I've got a new bike...
-
- Posts: 999
- Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2020 1:20 pm
- Has thanked: 2830 times
- Been thanked: 550 times
I've got a new bike...
Bought it a few weeks ago now but haven't really had the chance to post up. It's a 2009 BMW R1200RT. Purchased for just under £5k with 24k miles on the clock. It doesn't have quite full service history, a couple of the annual services are missing but the bike looks to have been well looked after besides that. Very little corrosion for the age, has the right extras - top box, panniers, crash bars, cruise control, heated seats and grips, working ESA and electric screen.
The missus and I had planned a week in Wales with the missus going pillion because she couldn't take ride her own bike on the motorway which was a convenient excuse to buy the RT despite already having an 1150GSA and an Caponord ETV1000 in the garage. Have already ridden 1,500 miles on it, it's so easy to ride, surprisingly agile and very confidence-inspiring. The comfort level is superb, 6 hours riding to Wales and no aches anywhere, even better than the car.
The missus and I had planned a week in Wales with the missus going pillion because she couldn't take ride her own bike on the motorway which was a convenient excuse to buy the RT despite already having an 1150GSA and an Caponord ETV1000 in the garage. Have already ridden 1,500 miles on it, it's so easy to ride, surprisingly agile and very confidence-inspiring. The comfort level is superb, 6 hours riding to Wales and no aches anywhere, even better than the car.
- Attachments
-
- IMG_20210608_121735 (Small).jpg (71 KiB) Viewed 398 times
- weeksy
- Site Admin
- Posts: 23163
- Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2020 12:08 pm
- Has thanked: 5408 times
- Been thanked: 12939 times
- Skub
- Posts: 12039
- Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 5:32 pm
- Location: Norn Iron
- Has thanked: 9692 times
- Been thanked: 9957 times
Re: I've got a new bike...
Happy new bike day man,just give the pics a rest willya?
"Be kind to past versions of yourself that didn't know what you know now."
Walt Whitman
https://soundcloud.com/skub1955
Walt Whitman
https://soundcloud.com/skub1955
- Bigyin
- Posts: 3168
- Joined: Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:39 pm
- Has thanked: 1405 times
- Been thanked: 2653 times
Re: I've got a new bike...
You do know there are roads that lead to Wales apart from Motorways ......... top excuse to buy another bike though Cam
Enjoy the big comfy barge
Enjoy the big comfy barge
-
- Posts: 571
- Joined: Wed Mar 18, 2020 10:20 am
- Location: Kent
- Has thanked: 1233 times
- Been thanked: 830 times
- Yorick
- Posts: 16551
- Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2020 8:20 pm
- Location: Paradise
- Has thanked: 10094 times
- Been thanked: 6793 times
-
- Posts: 13723
- Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:57 pm
- Location: Milton Keynes
- Has thanked: 2530 times
- Been thanked: 6126 times
Re: I've got a new bike...
Some form of BMW R is definitely on my list of vehicles to own one day.
Maybe not that one though. Bet it's comfy.
Maybe not that one though. Bet it's comfy.
-
- Posts: 11187
- Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 6:40 pm
- Location: The road of many manky motorcycles
- Has thanked: 605 times
- Been thanked: 4100 times
- the_priest
- Posts: 1906
- Joined: Sun Mar 15, 2020 2:18 pm
- Location: Dwelling in Welling
- Has thanked: 1874 times
- Been thanked: 2170 times
Re: I've got a new bike...
BMW's do make some nice bikes! I've got one!
Proverbs 17:9
One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.
One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.
-
- Posts: 999
- Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2020 1:20 pm
- Has thanked: 2830 times
- Been thanked: 550 times
Re: I've got a new bike...
I think it's a good looking bike, but then I think the TDM850 (mkII) and 1150GSA are good looking bikes.
Well as you might have noticed on Facebook, the missus ended up riding her own bike to Wales so in the end we did avoid motorways and it was a cracking trip listening to her laughing like a window licker as she hunkered down on the tank trying to get as much speed up as possible to overtake cars and lorries.
It's not as heavy as it looks and I find the weight quite reassuring. Going back on to the MT-09 took some readjustment.
It's very comfy. For covering distance and all day riding it's like an armchair.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Thu Jul 01, 2021 6:26 pm Some form of BMW R is definitely on my list of vehicles to own one day.
Maybe not that one though. Bet it's comfy.
I had to Google that.
- Rockburner
- Posts: 4269
- Joined: Sun Mar 15, 2020 11:06 am
- Location: Hiding in your blind spot
- Has thanked: 7609 times
- Been thanked: 2452 times
Re: I've got a new bike...
I've always liked them as a bike to ride, but never quite got around to owning one (yet). I hope it lasts you a long time mate.
non quod, sed quomodo
- gremlin
- Posts: 5797
- Joined: Wed Jul 08, 2020 3:12 pm
- Location: Kent (AKA God's own country)
- Has thanked: 792 times
- Been thanked: 4664 times
Re: I've got a new bike...
Hired one of them in Italy a couple of years back. For covering miles, I couldn't fault it. Like a fat lass in a baggy dress, it hides its weight well and can shuffle on the dance floor. Gremlinette gave it a massive thumbs up as she almost fell asleep, such is the comfort.
On unmade, rock-strewn, sheer-drop farm tracks, it was possibly not the obvious choice, but it made it.
On unmade, rock-strewn, sheer-drop farm tracks, it was possibly not the obvious choice, but it made it.