs in a series of measured miles where you could time a minute at 60mph.  On long tours I have to admit I love the cruise control.  With so many cars now with cruise, it seems there are many fewer eejits who speed up, slow down, speed up a...

TJRL,  Once again,  the guys you design these bikes don't tour.  E.g., the fairings that send the cold air directly up your sleeves!  I jury-rigged a set of convention mirrors on the existing holes so I don't have to look down and away from the road, and so I can ...

On my 2009RT, this was a problem (though tethered).  I guess the rubber pop-in receivers were tired/worn.  I took a thin 1/77 mm plastic-coated wire, cemented it into the grommet and pressed the mirrors home, and they haven't popped out since.  I've seen in another post th...

$2.49 per US gallon??  Try living in California.  Most name brands are around $5/gallon!!  And the top octane is only 91.  The state mandates many expensives additives that drive the price up and, since it probably has to be "brewed" here, when one refin...