BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

Hello and welcome. What area of the UK are you looking?

Congratulations on your new bike! I have no tips other than what your manual will tell you. I have only had two brand new bikes and there were in the early 80's, strangely enough I found the rusted, dented tank from one of them in my dads shed a couple of weeks ago.

If you have any sticky back foam draught excluder strip knocking about in the garage try that

sakm wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 10:07 pm That's the same height as the wunderlich screen which is too tall for my liking

Have you tried not raising the screen as much? Asking for a friend...

A quick couple of questions. Cleaning up my new to me R1250 2019 I took the screen off. It is the BMW original standard screen. I noticed that it looks like the previous owner has over tightened the screws as three of the holes have stress cracks 😳 so new screen incoming I guess. The question is ar...

sakm wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 11:08 pm It keeps you pretty dry

Just don't forget to install the windscreen wipers

Dry is the real reason I wanted one - I had a GL1800 a few years back that the previous owner had installed a manually operated wiper! Typical that you want rid or your screen after I buy a new one

I had the Wunderlich Marathon arrive today, fitted and a quick spin out and I agree about the distortion but I can put up with it for the way it keeps the airflow off my shoulders. The big test will be how much rain it diverts around me. I bought the bike with the silly sports screen that diverts al...

We were snapped by some geezer in Wales last week or maybe the week before, I think it was somewhere near the Horseshoe pass and that Ponderosa place which we stumbled upon by accident but we didn't stop.

simbo wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:22 pm Hill Hold is an option worth having, It's not something you need if you've never had it, but it's something you'll miss once you have.

I turned mine off as soon as I got it

Just joined as I am thinking of upgrading my K1300GT to a new 1250RT LE. Any advice welcomed on do's/don't and features worth having, or not. Having a test ride tomorrow. Hello and welcome, in January I traded my 12plate K1600GTLE in for a 20plate R1250RTLE after being given one as a loan bike whil...

My mate Had a Puch Maxi. He was able to keep up with my Fizzy. As he lived on the 12th floor here used to that it up in the lift. Life was so simply back then. I bought one from a supermarket noticeboard for £50 quid in the 90's and didn't take it seriously enough. it ended up as a field bike and I...

Hi there - Someone has just placed a bid on it on eBay - was that you? The fairest thing to do would be to let the auction run its course. I think they are about £400 new - so I'd be looking for around half of that. https://bmw.europe-moto.com/gb/seats-moto-bmw-motorrad/8052-bmw-low-driver-seat-hea...

Currently on eBay but open to offers. Will ship within the UK only. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185860842190 Makes a BIG difference to the seat height. Rich Hi Rich, I have a 20 plate R1250 RT and the sticker on my seat says 52 53 8 544 784. I'll do some checking around the t'internets and see if it...

I went to look at a W reg Puch Maxi today as an excuse to get some miles on a bike I'm running in after a top end conversion. I'm on the look out for an old two stroke but everyone seems to think they can charge a gold pig for something your dad would have put out by the bins for the scrapman. There...

I bought my current RT without test riding the actual bike itself because I'd been lent the demo RT when my K1600 was in for service in December. Then it was just waiting for the right RT to show up with the top box and without all the radio gubbins.