ADulay
2006 R 1200 RT
0 Airhead
Punta Gorda, FL
Member since: Feb 01, 2007
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02/01/07 - Oh Please
A blog? Spare me. I think I'll pass on this piece of drivel. ... Read more
07/15/07 - Re: A BMW Chopper?
Perhaps I was a bit ahead of my time in the 60's but will this count as a chopped BMW? Everything that could come off of it was removed. Handled a bit strange, but it was a lot of fun for sure.
AD
04/14/07 - Re: How to change the oil in your BMW R1200RT
I've got to admit that changing oil on the R1200RT is much easier (and much cleaner) than many of my older bikes for sure.
On that expensive filter wrench thing? Well, rummaging around the tool box produces a $3.00 filter strap wrench that works just fine.
If my wife is feeling guilty for Christmas, she may buy me an "official" oil filter tool, but for now, the strap wrench works just fine.
Thanks for the quick read on how to change the oil.&nbs...
03/30/07 - Re: I hate putting gas in my RT!
I"ve run my R1200RT many times "deep" below the zero range to go indication and I had never put more than 6.1 gallons in the thing.
I can hear fuel sloshing around in there, even after the countdown marker drops below zero.
Been working out to about 275-300 miles per tank with no problems so I'm assuming there may well be another gallon in there once it indicates "zero to go".
The caveat here would be when making multiple runs across "All...
02/19/07 - Re: RT gas gauge reading is extremely bogus
No, it just goes to zero but you can keep track of how far you've gone with the normal tripmeter. That's where I monitored the 45 miles from.
And it still didn't take 7 gallons!!
AD
02/18/07 - Re: RT gas gauge reading is extremely bogus
Ah yes, the notorious R1200RT fuel gauge.
It looks very nice. Doesn't appear to be very accurate or at least what you might think it should be telling you.
Most RT guys have either figured out that when the yellow triangle comes on, it's telling you it thinks you now have 50 miles remaining, but that's only until the tank thinks it's empty. In reality, when your "countdown" mileage shows ZERO, you've got another gallon (at ...
