BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

If this is indeed the case, it looks like new batteries can be faulty straight out of the box as per DaveCly's experience too.


I doubt that the battery I installed was bad as my Optimate charger was giving me the green lights, which shows that the battery is fully charged and not faulty.

Hi David, Just had an email from dealers that the bike is ready to pick up. They tell me that they have changed the new battery I replaced with a new OE one and that the problem has been solved  ::) . Not sure about that because the replacement battery I used was one with the same character...

Hi all, many thanks for your comments and really sorry I have not replied to them, these past two days have been manic. Took the bike to the dealers yesterday and they r looking into my problem. Battery was 100% when I started the bike in the morning, to take it to the dealers. 15min later I got to ...

Hi all, Dunno if anyone has experienced this problem. About 3 weeks ago I went for a long ride and on returning home I stopped the bike for a moment, whilst I opened the garage door, but when I went to restart the engine it wouldn't. The engine tried to turn but it was as if there was no battery. Af...

Hi Guys, Got 2 Schubert C4's (Rider and Pillion) and I recently got the SC1 Standard bluetooth coms for them. The comms were ok to set up and pair but I am having some problems with the intercom. I can speak to the pillion ok, but only if I start the conversation manually, i.e by pressing the + and ...

Well, at last my callipers are ok. Dealer changed both of them for updated one's straight from the factory. The swap was made at the end of December '19 and have done a few hundred km's with no issues. Still insert some absorbing paper in the callipers when the bike is resting for a couple of days b...

Hi Gogs01. Got my bike back from the dealer yesterday. Nothings been done to it except that they accept they have to change both front callipers. Apparently there are only left hand (Modified) callipers in stock and the right hand ones will not be available until the end of December or early January...

[size=0px]Have they supplied you with a courtesy bike? [/size] [size=0px] [size=0px] [/size] [size=0px]No, I haven't asked them for a courtesy bike yet.  They say they are waiting for the technical department to give them a reply. Will go to the dealers on Monday and have a nice civilised ...

Took bike to dealer on Monday as both front callipers are leaking fluid. Called them up today and their reply was that they are waiting for a reply from the technical department :eek: . I am putting pressure on them to release the bike back to me, as the bike is rideable (it's just a matter of clean...

Sorted!!

That's the thing, I checked the interior of the replacement calliper with tissue paper (which is very absorbant) and it came out with brown brake fluid stains mixed with black brake dust. Seems to me that there must be some sort of leakage inside the calliper.

Hi Bandytales, The reason being that my dealer has already changed the calliper and the problem persists. I would like to know if the calliper pistons are leaking brake fluid, which means that BMW is not only installing faulty brake callipers from factory but is also supplying faulty brake callipers...

Hi Rick B, thanks for the video. I will dismantle my callipers this week and see if they have the same problem.

I got some new Pro Brake levers for my Rt 1250and they look really good in the titanium finish. I tried removing the original brake lever today but after removing the pin/bolt I got a bit stuck. Do I just pull the lever out of it's rubber boot or is there a more mechanical way of removing the lever....

Did about 300km last weekend. Got to cleaning the brake dust off the front wheel and also dabbed the insides of the "new" front calliper with a small piece of toilet paper. To my surprise I could see small brown stains of brake fluid mixed with the black of the brake dust. I am back to squ...