Wyn Posted October 22, 2007 Posted October 22, 2007 I was behind getting to work Sonday morning. It's all Interstate (about 23 miles) so I was cranked about 90+ all the way. Man, Nubb just settles in, just as smooth as glass. When I hit the off ramp and beyond he was begging for more. It's almost as if he was telling me, "That is what I was made for!" I felt bad for him later heading home at a mundane 70+.
Fugu Posted October 22, 2007 Posted October 22, 2007 Yup. Mine likes to run fast. So does my friend's. We both got clocked at nearly triple digits out in the middle of nowhere. Cop said he didn't believe his radar gun because looking at us there's no way we were going that fast. He said we were just riding along like we were doing 65 and the gun said 97. Let us go. Of course we didn't know he was going to let us go so we had to shine him on about how they really are geared too high for any decent top end speed, how they're only around 100 hp, how much faster the current crop of liter sport bikes are....
smiller Posted October 22, 2007 Posted October 22, 2007 Yes, a mundane 70mph puts you in the neighborhood of 4k rpm which is not exactly the smoothest/most responsive part of the 1100 powerband. Dial it up to 80-90 mph and the engine smooths out very nicely and the RT tracks stable as a rock in most any conditions. The bike definitely like a sprightly pace.
dave_jo Posted October 22, 2007 Posted October 22, 2007 My wife happened to get a look at my GPS yesterday. I left it on the data page which included my MAX speed for the morning ride. 107mph. The 1150 RT likes to move, and the faster it goes the smoother it works. Not a hint of any issues at that speed and lots more room for more but not much interest on my part to go faster. I just started to roll on the throttle on a long straight stretch of road. She still went for a ride with me in the afternoon but I think she is contacting the life insurance company about an increase in coverage.
notacop Posted October 22, 2007 Posted October 22, 2007 Coming back home from Mesquite NV, garden spot of the desert, I was poking along at the posted 75 when I came along a sedan doing a little less. As I tried to go bye they sped up to match my slightly higher speed. After a bit I wicked it up to make proper pass. As I pulled around I noticed the speedo said 90+ mph. Later when I checked the GPS it show 103 mph as a max. Never expected it to ramp up that much that quickly. I normally tootle along at the posted plus a couple. But it will provide award winning speeds if requested. Seems too many of my friends compain about insurance rates when they get these awards though.
dave_jo Posted October 22, 2007 Posted October 22, 2007 Oh yeah, I never got into 6th gear at 107mph...Was I supposed to?
smiller Posted October 22, 2007 Posted October 22, 2007 After a bit I wicked it up to make proper pass. As I pulled around I noticed the speedo said 90+ mph.Which is something that keeps me away from a bike like the Concours 14. In the same time the RT gets to 100 the Concours will get to 140. That will get you not only a performance award, but a trip down to the station for the award ceremony.
OoPEZoO Posted October 22, 2007 Posted October 22, 2007 Since I've been commuting strictly on the bike now for the past 6 months I have noticed a rather alarming jump in my "average" speed, especially when I'm on my trip home from work on the back roads. Roads I used to travel at 60-65 (45mph speed limit), I now find my self comfortably cruising along between 80-90. Not even pushing at all, just cruising along without a care in the world. Just today I cam flying up on a car that I thought was just poking along. There are really no safe or legal places to pass on my route so I just settled in behind them, and felt like I was barely rolling. I looked down and realized that they were moving at about 60-65mph.......oops, I guess I shouldn't complain if they are already doing 15-20 over the limit. I swear one of these days that this bike will get me into more trouble than my crotch rockets ever did. The biggest difference I've noticed is that doing 90mph on my GSXR felt like doing 90mph.......my RT makes it feel like 50mph.
Eschelon1 Posted October 23, 2007 Posted October 23, 2007 Oh yeaaa... I was comming back from Paonia this summer, on Highway 50 East of Elko somewhere, got down into a valley, seemed like I could see for 10 miles either way and nothing in sight. Speedo said 110, Nav 3 said 100. Either way, like you said, smooth as glass!
Alien_Hitchhiker Posted October 23, 2007 Posted October 23, 2007 Roads I used to travel at 60-65 (45mph speed limit), I now find my self comfortably cruising along between 80-90. OoPEZoO, you are sooo gonna get nailed. Trust me bro.
Rpstk Posted October 23, 2007 Posted October 23, 2007 Yup, the story I like is the one I found on the web before I bought my bike; it was a father riding to Florida with his son and a couple of his sons friends, his son & friends on crotch rockets were blasting down the road at 110+ MPH, but needed to stop to rest after a short time of being bent over and wind blast, the father on his RT kept a steady 95 MPH for 5 Hours straight and left his son & friends about 100 miles behind!! That story sold me on an RT,
Tony_K Posted October 23, 2007 Posted October 23, 2007 the father on his RT kept a steady 95 MPH for 5 Hours straight and left his son & friends about 100 miles behind!! See that's it right there. The BMW is a old man's sportbike. I LOVE that. It's not the fastest. It's not the quickest. It's not the most nimble. It is though very capable and has the ergonomics to do all these things all day long over hundreds of miles... TWO UP loaded with luggage!!! God, I just love it!
OoPEZoO Posted October 23, 2007 Posted October 23, 2007 Roads I used to travel at 60-65 (45mph speed limit), I now find my self comfortably cruising along between 80-90. OoPEZoO, you are sooo gonna get nailed. Trust me bro. I know........I keep thinking the same thing. I slow down for a day or so, but then I'm right back up there before I know it. The only thing I have going for me is that there is no local police protection on my daily route. If I get nailed, its going to be by a State Trooper.........which I've only ever seen once in the area. I'm certainly not trying to justify riding that fast, I'm just saying that it happens and that I honestly have to make a concentrated effort to keep it slowed down. Except for for today........today it will most likely be pouring down rain the whole way home. That will keep me in check
Wyn Posted October 23, 2007 Author Posted October 23, 2007 Roads I used to travel at 60-65 (45mph speed limit), I now find my self comfortably cruising along between 80-90. OoPEZoO, you are sooo gonna get nailed. Trust me bro. I know........I keep thinking the same thing. I slow down for a day or so, but then I'm right back up there before I know it. The only thing I have going for me is that there is no local police protection on my daily route. If I get nailed, its going to be by a State Trooper.........which I've only ever seen once in the area. I'm certainly not trying to justify riding that fast, I'm just saying that it happens and that I honestly have to make a concentrated effort to keep it slowed down. Except for for today........today it will most likely be pouring down rain the whole way home. That will keep me in check Keith, Forget about it!!!
mefly2 Posted October 23, 2007 Posted October 23, 2007 Ah, yes ... keep those awards coming. They help fund local governments as well as keeping the insurance companies rates up - that way we can all pay - even if we don't get the awards ... LOL
Clive Liddell Posted October 23, 2007 Posted October 23, 2007 "today it will most likely be pouring down rain the whole way home. That will keep me in check" ======== Nooo thats the very time you have to "keep moving!" I have a rain suit under my seat - have never used it and only get a little wet if the traffic holds me up
Laura Posted October 23, 2007 Posted October 23, 2007 I was behind getting to work Sonday morning. It's all Interstate (about 23 miles) so I was cranked about 90+ all the way. Man, Nubb just settles in, just as smooth as glass. When I hit the off ramp and beyond he was begging for more. It's almost as if he was telling me, "That is what I was made for!" I felt bad for him later heading home at a mundane 70+. Yup, mine too.....it can be a problem 'cause you're up there before you even know it. And....the more miles you put on the bike the smoother it is at higher speeds so you don't realize it. Fun, though isn't it?
Godfather Posted October 23, 2007 Posted October 23, 2007 Smooth and fast does not even begin to describe it. Shortly after I got my RT a friend on his R 100 RS was right behind me on an open stretch of road, I opened it up in 3rd gear through 4th for a few seconds just to get a feel for what it could do...I looked down and the speedo read 103 mph...WHEW! I slowly rolled back the throttle and slowed down for a stop sign up ahead. When I stopped I had to wait several seconds for my friend to catch up. He was more impressed than I was. He said he thought his RS was fast, but he could not keep up. I told him I thought I was going around 70-75, but the reality of 100+ mph without any indication other than the speedo is scary. The RT is so smooth I have to keep myself in check, quite often.
dave_jo Posted October 23, 2007 Posted October 23, 2007 One of the things that reassures me about going quite fast with my '02 1150RT is the braking system. I have practiced "panic' stops from 80+mph and the bike STOPS! I even got my wife's permission to practice a couple panic stops with her two-up at 70mph. She is still willing to get on the bike and is glad she knows what to expect. I know a lot of people that don't like servo assisted, linked, ABS brakes on principle. Of course they haven't panic stopped their Harleys from 80mph either and their spouses haven't experienced "rapid deceleration" either. My wife at least knows that when she's on the bike and without warning I have to jump on the brakes, she and I are going to be very close, very quickly. By the way, two-up the MAX speed is 75mph.
Mister Tee Posted October 26, 2007 Posted October 26, 2007 Since I've been commuting strictly on the bike now for the past 6 months I have noticed a rather alarming jump in my "average" speed, especially when I'm on my trip home from work on the back roads. Roads I used to travel at 60-65 (45mph speed limit), I now find my self comfortably cruising along between 80-90. Not even pushing at all, just cruising along without a care in the world. Just today I cam flying up on a car that I thought was just poking along. There are really no safe or legal places to pass on my route so I just settled in behind them, and felt like I was barely rolling. I looked down and realized that they were moving at about 60-65mph.......oops, I guess I shouldn't complain if they are already doing 15-20 over the limit. I swear one of these days that this bike will get me into more trouble than my crotch rockets ever did. The biggest difference I've noticed is that doing 90mph on my GSXR felt like doing 90mph.......my RT makes it feel like 50mph. Seeing that you rode a gsxr before your BMW RT, do you think it's a decent bike to switch to after a sportbike? I ride a gsxr 750, and have a 100+ mile commute down I-5 that allows me to go 90-100 mph most of the way. But that's a bit punishing on a cold day, as you might imagine, which is why I'm kicking around the idea of a 1200RT. I mean, being able to top out at 170+ mph is great and all, but I don't do it that often and quite honestly, I don't care that much about straight line speed. What I'm worried about giving up is razor sharp handling - being able to negotiate a curve at full lean on the gsxr is a blast. But I've seen people that are able to push an RT pretty hard as well.
OoPEZoO Posted October 26, 2007 Posted October 26, 2007 Seeing that you rode a gsxr before your BMW RT, do you think it's a decent bike to switch to after a sportbike? I ride a gsxr 750, and have a 100+ mile commute down I-5 that allows me to go 90-100 mph most of the way. But that's a bit punishing on a cold day, as you might imagine, which is why I'm kicking around the idea of a 1200RT. I mean, being able to top out at 170+ mph is great and all, but I don't do it that often and quite honestly, I don't care that much about straight line speed. What I'm worried about giving up is razor sharp handling - being able to negotiate a curve at full lean on the gsxr is a blast. But I've seen people that are able to push an RT pretty hard as well. To put it simply. Yes 100% If it wasn't, I would have sold it and bought another GSXR. I bought my RT with idea of riding it to the west coast and back......then selling it and buying another crotch rocket. The problem is that these bikes just flat out rock. You can load it up and go cross country, or you can strip the bags off and go hunt down some crotch rockets on a back road. This bike has given me more smiles per miles than anything I have owned. I tend to judge my bikes on how much I get them out of the garage. So I guess let the mileage do the talking. I owned my Katana for 2 years and put about 8k miles on it I owned my GSXR for 4 years and put about 4k miles on it I have owned my RT for 2.5 years and I've put over 26k miles on it The RT works perfect for me. It was in my price range when I was shopping for a bike, it was very capable, and I knew I could do all of the work on it myself. I like to travel and I also commute about 120 miles per day. Perfect fit. If you want something more sport oriented, there are plenty of other great options also. If I was leaning that way and had a bigger budget, I would look at either a K1200R/S/GT.
Wyn Posted October 27, 2007 Author Posted October 27, 2007 Seeing that you rode a gsxr before your BMW RT, do you think it's a decent bike to switch to after a sportbike? I ride a gsxr 750, and have a 100+ mile commute down I-5 that allows me to go 90-100 mph most of the way. But that's a bit punishing on a cold day, as you might imagine, which is why I'm kicking around the idea of a 1200RT. I mean, being able to top out at 170+ mph is great and all, but I don't do it that often and quite honestly, I don't care that much about straight line speed. What I'm worried about giving up is razor sharp handling - being able to negotiate a curve at full lean on the gsxr is a blast. But I've seen people that are able to push an RT pretty hard as well. To put it simply. Yes 100% If it wasn't, I would have sold it and bought another GSXR. I bought my RT with idea of riding it to the west coast and back......then selling it and buying another crotch rocket. The problem is that these bikes just flat out rock. You can load it up and go cross country, or you can strip the bags off and go hunt down some crotch rockets on a back road. This bike has given me more smiles per miles than anything I have owned. I tend to judge my bikes on how much I get them out of the garage. So I guess let the mileage do the talking. I owned my Katana for 2 years and put about 8k miles on it I owned my GSXR for 4 years and put about 4k miles on it I have owned my RT for 2.5 years and I've put over 26k miles on it The RT works perfect for me. It was in my price range when I was shopping for a bike, it was very capable, and I knew I could do all of the work on it myself. I like to travel and I also commute about 120 miles per day. Perfect fit. If you want something more sport oriented, there are plenty of other great options also. If I was leaning that way and had a bigger budget, I would look at either a K1200R/S/GT. I love it when people figure it out. Keith's absolutely correct. Growing up on my 3rd bike. I think I was about 18-19 I rode with a friend who had an R60. He tried so hard to convince me that his R60 was the dream machine. I told him that I wouldn't ride that ugly looking thing if you gave it to me. Years later another friend bought a 75 R75/6 and I had occassion to ride it. After about 20 miles I was hooked. Sold my 750 Honda and bought the 1st R75 I could find. The rest is history. Beemers ever since. Just something bout em. Oh, and I love the whole elitest thing too.
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