BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

Hi Moonie and welcome always nice to know that one of us has got a bargain, great news. The bike handles well in the wet depending on tires and rider ability, but thinking about it and Michigan weather, keep it nice and dry in a warm room and just look and admire it and the Spring will soon come

Careful with that front break BackAtIt53 :clap:

Nice looking bike on the last picture is that light reflecting off paintwork?

I actually find it difficult to get the satnav out of the cubbyhole it's in, the amount of times I have nearly dropped it is quite a few. I never leave my satnav on the bike unless it's coming in doors. However, Steinar I am sure that some deterrent [size=78%]is better than no deterrent. They do say...

RTman10 wrote: Same make of cheap mattress as me then.

Sounds like my old Army mattress is still doing the rounds

I am not worthy oh Omnipotent one of course I should have realised that was what he was talking about, forgive me oh clown of red hair for not knowing the obvious. I am off to lay on my bed of nails as penance, ouch!

Hey T6 any chance of some pics please

I have a 2014 model don't bother with YouTube go test one to see if you like it not somebody else. Other than that there are some great reviews out there Cycle World, Paul Dean, etc

richardbd wrote: :nervous: :nervous: :nervous:

Which one of you is talking and what are you talking about?

beemerbaz wrote: He got swatted like an annoying bug

+1 love it

Yeah Smiley they sited the Capirossi incident as setting the presidence, but SA is a spoilt kid with a serious issue  >:D IMHO.

i may well be on my own here, but I have gone from a massive fan of Marquez to a serious dislike of the 'smiling assassin' (SA) I think when he was taught English he was taught to say it with a smile. Surely his tactics of obstructing Rossi were not right, morally, fairly, principled, sportsman like...

Best of luck with all of your issues MIKO including the stones. The great thing about this site is we have peopl like DayglowDavid, RTman, and many more who are prepared to help others with what would have seemed like an insurmountable problem, Chapeau to you all.

I suppose the box width has a part to play in my issue with these boxes, but it's not all of it. The width is not really my issue as I have rear protection bars, it's the loading even with my inner bags there is always fiddly tucking and squeezing to finally close the lids gggggrrrrrrrrr! drives me ...

Thanks Levisp yes the French use a grit not sure if it's a salt? I have a couple of big jobs to do around the field which is my priority at the moment. When the time is right I am going to give the bike a good clean strip the panels of air blast with my Airforce Master Blaster and do as you say brus...