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

Max BMW list a set of OE protection bars for the R. Very expensive though. I had a look to try and figure out where they attach to the bike in order to compare against the mounting points used by aftermarket bars. A far as I can see, they only use threaded holes already vacant on the casing rather t...

Luca Here we go. Hopefully there will be two pics of the Wuedo screen + spoiler as fitted on my bike. The combination worked well for me. As I said, the best of all the screens I've tried but as Don points out, that may not guarantee it would work for you. Although I notice we have similar dimension...

Luca Yes that's a lot of money for the screen. The bad news is that the Wuedo is even more. I think mine was around 272 Euros. I do have several pics with the screen and spoiler on my bike. I can load them up tonight when I get home (if I can remember how to post them here :D ). I'm curious as to wh...

Hi Luca I had exactly the same experience with the Ztechnik. Looks fantastic, screen of excellent quality, frame looks like a piece of scaffold pole (although very strong I'm sure) and very fiddly to fit. In the end I did not remove the bars to fit it. Instead I disconnected the electrical cables at...

I had a loose baffle in mine. The silencer was replaced under warranty. Two weeks later the new one started going rusty. It was replaced and so far no problems after 1 year. I'd ask the dealer to replace the faulty part.

I have not noticed any rust on mine what so ever. Mark Mark, that’s the strange thing, the garage is well ventilated and I dry the brakes with a good run before the bike is left for any period of time. My local dealer tells me that they see this disc corrosion all the time. May be related to the am...

Yes, in that short a time the rotors pitted with the dreaded rust worm. Last December we were in Melbourne for 3 weeks (yep Indignoid, SWMBO is Australian so I recognise the humour) and when we got back I saw the discs had pitted. The bike had been left in the garage and was not really wet when I pu...

Hello all. Would welcome your opinion concerning rust on the rear disc of my R. My 1150RT would develop rusty pitting on the front discs if left unridden for any length of time in winter. This was down to the front sintered pads rusting onto the discs. Apparently "they all do this" neverth...

Tim,

I've PM'd you with a possible option.

Mark, That web link should take you to the page with the shield but for some reason it keeps going back to the Wudo home page. No matter. At the home page click on "motorcycle models". Then find "R1200R" and click on that. Its on the third page of the model list. Then scroll down...

Mark, Try this http://www.wuedo.de/cgi-bin/webseller?action=SetLanguage&ID=-ID-&newlanguage=eng&response=start.html There are two references there to the "Slimline". The first is the shield itself, the second is the mounting frame and you'll see pictures for both. In my opinion...

Mark, I've got a virtually new mounting frame for the BMW Touring/Cee Bailey shield. Come to think of it I also have the Touring shield and Cee Bailey 20" shield going spare. Like many others I have tried all sorts of screens. Currently I'm back using the Wudo slimline (not the one with small f...

Don, Thanks for the reply. Yes the British tend to pile salt onto the roads for the whole winter which doesn't help. But I have been very careful about cleaning my bike. I do wonder how it would have survived had I used it all winter through, given its minimal exposure to the UK cold season. The top...

Well, I have just come to clean the bike after 3 weeks away and found a number of what I can only descibe as "quality" issues. Or rather lack of quality. At the bottom of the engine front cover the silver finish appears to be "bubbling". I've seen this reported on the RT forum an...

Gary, I asked at my dealer here in the UK about the hand guards the other day. They told me that they couldn't get the GS guards that fit our bikes any more. Something about BMW having stopped their production. If you damaged one on an '06 GS I guess you'd need to fit the '08 guard which is a differ...

Don, Interesting that the torque specs are the same except for the lower mounting bolt on the front damper. I gather the Haynes manual is based on a 1200GS mainly and I have found some differences in the torque settings between the GS and the R. Most seem similar but there are a few ...................

Eric - from the Haynes manual for BMW R1200 Twins 2004 to 2006 Rear shock upper mounting bolt nut - 50 Nm Lower mounting bolt nut initial setting - 20 Nm then final setting 58 Nm Lubricate the shoulders of the mounting bolts with a smear of grease. Apply a suitable non-permanent thread locking compo...

Hank, I am the exact same height as you (5' 8") with the same inseam (30"). I've been using a Cee Bailey 20" for a couple of months now. It does what it says on the tin. Very little wind blast, even when turning my head to look behind and I can see over the top of it very easily (stan...

The new 1200 GS does have different hand guards to the previous 1200. The inboard mounting now attaches to a clamp which goes around the handlebar instead of a bracket mounted to the lever housing. At least this is the case over here in the UK. The clamp is designed for the GS handlebars so looks as...

Dan-A. Not quite as simple as that unfortunately. You will need to obtain the BMW side rail/topcase rack hardware before you can mount the E250 baseplate and use your V46. From what you say, I believe you only have the BMW side rail kit fitted. In addition, the Givi monorack hardware will not fit th...