BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

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Hi Finally back and stuck at home due to covid  :ninja: My local dealer does not agree to proceed as I wished. So I'm gonna do the job all by myself. Just found the alignment pin on KFM-Motorräd and waiting for it, as it is needed to block the engine on the bottom dead center to pull apart ...

Thanks for the links!


Guess I gonna do the engine out job myself, and take it with an OEM spare rotor to my local mechanics (not BMW). It will have to wait till january or february as I will long be out of home.


Thanks again for your help 

Hi everybody My 2015 RTLC has reached 115 000 km and encountered a sudden loss of onboard voltage. It has fallen from 14V to less than 12,2 V and going down. By the time I got home, it reached 10,8V, with the battery alarm first orange then red. I charged the battery overnight, but the problem remai...

I had the oppposite issue on mine: filler cap didn't unlock when I cut the power off. Of course my tank was quite empty and I didn't have enough carb to go back home. Happily enough it ended up unlocking after 10 to 15 tries (switching power on and off). Once returned home, I cleaned it with air spr...

Hello I'm a french guy, 50, father of 4, long time BMW fan. I bought my first one when I was 24. A red R100RT1. Kept her nearly 15 years. The last one is a RTLC 2014. After 5 years, I'm reaching 115 000 km. I love this bike, and now comes the time to seek for the next one. R1250RT? K1600GTL? Or mayb...