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

On a recent trip to Europe, particularly Paris, I stopped by the Paris BMW shop and they had this nineT on display. thought you guys might want to see what some designer in Paris thought up. That is all real quality leather and the wrapped tank is tight. Very strange for me, but you gotta admire the...

oh my god, it's time to mobilize the Bundeswehr and create a national alert and recall all BMW's that have a clunky gearbox.

nice pic of a beautiful R and the alps. you're a lucky man to be able to travel and enjoy such a ride.

6' tall and 32" inseam. have just under 6000 miles on my LC and haven't felt cramped during any of those miles. I have ridden it continuously for 6 hours on a number of trips. you wearing boot lifts? :D What was it about the Gear Shift Assist Pro that you didn't like or understand? Maybe you we...

Your choice, but I am sorry that my post was such a turn off for you about the Nav V system. Maybe I did not emphasize enough that It is really a fantastic GPS with extremely helpful and detailed features for a rider. You can use any motorcycle gloved finger on the screen to activate all features, i...

The following is not a definitive review of helmet intercoms and the Nav V system available for the R. It is meant as information and maybe a beginning for someone to research the subject in greater detail. The Nav V which works in consort with the handlebar hand grip pod (I call it the "wheel&...

Cascade range, 3 Sisters peaks in background

I miss the easily accessible helmet lock on the new LC. On a recent ride, I had the saddlebags loaded with real important stuff, you know, water, power bars, extra ear plugs, medicine kit, etc. and when stopping for food and/or coffee there was no room for the helmet. In the old days, I simply used ...

Local Craigslist ad for motorcycle helmet. Problem for me is which one in the picture/ad is the helmet? Please assist.

(Everyone knows this is a joke, right? )

peels, i can only report on my experience with the bike and after taking possession in March, I have accumulated 2,800 miles. Now that summer is upon us I can get more trips in. There have been zero problems. The design flaws for me do not center on the engine, but the placement of the accessory plu...

got an email from Jerry @ Pirates Lair and he did verify that backrest for RS coming soon. that's great because the rack is the same for both bikes. kinda wished i hadn't sold the one i had for the 1150 and tried to adapt it to the LC. a guy paid me $350 for it so it was easy decision. hope your mod...

First I want to state that I like R1150R's a whole bunch. I put 80K on an '02, sold it and bought a twin spark '05 to see what improvements were made. So this is not about old vs. new. I hate that. The wife and I put about 150 miles in on Sunday. It was our first ride together on the new LC. Thought...

congrats and welcome to the next generation of R bikes. that blue is nice but not quite as nice as the metallic grey. what accessories did you get? ESA? pro shift? pics would be great

My sentiments exactly sir. Thank you for your well thought out comments. I still hope that this LC section of the message board will become a place for ideas, tips and reviews for all things R1200 LC and not be a place for ignorant comments about how the 1150 and 1200R's are better based on bogus ju...

Gonna sell a lot of those. Beautiful.

There are 4 seat options for the new R LC. Standard, High, Low & Sport. The standard came on my bike and it felt to low and scooped for my style of riding, so I ordered the Sport seat. It is a very comfortable seat and is the highest of the the 4 options at 33.1". The Standard seat is 31.1&...

I think it is time to move on from the new vs. old discussions, particularly USD vs. telelever. No one is going to prove anything by these pointless disputes. The new R is neither the first nor the only current BMW without telelever. USD forks have been around for years and are pretty standard on ad...

The new 1200 is a natural progression of style and technology that I embrace. I could be considered an "old dog" (63) but I refuse to sit in the past. I view the world as it changes as a sense of wonder and pride in how humans continually create. We've come a long way since kick starters, ...

yes, and the wheels and other bits

there was a ferro metallic and a dark ferro that was out for a few years starting in '02 I think.

only rivets that matter are on the tail end where you need them for a repack. put 50,000 miles on one and never had a rivet fall out or "burn" out. repacking is at your discretion.... you can do it at 10,000 mi. or 20,000. you can get the muffler repack material without going through a dea...