BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

Steve398 wrote: ↑Thu May 01, 2025 4:32 pm I added every extra and the grand total came to -

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Post a picture when it arrives.

I rather like it, except, perhaps, for the black nose.

They've not been too ambitious with the pricing either.

I'll be interested to try a demo bike whenever that may become available.

Welcome. I'm a Bangor boy but live over the water now.

Bet you'll have some great trips both sides of the border.

Welcome from previous residents of Dept 71.

I find under 3k feels strained especially on the higher 3 gears. 3.5 to 4.5 seems to be the sweet spot unless a decent dollop of power is required. Rarely above 6k rpm.

Sky looked clear, needed to pop into town briefly so took OH's CB125 which doesn't, irritatingly, have a waterproof oversuit in the top box as I discovered when I came out of the shops to semi-biblical rain. No fairing either.

I'd quite forgotten just how wet rain can be.

Just renewed my bike insurance. Half of what it cost last year. How does that work?

Not complaining, mind.

Panman40 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 26, 2025 4:57 pm Went out, ordered some fencing material, came back.

Epee? Rapier? Foil?

1gewehr wrote: ↑Wed Mar 26, 2025 1:19 am Interesting! I had no idea that Bruce's habit of regularly breaking a vice was his worst vice.

Or Vice versa

Lovely day out today. Round trip through the Fens in glorious sunshine and 17 degree temp.

Incidentally, there's a great place for breakfast just South of Ely. Try Amelie's Cafe at Ben's Yard. Plenty of parking, extremely well prepared full English and proper coffee. What's not to like?

On my 2019 I find the quickshifter gives clean, instant downchanges on a closed throttle but upchanges are agricultural at any power setting. I tend not to use it on upchanges.

Many years ago I saw an Audi driver use his indicator.

WHY It was always going to be a boxer twin but the RT won over a GS partly because the GS is too tall for a shortarse like me but mostly for 2-up touring ability. First bike after a 20 year lay off, the last being an R1150RT that covered 80000 km mostly on autobahns/autoroutes and about half of tho...

Hello all. Greeting you from the misty Fens. 51 years since getting my bike licence and, my, haven't bikes moved on somewhat? Started out on a Honda SS50 through many different machines until getting a 2019 1250RT last May. OH also a biker and content(ish) with her 1 year old CB125. Actually, for wh...