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

Overall about 45mpg but after adding BMW fuel sys cleaner at 20k mi as the dealer recommended, I think the mileage actually went up 4-5 mpg.

Due to neck arthritis I was looking for a more upright riding position than that from Wunderlich touring bars + barbacks. I found Rob at tharengineering.com who already made adjustable bars for sport bikes and was happy to design and make some for my R12R. I've adjusted mine a little taller, narrowe...

Currently I'm installing PIAA 910 lights on Lumalink split link brackets. Hopefully my Parabellum Scout fairing will arrive next wk. Can anybody tell me if there's a distance along the fork where the fairing will or will not contact the brackets with fork compression?
Thanks
Toby

Adden:
Tinkertoy, please excuse the accidental name change.

Tony

Lynn & Greg I'm in Bardstown, many nice roads around here as I'm sure there is in your areas.Let's try to meet sometime and check out the bikes. A gray '11 was sold at L'ville HD/BMW last wk but I didn't see the guy, who had traded in a CanAm Spyder. Tiny Toys Thanks for the info, I'll try to ge...

I'll be at Deal's Gap this Wed,Th&Fri; anyone else? Let me know, black bike with Ky plates.

Any consensus on riding on salt covered roads? Normally I haven't but maybe it's not that corrosive to the bike. Anxious to ride but may get too cold again to wash off bike.

Thank you guys, thank you so much. The seat did come off using a combo of the above techniques. The right fit isn't figured out yet, in fact my new bright idea was to reverse the loop on the seat and now of course I'm right back where I started. I know, I just need to stick with the washers. Access ...

My new Corbin seat wouldn't latch in the rear so I added 2 washers under the loop on the seat. With a good shove the seat now latched securely. Very much to my dismay the seat won't unlatch tho. There's no movement whatsoever in the seat with turning the key in the lock. Short of taking a sawz-all t...

'10 R12R, 3800 mi, clutch slave cylinder gasket(?) failed and lost the fluid. Fixed on warranty of course . The tech said maybe installed wrong. But I'm thinking this isn't the issue you all are discussing.

Clutch pull felt light entering the interstate today and at home 60 mi. later, clutch fluid was below min. in the reservoir. Does anybody have any ideas why a '10 with 3800 mi. failed? Or any specific questions for the dealership next wk? Thanks.

Peckhammer, many thanks, T.

Has anyone self installed these eng guards? The instructions imply for real mechanics only...that wouldn't be me. The diagram is straight fwd but my concern is if the rear engine frame bolt is removed, will the motor fall out of alignment while I'm fiddling with aligning and bolting in the guard? Al...

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The GenMar 1150R risers don't fit a '10 12R. The holes just barely don't align and the riser spacer doesn't account for the front to rear step off. Also the GenMar bolts are pretty soft and don't tolerate much misalignment.

Can anybody tell me if the handlebar mounting hardware changed from the R1150R to the R12R? GenMar has a riser for the 1150, but not the 1200, that looks like what I need. Thanks.

Mogu
Thanks, I'll do it.

I'm new to BMW (from HD/Buell). Both the manual and the dealer say don't loosen and adjust the handlebars on my new R12R because of the reservoirs located on them. To me it just looks too easy to loosen them and rotate them back in order to tweak the ergos a little. Can anybody tell me if that would...

Peter
The Feb '10 issue of MCN addressed just that problem in the article 'Police Bikes Evaluated, Pt.2'. With the RT they use 'clutch and throttle' and with the Kaws they use 'clutch, brake and throttle'.

Toby