BMW R1200R R1150R/T F800 K1200R R1100R/T R1250R RnineT Message Board

I waffled on getting new shocks for years because of the ridiculous price. But after I bought my GS I decided to bite the bullet and see what everyone was talking about. It really does make a world of difference having decent shocks on the bike. And unlike a car, where usually the "performance&...

I've had two Corbin seats, both on an RT (different RTs). The first one had to be returned immediately due to a tear in the cover. That was a 4 month adventure of them losing it, etc. The second seat I bought because I figured surely they've gotten better over the years but nooooooooooooooooooooo. T...

I need to get an administrator to change this thread for me and make it into a poll. How many people think Don should get a life? :lol: Heh, it just occurred to me that Don probably can't tell who I am just from my clever sig. This is Michael Bird, occasional contributor to the Roundel and E39 diges...

michael, if you give us a few details on the r12r in question we can tell you if it's too good to be true or just a good deal. price, mileage, condition? wes 2008 R ABS OBC Htd grips standard seat teeny-tiny windshield luggage rack center stand 300 miles. Yes. Three zero zero. 299 would be too low,...

Widetrack: very nice!

Michael

Thanks guys! Sounds like everyone is happy with the moto-techniques, and you surely can't beat the price! I think the VM barbacks I bought for the GT were $230. It's 7:00 AM here on the east coast, so I'm going to wait a few hours before I call this guy on the R for sale. It's one of those deals tha...

I test rode a R1200R last year and loved it, but after 15 minutes my hands went numb (I suffer from carpal tunnel). This was a problem for me on my RT but I put on barbacks which also changed the angle of the grips and that solved it for me. But on the "R" it is a solid bar. I rode a GS fo...

Update: I'm not going to be buying the bike afterall.

Thanks again to all comments and my apologies to any one hoping to buy some of this stuff.

Michael

Thanks guys for the feedback. $3-400'ish is what I thought they may go for. The w/s is a smaller market, so I don't have great hopes for that selling quickly. As for the rails, I'm not sure if these bikes came with rails or not (I guess not). My last R had rails but no bags, but the seller may have ...

I use the four feeler gauge method. It took forever the first time, but man oh man was it worth it ('04 RT). I had sold my first RT ('96) and R (also a '96) because no dealer mechanic could be bothered to do the valves and TBS to my satisfaction. I thought the dual spark engine was the answer, but t...

I'm toying with the idea of another "R" since my GT blocks a lot of wind and I live in the humidity capitol of the world (or so it seems when you've got ATGATT). Found one with BMW side bags and a smallish fairing and windshield by Parabellum. I don't need the bags as I'll take the GT for ...

I've not had this problem (other than numbness due to carpal tunnel) on my past "R" bikes but I have noticed that my GT causes my left hand to hurt quite a bit after some time with lots of clutch actuation. Changing the angle of the grip (as some have noted) would probably have the best ef...

I had an RCU passenger backrest on my RT years ago. Well made, worked fine. A little difficult to remove the seat, more so when I bought a Corbin (the leather covered brick). I've always wondered about these guys: http://www.ceebaileys.com/bakup/bmwbakup.html but they don't seem to offer a model to ...