RT Top Speed

[bose]

RT -RUDDY TERRIBLE

Got a loan bike today 2011 rt,my gs in for service.Well it was rainin hard and it felt well strange compaired to my gs,and very vague from the front end ,you are all welcome to your top speeds on a rt ,but i felt unsafe and will be glad to get my gs 1200 back

 

[daveg]

Got a loan bike today 2011 rt,my gs in for service.Well it was rainin hard and it felt well strange compaired to my gs,and very vague from the front end ,you are all welcome to your top speeds on a rt ,but i felt unsafe and will be glad to get my gs 1200 back

Don't think I'd be happy for long at very much over a ton on my 1150GSA, not that I've tried, but my 1200RT feels solid as a rock at 130+. YMMV as they used to say.

Changing styles of bike always feels a bit strange for a hundred miles or so. The RT definitely feels a bit weird after I've been riding the GSA exclusively for a while but I soon get in the groove.

 

[1964Hall]

Got a loan bike today 2011 rt,my gs in for service.Well it was rainin hard and it felt well strange compaired to my gs,and very vague from the front end ,you are all welcome to your top speeds on a rt ,but i felt unsafe and will be glad to get my gs 1200 back

It's been known for dealer bikes to have low tyre pressure and poorly adjusted headlights.
I took a GS out and had similar thoughts, wanted my RT back.

 

[sven]

127mph so far on the GPS, two-up with loaded panniers, sat bolt upright and still accelerating

 

[JayC]

127mph so far on the GPS, two-up with loaded panniers, sat bolt upright and still accelerating

So not 127mph.

 

[sven]

So not 127mph.

No, but not bad for a first attempt

 

[Ted]

Think you all must be under estimating the speed it's more aerodynamic than my 1200GS. Fully loaded panniers, tent etc is much faster than that...
.
.
.
.
.

Well there was a bit of a tail wind