BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

I've just imported some stuff from Germany and had to pay: 20% VAT 2.6% Customs Duty Collection Charge £12 for the Post Office Fortunately for me the seller agreed to refund the charges so no cost to me, although it took over a week from paying the charges to it updating on the Post Office system so...

Ultra54 wrote: I assume there are tutorials on how to perform the barrel and if I need to order parts.

I believe you should have had a spare barrel with the bike for fitting to a top box. It might be the case that the dealer has held on to it to fit to the case when it comes in, I've had that happen before

Be careful if bidding for one on ebay as a lot of people list it with a wrong part number, using the speaker part number ([size=14px]77528544460)[/size] when it is a non speaker device. There are a couple of what look like real ones for just over £80 at present

Which is called torque reaction which I mentioned above

I only half agree, yes it seems to wander a little but ultimately I find the very low COG makes it easier to ride slowly. I think it is a bit like riding off road, if you expect it to track dead straight and are holding on to the bars to try and force it you are on a hiding to nothing, but if you re...

Do you mean that those first miles felt "wobbly"? A bit, it seemed to wander at low speed, the torque reaction to the throttle was unsettling and the feeling on turn in was different enough to make me have to think about the corners; all of which effects are still there even on my 1250 bu...

Find bit of ground where you can get both wheels at the same level, This will mean the bike will be across the incline.


Get friend to hold bike vertically.


Check oil


Stop worrying about it

First miles on an RT generally I hated it, nearly turned round and went straight back to the dealers. I got used to it and got to love it. I think the weight distribution is a large part of the odd feeling as it is concentrated far lower (think where the cylinders/cams/heads etc are in relation to a...

On my 2020 it appears to be for economy, not sure of the parameters used but similar to my wife's car. If your light on the throttle it suggests shifting up. I switched mine off, found it distracting having an orange light / symbol appearing on the dash...... as with you, I know when to shift Mine ...

There are threads on other forums that talk about smoke on start up if the bike has been parked on side stand. Oil getting into the combustion chamber on the lower cylinder. Could be complete rubbish. I always use centre stand so cannot confirm if this is true or just good old forum bollocks. This ...

Levisp wrote: What I want is just to bend a route using waypoints. No can do.

You can do that in base camp, or have I miss understood what you are trying to do?

Well - I have been thinking about this, but are the differences between the models that big that it's needed? I would say no. There is (IMO) more difference between a wethead and an LC and between an LC and a 1250 so you would just be putting in arbitrary divisions. We should just accept the forum ...

Independents can register/create an account with BMW on their Aftersales Online System, https://aos.bmwgroup.com/web/oss/start Once they have done that, they can login to record the work they have done on to the BMW system. I wonder how many VAT registered Independents are aware of this system. It ...

The rules got changed in the whole of the EU a while ago so that any competent garage can do the work, prior to that you had to use a franchised dealer. Even though we have left the EU those rules still apply. So even though not as good as your rules it is still a lot better than it was.

Levisp wrote: Anyone know why the US have different rules to UK. Seems that we get a raw deal.

Different legal system. You are not allowed to apply the restrictions we have in Europe in the US