BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

Thanks for your input guys, its been very helpful.

David. wrote: The smoothest gear changes are obtained using the clutch.

Having tried the downshift today, the engine revs a split second before changing down and I thing the process is quicker than me and is smooth. Its all a matter of choice I think.

The bike must be pulling on the upchange.  If you hold the throttle still or the engine overruns it will clunk or refuse to change.  Some find changing up at higher revs makes it smooth but you must be pulling. Ah! Right. Thats what I'm doing wrong, holding throttle steady. Will t...

Thanks for that RTman10.




Sorry didn't  quite understand this "pull to s hsnd full"




Manual says hold throttle steady when upshifting but seems to crunch too much for me.

Could never get the hang of this and still clunked when I tried it so gave up. Today howevever after the mileage getting to 1500, I finally mastered clutchless downshifts. Thanks to this forum I tried shutting the throttle and pressing the gearlever without clutch. To my suprise the engine revved it...

Manual says usable fuel capacity 25ltrs, reserve 4 ltrs.
It is puzzling.

Wonder whether to just use the front din socket. If it rains the plug in the back of the garmin would get water in. I had planned to unplug it and run on its own battery if it rained anyway if hardwired.

Thanks guys,
I have just spoke to the dealer who said that it was easy and  there are two fuses under the seat, one is through the ignition and to piggyback on this. Anyone else done this?


Apologies, should have put this in "Electrical"

just joined and have to say very impressed with this forum, very well formatted and judging by the posts contains a wealth of info from knowledgeable and friendly, helpful people. Looking forward to future interaction.


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Regards
Graham

As Pete says mine had a plug already there.

I fit one from the dealers. Easy fit just plug and play. You need something thin to push out the plastic centre pins of retaining plastic pop rivet type fasteners when dismantling. This is what I used.


https://k6gtl.com/index.php/topic,74.0.html

hi,
I want to connect a camera to the bike through the ignition but dont want to use din sockets is there a point on the bike I can tap into without upsetting the Canbus?