I recently bought an ex-Police R1200RT-P in silver as a winter project. A few of you might have seen my previous thread where I converted one from police spec to civilian spec. A few people commented that they would have liked to see pictures of 'work in progress' which I kept forgetting to take so this time I made an effort and took a few pics as I went along
The main differences are the radio box/hump where the pillion seat should be(there is no seat under the hump), no pillion footrests and nowhere to hang the civvy panniers onto. Also the rear mudguard/light unit/number plate holder is different. The main (read 'most expensive/hardest to find 2nd hand') seems to be the rack and grabrails which are £400 quid from BMW.
The first one had a full respray because it was white and the replacement panniers didn't match etc. This latest one is silver and in pretty good condition considering it's a 2008, '57' plate with 69000 miles so it's just had a tart up and all the police bits replaced with standard stuff. This was never intended as a full restoration in the style of Tunneruk, Nin , Mike P etc so don't expect a concours bike at the end.
I already had a few bits on the shelf that are necessary: pillion footrests, pannier hanger brackets but the seat and grabrails came from Italy.
Anyway, enough typing- a few pics of the victim. A bit ropey in the usual places but no significant damage- the paintwork seems to have been protected by the stickers and police markings. The headlight is pebble dashed but the paint is almost unmarked with the vast majority of patina having been caused by the guy that removed the stickers- there are a few lines where he has obviously used a scalpel or blade of some sort to get under the edges of the vinyl
It does have a screen but it was removed to get the bike and trailer under the garage door.
The main differences are the radio box/hump where the pillion seat should be(there is no seat under the hump), no pillion footrests and nowhere to hang the civvy panniers onto. Also the rear mudguard/light unit/number plate holder is different. The main (read 'most expensive/hardest to find 2nd hand') seems to be the rack and grabrails which are £400 quid from BMW.
The first one had a full respray because it was white and the replacement panniers didn't match etc. This latest one is silver and in pretty good condition considering it's a 2008, '57' plate with 69000 miles so it's just had a tart up and all the police bits replaced with standard stuff. This was never intended as a full restoration in the style of Tunneruk, Nin , Mike P etc so don't expect a concours bike at the end.
I already had a few bits on the shelf that are necessary: pillion footrests, pannier hanger brackets but the seat and grabrails came from Italy.
Anyway, enough typing- a few pics of the victim. A bit ropey in the usual places but no significant damage- the paintwork seems to have been protected by the stickers and police markings. The headlight is pebble dashed but the paint is almost unmarked with the vast majority of patina having been caused by the guy that removed the stickers- there are a few lines where he has obviously used a scalpel or blade of some sort to get under the edges of the vinyl
It does have a screen but it was removed to get the bike and trailer under the garage door.