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

Dear friends, I live in Roma, Italy, where the weather is nice allmost trough the full year (some cold in December and January, but not to cold). My 2005 R1150R was running beautifully, without any remarkable problem. Last October (2008) at once the startup become a problem: this problem had nothing...

Dear macx, I spent a lot of time (and very little money) to solve this question. Among various options, I would suggest you to check the following post: 2003 R 1150 R Backrest by Rokko on Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:29 pm (sorry: I don't know to give you a direct link...) I can only add that the addicts that...

Merry Christmass to all the friends of this Forum!

Dear Larry,

could you pls resume the benefits and the why-not, of lowering our R1150R?

Thank you

Angelo

I had a stalling problem with my 2005 R1150R, in the town traffic only, very seldom, normally when turning. Last week I was at my mechanic (not BMW official) and I told him about that for the first time (I take the bikes to BMW for scheduled service). He said: "May be I know what is the problem...

Dear Rod and friends, following Rod's kind istructions, I tried to send you the photos o the custom additons to my R1150R: -standard BMW optionals as: windshield, saddle bags, luggage rack; -Wunderlich accessories as: cylinder protection bar, handle bar risers, throttle sensor cover; shifting lever;...

Dear Rod,

what a kind biker. Perfect explanations.

I hope to may take pictures over the week end and put them on the Forum. I hink they will be really interesting for some people, at least as a starting point to develop further ideas.

Ciao

Angelo

Dear friends, I asked an indipendent mechanic in Rome (former BMW mechanic) to find a solution for the passenger backrest. So, I left him my BMW (so called...) luggage rack. Few days latter I went by and he reinstalled the rack WITH A NICE LOOKING BLACK GIVI BACK REST TIED ON IT. The look of it is p...

Dear ScooterCoop,

what a fast answer!

I'm delighted. Your picture are totally self explanatory.
Hepco&Becker should get it to advertise their products.


Congratulations for the happiness of your cute passenger (your wife?).

Grazie

Angelo

Dear ScooterCop, pls refer to my selfintroductory post for presentation. I'm very impressed with your photo of the R1150R with Hepco & Becker rack and top case. Since this item (back rest or top case) is very important to me (for my lovely wife), I wonder if your top case has also a back rest an...