BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

After recently tripping up coming down the stairs at home and demolishing a bookcase with my head, causing deep lacerations, there is no way in hell I would ever ride without one.
As far as I’m aware, all European countries require a helmet to be worn and up to European specs.

Battery looks OK. However, after recent start of my RT, before it kicked over, lights went out, dash display went off and then started. Still new to RT, so not sure if this normal. So, just got the following on offer from Amazon as a ‘just in case’. Looks OK for £25. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/prod...

To be honest, and I know it’s a while since a ‘good’ summer, with my screen at lowest setting, I get a good cool blast, and I’m only 5’5”

Weird how BMW place consumables in hard to reach places. I used to have R1100R, the battery was under the tank, making changing the battery an absolute nightmare. Luckily my 09 RT is easy, took 10 minutes.

Just a thought for a couple of stops depending on a ‘run’ route. If near Hornsea, the cafe at the mere does excellent local produce breakfasts, also for trough of bowland/Dunlop bridge, the hark to bounty pub in Slaidburn does great food.

Have a safe ride, we have a yellow warning for snow and ice.

York King, denied the right after death to be interned in Yorkshire.


Damn you flatlander potato growers

I personally don't know the guy. However, after buying my RT last year and had the rear wheel bearing replaced, my mechanic asked if the clutch had been replaced recently. As I had been through the paperwork I knew it had 6 months earlier at the workshop in York. I asked why and my mechanic found th...

I do not consider myself to be vertically challenged at 5’5”, everyone else has a height problem. Love my RT with the low seat option, no main problem getting feet down on most surfaces,however, if parked on extreme kerb angle, can be a bit hard getting the thing upright! However, i’ve Added front a...

Currently in Marrakech but if still available next week, I’ll have one

Had the bike in to get the whining final drive issue sorted, rather corroded crown bearing, no play, just rust. However he also found that the drive shaft hadn't been fitted correctly after a new clutch was fitted 18 months ago. So glad he fixed it as not sure what the long term consequences would h...

Will join you, hopefully soon. However a rather loud whine from final drive from my new to me 09 RT, leaves me with commuting only until sorted! Still within 3 month guarantee from sale, they have been made aware, so hopefully covered!

I will join you soon, (Birkenshaw) , however, my new to me RT has a rather worrying final drive whine, which I need to sort first!

I tried various solutions, none of which were successful. Ended up calling Moto- bins who informed that I needed gs1150 mirrors at 36 each for my 09 RT. Ordered, fitted, happy. Just needed to enlarge the left hand hole a bit, all in all, a ten minute job.

Welcome, sounds like a good buy.