BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

Here's the link: https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/how-to-turn-your-bike-on-the-sidestand?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4/14/2018_CT&utm_term=Common%20Tread%20%7C%20Combined Might be a bit tricky with our big bikes, but in an absolute pinch it might work.&nbsp...

I tell new riders to beware of the inherent advantages and disadvantages of riding a bike.  One advantage is positioning yourself in the lane away from a car that may pull into your lane without signaling.  Also, do not follow directly behind a car, but to either side,  so...

I'm 5'11" but long-waisted, 32" inseam, and can't completely flat-foot it.  Backing up is the real trial;  I've tended to shift my butt on the seat to the appropriate side so that I have at least one foot flat and able to get a reliable purchase on the road.  Her...

There is supposedly a trap for monkeys where you drill a hole in a tethered coconut, place a nut, etc. inside and when the monkey grasps it, his fist is too large to withdraw through the hole. The monkey refuses to drop his prize and is captured. It is a great metaphor for, literally, overreaching g...

:thumbs: [size=78%]Apart from the fact that there's only ONE compartment, I find it poorly designed.  Unless you have tiny Trump-hands, it's almost impossible to get you hand to the bottom of the very deep compartment.  The opening is extremely narrow, and your wristwatch catches ...

Oops, sorry. Brain fart. gelcoproducts.com. They're also on Amazon if you Google it.  I'll be going cross countries (plural) this summer, in that I'm going from California to the east coast, up to Quebec City and then back across Canada to Vancouver, where my sis lives.  The Gelco ...

For those who want a little more, or a little firmer, padding, I've used the following products for years.  It's kind of like having a reserve tank for your butt:  both can give you a bunch more miles at the end of the day. Varying thicknesses, but they all have a hole where your t...

Not sure if your year is the same,  but the 2005's mirrors can loosen and pop off or can come off with a slight brushing contact with car mirrors, etc.  They're only held on by ball-joint posts and rubber sockets.  Pop them off and thread a zip tie thru the mirror and the ...

Thanks to all for the responses.  Beemerboy9:  like the price, but I assume the  phones are permanently affixed, as are the wires.  They just hang down when the helmet is off, right?

Have never owned a cell phone (mobile) nor any digital music devices, but am willing to buy an I pod or its ilk.  But is there any way, short of helmet-integrated earphones, etc. that I'll get enough volume at 80 mph on the interstate as I cross the U.S. this summer?  Don't want to...

Too right, Mike.  I'm always amazed at the number of experienced riders that never use the rear brake properly in slow maneuvering:  as an accelerator when you life your foot up, with the clutch partially engaged.  I think that's why so many take their feet of the pegs, li...

On my '08 RT, their is a metal wire connecting the mirror to the fairing, so there is no way to "lose" the mirror if it is knocked loose.  I assume that was standard?  (I bought my bike used, so could have been added after the fact by the previous owner).  How d...

Did you miss the part about the missing parts?  Had to buy them from BMW.

Replaced two RT mirrors on E-bay from Mototribe.  They're located in California (as am I), but I think the part is Chinese.  The E-bay specs give the "Brand" as ZXMT.  One arrived without the rubber seating "bushings" (ALL of them) DESPITE a sticker wit...

Just a general alert with a simple fix.  Lost both my mirrors in traffic (don't ask!).  Turns out they are only attached by three ball joint posts seated loosely in rubber receivers.  Per a suggestion on this site, I've simply looped a zip-tie through the mirror and base p...