BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

Ann and I just returned from a 300 mile day trip from our home in Denver NC up to Hot Springs by way of a great road nicknamed the rattlesnake, NC 209. We had a great ride and spent about an hour in the hot springs. Had a great lunch in town and then headed home by way of NC 25. When we got home and...

She just turned 60,000 as she entered Canada to days ago.

Sorry, she has a 2012 Lowered RT. She was pretty easy on it when she bought it new. Ive always thought that was part of the problem. Ive just never had an issue with oil consumption on any of my RTs dating back to 1995. And my 2014 uses absolutely none.

IF this has been covered before please forgive me but I must ask: Ive never had an issue with any of my Rts burning a bunch of oil.My friend is out of town on an extended ride around the great lakes.  She is burning about 8  ounces every 1000 miles. What causes one bike to burn oil...

I use the Wolfman Ranier Bag but its pretty big. The Blackhawk bag is smaller and probably more easy to use but I needed good size bag for the month trip out west. If I had the money for both, Id use the Blackhawk for day to day and weekend trips and keep the Ranier bag for big trips. I dont like th...

Check your oil level.

I have 9976 of uninterrupted and reliable miles from my non recall2014 so far.  I couldn't be more pleased.

I changed my own oil , filter and final drive oil. They did all the valve stuff and changed the brake fluid as well as all the inspections.  I felt pretty good about the cost.

What Dealer did you go to?

Just got my notification from Garmin that my Nav V is ready for an update. Its plugged in now. Hour and 20 minutes left.

I prefer to ride mine in Dynamic / Normal. When Im in the mountains I use the Hard. On the interstate for long periods I use Soft.


I keep it in Dynamic all the time. It seems to shift better for me.

4 quarts is 3.785 liters according to my computer.


My owners manual says to put in 4 quarts.

When I change my oil I put in 4 quarts. I change the filter each time I change the oil. My owners manual calls for 1.1 gallon max or 4 liters with a filter change. When I put in 4 quarts the sight glass is completely filled. If it burns a little oil and moves down the glass Ill wait to top it off wh...

VStream Windshield, Ilium Bar Backs, Ilium Fat  Foot, Suburban Machinery Front Peg Lowering Kit, Pig Tail Direct to the battery for the charger, Wolfman Ranier Tank Bag, Motoart cylinder head protectors. I have a BMW top case and Wunderlich rack for the top that I had on the 2012 that was t...

I cant speak to our finances but I really like my matte grey bike. The Ebony looks like Harley Davidson rootbeer to me. Had the Ebony actually been blackI might have picked that instead. Best of luck with your choice and prayers and good thoughts headed your way on the Kidney cancer. Im not really c...