New 1250 RT Protection bars

bullet · Jan 11, 2023

I'll be getting a new 1250RT in the spring and right now I'm trying to decide which engine protector bars and side case protectors I want to install.
If any RT folks out there have Wunderlich, Ilium Works or other protection bars installed on an RT would you please be so kind as to post a pic or 2
to help me decide which I want to purchase? Thanks in advance. I appreciate it.

craydds · Jan 11, 2023

Ilium !

I have the Ilium rear bars: https://iliumworks.com/BMW_Motorcycle_Accessories.cfm?pn=30-800BL&pID=133 ; and front bars: https://iliumworks.com/BMW_Motorcycle_Accessories.cfm?pn=30-800BL&pID=133. Yes, I have inadvertantly "tested" them several times, and my bike remains unscathed. Love 'em. Might try to post pics this evening when I get back to the casa.

boborgail · Jan 11, 2023

BMW Authority Bike Engline Guards?

The January 2023 issue of ON has a beautiful cover photograph of an R1250RT going through the BMW training course.

I noticed the bike has the same front engine guards as installed on the BMW police RT bikes.

So, my question is, should I consider purchasing the BMW OEM front engine guards for my 2022 RT?

Has anyone added these to their RT? If so, let us know how it worked out for you.

Ride safe in 2023

BrianAMcPhail · Jan 11, 2023

bullet said:
I'll be getting a new 1250RT in the spring and right now I'm trying to decide which engine protector bars and side case protectors I want to install.
If any RT folks out there have Wunderlich, Ilium Works or other protection bars installed on an RT would you please be so kind as to post a pic or 2
to help me decide which I want to purchase? Thanks in advance. I appreciate it.

Forum does not like google photos (HEIC format) so a link... I got the wunderlickers before I picked up the bike. Never heard anything negative about illium works either. In fact- based on more recent experience with wunderlichhhhhh I can say that I wish I bought the illiums instead.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Jj2Maky6sByos8GY7

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Omega Man · Jan 11, 2023

BrianAMcPhail said:
Forum does not like google photos (HEIC format) so a link... I got the wunderlickers before I picked up the bike. Never heard anything negative about illium works either. In fact- based on more recent experience with wunderlichhhhhh I can say that I wish I bought the illiums instead.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Jj2Maky6sByos8GY7

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Great looking setup!

OM

BrianAMcPhail · Jan 11, 2023

Y'know I looked and I just uploaded pics the same way not long ago... The upload box was saying not valid this time... maybe I'll just save as jpeg after downloading next time

jono · Jan 11, 2023

bullet said:
I'll be getting a new 1250RT in the spring and right now I'm trying to decide which engine protector bars and side case protectors I want to install.
If any RT folks out there have Wunderlich, Ilium Works or other protection bars installed on an RT would you please be so kind as to post a pic or 2
to help me decide which I want to purchase? Thanks in advance. I appreciate it.

I recently installed the Wunderlich side case protectors. They seem very well made though the right hand bar attachment comes VERY close to the muffler. Only about 1/16" of clearance, which seems too little.

BrianAMcPhail · Jan 11, 2023

jono said:
I recently installed the Wunderlich side case protectors. They seem very well made though the right hand bar attachment comes VERY close to the muffler. Only about 1/16" of clearance, which seems too little.

Hmm I just checked mine. At the closest approach (the bolt and the muffler) I can stick my fingertip in there. So- that is about 3/8 to 1/2 inch.. The muffler is stationary so.. seems ok to me. (2022 RT)

42831 · Jan 11, 2023

boborgail said:
The January 2023 issue of ON has a beautiful cover photograph of an R1250RT going through the BMW training course.

I noticed the bike has the same front engine guards as installed on the BMW police RT bikes.

So, my question is, should I consider purchasing the BMW OEM front engine guards for my 2022 RT?

Has anyone added these to their RT? If so, let us know how it worked out for you.

Ride safe in 2023

I had looked into doing that on my 2022 RT. After pricing out the Police bike brackets, I found they were about 3 times the cost of the Wunderlich that I went with.

jono · Jan 12, 2023

BrianAMcPhail said:
Hmm I just checked mine. At the closest approach (the bolt and the muffler) I can stick my fingertip in there. So- that is about 3/8 to 1/2 inch.. The muffler is stationary so.. seems ok to me. (2022 RT)

Can you post a photo of the gap? I'd like to see if I'm missing something obviously wrong with how I installed them.

BrianAMcPhail · Jan 12, 2023

jono said:
Can you post a photo of the gap? I'd like to see if I'm missing something obviously wrong with how I installed them.

I'll give it a shot- stand by...

BrianAMcPhail · Jan 12, 2023

hey- I was wrong. The bolt is about a 1/2 inch clearance, but it's not the closest approach. I missed an angle where the bar itself looks like it's just shy of 1/4 off the muffler.

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jono · Jan 13, 2023

BrianAMcPhail said:
hey- I was wrong. The bolt is about a 1/2 inch clearance, but it's not the closest approach. I missed an angle where the bar itself looks like it's just shy of 1/4 off the muffler.

Your photo doesn't come through for some reason - can you email to me? jonom01 AT gmail.com

zip50 · Jan 25, 2023

Ilium Works

I can vouch for Ilium Works. Have had them on both my RT's. They last and they keep the bike scratch free. I also have the latest adjustable highway pegs and they are a big help on longer tour days.

limecreek · Jan 26, 2023

Beyond the parking lot tip over, the protection bars will do nothing to protect the head in a high or low speed get off. In fact in a high speed get off they may add to the damage vs. preventing it. Be informed.

bullet · Jan 30, 2023

BrianAMcPhail said:
Forum does not like google photos (HEIC format) so a link... I got the wunderlickers before I picked up the bike. Never heard anything negative about illium works either. In fact- based on more recent experience with wunderlichhhhhh I can say that I wish I bought the illiums instead.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Jj2Maky6sByos8GY7

Thanks for the pics. My mind’s made up. They look good especially with those valve covers. If you don’t mind would you post or pm me the Wunderlich part numbers for both sets? I’d appreciate that. (New Triple black coming in the spring. Should be near the end of the assembly line any day now. I’m getting excited.)

zip50 · Jan 31, 2023

limecreek said:
Beyond the parking lot tip over, the protection bars will do nothing to protect the head in a high or low speed get off. In fact in a high speed get off they may add to the damage vs. preventing it. Be informed.

limecreek, I beg to differ. The protection extends well beyond the parking lot tip-over, although that can't be discounted. The cost of a new 1250 pannier is in the range of $1500 and the cost of other body and engine parts are prohibitive as well. More importantly, the engine and pannier protection bars are a significant benefit in a variety of crash scenarios by keeping the full weight of a 600 lbs machine from landing on ones leg. At a track day last summer a K1600 low-sided at considerable speed and between the riders protective gear and his crash-bars he walked away with no injuries.

bullet · Mar 10, 2023

Omega Man said:
Great looking setup!

OM

They look like they fit well with what appear to be the same as my Option 719 valve covers (except the blue accents)
So they’re Wunderlickers you say.
I saw this on their site so I gave Wunderlich a pass:

MODEL: NOTES:
R1250RT Will not fit with Option 719 valve covers

Seems odd.

cruisincruzan · Mar 10, 2023

My experience with the ilium front and rear bars on my ‘21RT, braking to make a turn and got hit from behind hard enough to knock me off the bike. When all was done BOTH sides of the bike had made contact with the ground. Not a scratch anywhere but the ilium bars.

Audi403 · Mar 17, 2023

I have the Ilium bars. I tried to upad some pictures but it keeps rotating them 90 degrees. Anyone know the fix?

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