Should I swap to an RT?
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1. really enjoyed the RT; great weather protection, brilliant engine and gearbox
2. GT felt like an armchair with a jet turbine; addictive but too heavy for me
3. also rode a 1300GS with the ASA gearbox and found it to be brilliant; now wondering if I sell the G/S and have a 1300GS to do everything
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2. GT felt like an armchair with a jet turbine; addictive but too heavy for me
3. also rode a 1300GS with the ASA gearbox and found it to be brilliant; now wondering if I sell the G/S and have a 1300GS to do everything
Great service from Jonathan and David at Ocean Plymouth Motorrad.
Worth noting, the 1200RT up to 2013 is a very different bike from the 2014-on 1200 & 1250RT.
I never really got on with the earlier bike, but the LC from 2014 is a completely different bike and suits me much better.
It's a big bike yes, but probably one of the most manageable and agile tourers you can buy. Compared with other tourers, it's quite light to move around in the garage too.
I never really got on with the earlier bike, but the LC from 2014 is a completely different bike and suits me much better.
It's a big bike yes, but probably one of the most manageable and agile tourers you can buy. Compared with other tourers, it's quite light to move around in the garage too.
8 stone lighter than a Honda ST1300
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I am 68 with a 100 mile daily work commute...all freeway. I traded my 2015 1200GS in on a well used K1600GT for its touring amenities. Nice bike, but I was always fearful of dropping it while manuvering while parking. So I traded that one off for a 2023 1250RT and lost 182 pounds of heft and worry. The RT is NOT that much heavier than a comperable GS and my knees don't notice the bent position. Protection can't be beat and I can listen to my tunes thru my Cardo. I have my choice of FM radio, Sirius XM or Spotify thanks to the installed BMW audio package. So far I have only added Clearwater lights front and rear and a Ztechnik windscreen as well as the SW Motech tank bag. Everything I need for 10 hours of weekly high speed commuting without the penalties of having more than 2 cylinders-
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