BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

If you are relying on your Spanish residence and NIE, and are buying a Spanish bike with Spanish insurance, won't you also have to have a Spanish license? That's one of my concerns re taking up residence in Europe which we are thinking about - don't fancy starting the motorcycle license process all ...

The base is held in place very firmly by 8 x 8mm x 3mm (doubled stacked for extra strength so you only see the 4).  Can be lifted off for maintenance.






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[size=2px]Thank you again - your posts are always helpful and frequently very detailed which is much appreciated.[/size] Since not everyone is on all possible related sites, I've found it often to be worthwhile posting in more than one place.  Usually, I remember to note that I've posted i...

I've just changed the tires on my 2018 R1200RT.  A small group of friends bought a No Mar tire changing machine, which made the job surprisingly easy. I swapped somewhat tired Roadtec 01s for a pair of Road 5 GTs. Two things of note - these are the first tires I've seen that don't have any ...

Just use a pair of what BMW call pipe clamps, pn [size=11px]32 72 8 532 971, item 9 here [/size] https://shop.maxbmw.com/fiche/DiagramsMain.aspx?vid=58550&rnd=09082020 These allow you to use any screw-in mirror that has the right thread.  I have a pair of GS mirrors which work very well...

I don't understand some of these views. Investment returns are currently pretty decent and have been for a while apart from a serious nose dive a year or so ago. Bought a new car a three years ago - financed for 6 years at 0% interest, and we plan to keep it 8 years.  The cautiously investe...

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Must be in really excellent condition - normal use is fine but definitely no dents, dings etc.


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I've been revising tool kits recently and was thinking to myself that I carry all these tools - almost certainly too many - and have just about never used them. I'm considering eliminating just about everything except flat fixing solutions (including a small hammer for dented rims - a personal expe...

Had these fitted to my 2020 RT last week, just want everyone to know that the clearance on the right side is very tight.  I called illium works and they said it is normal and that they might rub on the fairing on some bikes. https://www.flickr.comhttps://live.staticflickr.com/65535/5060079...

Thanks to some excessively high wind at the weekend, my RT, parked on its side stand, fell over and damaged an expensive list of parts including the muffler. The easy but painfully expensive option is simply to buy a new stock one.  The second possibility is to look for a pristine-and-perfe...

Hi J-T-L, keep us posted as to what you think of the shock changes. I know when you pay a lot of money for something you may feel obliged to say it's good, but please try to be honest! For me, it shouldn't take much to improve the stock items as they are pretty poor in terms of suppleness on choppy...

Hi J-T-L, keep us posted as to what you think of the shock changes. I know when you pay a lot of money for something you may feel obliged to say it's good, but please try to be honest! For me, it shouldn't take much to improve the stock items as they are pretty poor in terms of suppleness on choppy...

I'm replacing the stock shocks with Tractive ESA units from Ted Porter's beemershop. I've never liked the RT stock shocks and switching shocks on a previously owned GSA transformed the bikes overall ride-feel & handling from OK/liveable to absolute magic carpet ride. FAR better control and an en...

On earlier one, as above belt cover off and careful manoeuvring. Book of words made it easy. Thanks for the reply. It was obviously a bit too late at night - I didn't realize that I was actually done.  All I have to do was remove the top bolt, jack the engine up a bit to extend the forks f...