warming up to the 1200RT

[waylap]

I think I'm actually finally liking the looks of the "new" style RT. I still love my 04 but the curiosity is getting to me. Can some of you post some cool picks of your 1200 RT for my enjoyment? Have they made a black one yet?

[Rocket_Cowboy]

Here's a couple of my personal favorites:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[gettysburg]

Here are a couple of pics of my dearly departed '05 RT:

 

At a Kansas Rest Stop

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Campground at Glacier National Park

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Most of the I have of my '07 RT are various of stages of dismemberment:

 

Locating the second horn connection

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Fresh after K1200GT Facelift

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Installing an Oil-cooler Screen

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[bross]

OK I'll play...

 

 

[GoGo Gadget]

When they first came out, I was unsure. But I sold my '04 last Mar and bought my '07 the next day. Love it, love it, love it. I had a lot of crap going on in Mar/Apr/May so I only put 600 miles on in those 3 months. From June to now I put almost 17,000miles on it.

 

 

 

 

 

[marcopolo]

Capitol Reef NP near Torrey, Utah:

 

 

 

 

Here I am on the Million Dollar Highway in Colroado:

 

Somewhere in Wyoming, on the way to Utah:

 

[bakerzdosen]

Capitol Reef NP near Torrey, Utah

That's awesome. How many places besides this one would consider Capitol Reef NP near Torrey rather than the other way around?

[j4bberw0ck]

Still the only all-silver one I've seen, this is mine in the Austrian mountains, above Obergurgl in June 2007. As you might guess from the watermarking, top centre, it's currently my desktop picture at work

 

 

[John Bentall]

I think I'm actually finally liking the looks of the "new" style RT. I still love my 04 but the curiosity is getting to me. Can some of you post some cool picks of your 1200 RT for my enjoyment? Have they made a black one yet?

They did - but black is no longer a colour option for a new one.

[DFWrider]

Here's another "all silver" one!

[TEWKS]

Freshly powdercoated wheels.

 

 

Pat

[St0nkingByte]

If you do get a new RT you'll have to settle for one that isn't red, I'm sorry for you

 

 

 

 

 

[Bernie]

I got one. Double Silver the only way to go.

[JHP]

Make mine double silver as well. Very happy with that combo (no need to repaint the topcase!).

[j4bberw0ck]

Excellent taste on the all-silver, gentlemen!

[Steve1962]

The Panzer ......... what a great bike this was for me ....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buy one ..you won't regret it ..I miss mine big time .

 

Steve

[Teddy]

Some nice shots of the RT there, I'm thinking of upgrading the old 1150RS but it seems every photo I see of the headers on the 1200 are brown. Why is this?

 

The only time they are nicely chromed is all the nice BMW brochures I have in my possession atm!

 

Bikes I am considering are R1200ST, R1200RT & the R1200GS (if I can get over the height of this thing)

 

Cheers Teddy

[Froy]

it seems every photo I see of the headers on the 1200 are brown. Why is this?

Cheers Teddy

 

As I understand it: Chromed headers turn blue with use, non-chrome headers turn brown. According to my dealer yesterday the chromed headers are easier to polish when discolored. He also said the non-chromed ones gets a more sticky surface and thus collects dirt easier.

 

yngve

[j4bberw0ck]

every photo I see of the headers on the 1200 are brown. Why is this?

 

Yep, non-chrome headers. Autosol polish will help. Steve's on the other hand (if you'd been able to see the headers) would probably have been the colour of dried pheasant's blood based certain of his old posts, and the unerring accuracy of the stupid birds as they sought him out.

 

(Sorry Steve! Hope to hear you're mobile again soon).

[Steve1962]

every photo I see of the headers on the 1200 are brown. Why is this?

 

Yep, non-chrome headers. Autosol polish will help. Steve's on the other hand (if you'd been able to see the headers) would probably have been the colour of dried pheasant's blood based certain of his old posts, and the unerring accuracy of the stupid birds as they sought him out.

 

(Sorry Steve! Hope to hear you're mobile again soon).

 

...I was talking to Andy about my magnetic attraction to pheasants the other day , and recalling tales [ or should that be tails ] of the amazing stupidity of the bird !!

I believe Andy still has a phot of me on the bike when I arrived at his house with feathers still stuck to the engine , 90 miles after the strike .and the following weekend when I was cleaning the bike , I found two more large feathers under the fairing near the top of the forks !!

 

Steve

[Froy]

every photo I see of the headers on the 1200 are brown. Why is this?

 

would probably have been the colour of dried pheasant's blood based certain of his old posts,

 

...I was talking to Andy about my magnetic attraction to pheasants the other day ,

Steve

 

As an foreigner reading the above, I was picturing farmers being magnetic attracted to BMW bikes....

[j4bberw0ck]

Hehehe....

 

Pheasant:

 

 

Peasant:

[bross]

Some nice shots of the RT there, I'm thinking of upgrading the old 1150RS but it seems every photo I see of the headers on the 1200 are brown. Why is this?

 

Cheers Teddy

Um, I think it's cause most folks here ride em.

I got a nice compliment from an old guy on our toy run this year. He was admiring the RT and looked at the dirty brown header pipe, looked up and smiled and said "At least you ride it!"