Zman828
New member
Hi friends,
New member but old BMW rider. Thirty years ago, I sold my beloved, high-mileage and much-modded 1977 R100/7 to raise my family. With mission accomplished, in March my long-suffering wife bought me a low-mileage 2006 R1200RT with really nice upgrades installed by the original owner (stainless brake lines; Motolights; ZTechnik windshield; Mayer saddle; Tourmaster 15 amp accessory bus; 12v 'cigarette lighter' plug direct to battery; RAM universal mount, and a few more useful doo-dads). All recalls done so fuel pump flange is good but still needed Beemer Boneyard quick disconnect kit; ZTechnik front engine guards; Ilium Works rear roll bars and shifter extension; LEDs replaced in SHAD top case; Ultimate Sheepskin covers over Mayer saddle; and a lot of inch-by-inch Tupperware-off TLC. All seals good, fluids clean and serviced, new tires next on list but good for a few months. Oh, and I scored a perfect original RT tank bag for $50 from a co-worker in Waco who recently upgraded from his 2007 oil head to a new 2015 wethead. Good recent battery, so I'm rockin' beautiful green lights on the Optimate.
So, after a few months of obsessive stem-to-stern fiddling to get happy with "my version" of the RT, and also after a few months of practicing on a little Suzuki DR125 dirt bike around our 5.5 acres (my self-imposed MSF course!), yesterday July 3rd, 2019 I piloted my RT most of the day and MAN:
...the overall technology is SO much better than my '77 R100!
...what did we do BEFORE breathable mesh gear?
...and I can tell Siri to call my wife from my helmet? Are you kidding me?
Sheer bliss, man. So glad to be back on the road, and very grateful to be back in the BMW Motorrad community. Hope to meet some of you soon.
Y'all ride safe!
New member but old BMW rider. Thirty years ago, I sold my beloved, high-mileage and much-modded 1977 R100/7 to raise my family. With mission accomplished, in March my long-suffering wife bought me a low-mileage 2006 R1200RT with really nice upgrades installed by the original owner (stainless brake lines; Motolights; ZTechnik windshield; Mayer saddle; Tourmaster 15 amp accessory bus; 12v 'cigarette lighter' plug direct to battery; RAM universal mount, and a few more useful doo-dads). All recalls done so fuel pump flange is good but still needed Beemer Boneyard quick disconnect kit; ZTechnik front engine guards; Ilium Works rear roll bars and shifter extension; LEDs replaced in SHAD top case; Ultimate Sheepskin covers over Mayer saddle; and a lot of inch-by-inch Tupperware-off TLC. All seals good, fluids clean and serviced, new tires next on list but good for a few months. Oh, and I scored a perfect original RT tank bag for $50 from a co-worker in Waco who recently upgraded from his 2007 oil head to a new 2015 wethead. Good recent battery, so I'm rockin' beautiful green lights on the Optimate.
So, after a few months of obsessive stem-to-stern fiddling to get happy with "my version" of the RT, and also after a few months of practicing on a little Suzuki DR125 dirt bike around our 5.5 acres (my self-imposed MSF course!), yesterday July 3rd, 2019 I piloted my RT most of the day and MAN:
...the overall technology is SO much better than my '77 R100!
...what did we do BEFORE breathable mesh gear?
...and I can tell Siri to call my wife from my helmet? Are you kidding me?
Sheer bliss, man. So glad to be back on the road, and very grateful to be back in the BMW Motorrad community. Hope to meet some of you soon.
Y'all ride safe!
