BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

My xmas present to myself

She's a beauty, and in the best colours too ;-)


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Lovely! Happy 2018 for you

merry xmas !!!!

No wonder Santa said he was skint when he got to me.  Still, the socks are very nice
Enjoy Spring!

Why do you need to wait until Spring, the bikes don't shrink and work fine in the winter  8)

-5 and a ton of salt on the roads . Think I’ll leave it in the garage

Goodbuyspeed wrote: -5 and a ton of salt on the roads . Think I’ll leave it in the garage

Lol, where do you live, its not -5 all the time in the UK for the whole of Winter, once it rains the salt washes off the roads. I generally don't ride if the temp is below 1 deg, but have never had issue with salt, just keep the bike clean.

+1
Bit of a pain washing it off in the cold but worth it.

Out for a ride today  got caught in some snow  around Haslingden North Of Manchester.  So stopped for a hot Chock at Mac Ds  until it stopped snowing so hard. 


First time I have changed the mode from dynamic since about a week after buying the bike.

MacJ wrote: +1
Bit of a pain washing it off in the cold but worth it.

+2 on winter riding. Yes, more frequent rinsing off of the crud required, but the sheer pleasure of riding on a crisp winter’s day (admittedly with heated grips & seat on full +wearing the thermal clobber), but yes, well worth it!

As a back to biker who bought in November I know no other riding environment than winter. I won't go out if there is any chance of black ice. Should have been doing IAM Observe #3 today but snow put the dampers on that. Very frustrating, just when I thought I had it sorted  :-\

The group I'm with don't generally have observed rides between mid November and Beginning  of March.  Weather is too unpredictable, and the risks are greatly increased.