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Small rant…

I have a small rant as well. I know the gps items are often in trouble with updates due to construction but I have had some real corkers from the little boxes recently. This is not just the BMW nav 6 although today it tried to direct me onto a highway quite a way past the on ramp to said highway for one thing, another time today showed me at a location on two occasions when the location was nowhere in sight and more than a quarter mile away. The device in my wife's car has done similar things to us when we are traveling in it. So have the I phones. My favorite with the I phones was in Tyler, Texas. My wife and I were there and decided to try and get some BBQ. The I phone found a Spring Creek BBQ and gave us directions, turned out it was the Spring Creek Baptist Church and they were not having BBQ that day.

There are times I miss the gas station maps that we used to tape onto the gas tanks of our motorcycles, anyone else remember those days?:scratch
 
Rinty said:
John:

When I got my R1200RS last spring I had the dealer install the small SW Motech ring mount tank bag. This is the little 7 litre one, and I leave it on the bike all the time. It's really elegant.

https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/sw-motech-quick-lock-evo-engage-tank-bag
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Glad you like it! I have a removable tank bag as well on the 2006 RT. I don't think I'll move it to the 2014 RT. I'm happy with the trunk and panniers when I tour, but I also like to ride the bike without luggage. It's like a sportbike…

John
 
fog820 said:
I have a small rant as well. I know the gps items are often in trouble with updates due to construction but I have had some real corkers from the little boxes recently. This is not just the BMW nav 6 although today it tried to direct me onto a highway quite a way past the on ramp to said highway for one thing, another time today showed me at a location on two occasions when the location was nowhere in sight and more than a quarter mile away. The device in my wife's car has done similar things to us when we are traveling in it. So have the I phones. My favorite with the I phones was in Tyler, Texas. My wife and I were there and decided to try and get some BBQ. The I phone found a Spring Creek BBQ and gave us directions, turned out it was the Spring Creek Baptist Church and they were not having BBQ that day.

There are times I miss the gas station maps that we used to tape onto the gas tanks of our motorcycles, anyone else remember those days?:scratch
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Rant away! :wave

I think I have an old tank bag with a map pocket around somewhere. The plastic is probably both yellow and opaque by now!

John
 
WalterK75 said:
Looked at the manual site and found this.
R 1200 RT - 0368 Euro Hexhead
R 1200 RT - 0388 USA Hexhead
R 1200 RT - 0430 Euro Camhead
R 1200 RT - 0440 USA Camhead
What the heck does this mean? How do I determine which one to download?
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As shown in the link, it's characters 4-7 of your VIN.
 
Useful Information in Last 7 Digits of VIN

In the BMW motorcycle and automobile world, the last seven digits of the VIN of the vehicle hold a lot of information. Getting it out of the system involves using a VIN decoder. The one which I like is found here: https://www.mdecoder.com/

After only minor rigamarole the website will tell you when your bike was officially produced, color, and most of the equipment on it when produced. For 4-wheelers, the models are more diverse and the equipment list is longer, but it's still pretty-much complete. You may have to use "Google-Translate" or a German/English dictionary for some of the information.
 
fog820 said:
There are times I miss the gas station maps that we used to tape onto the gas tanks of our motorcycles, anyone else remember those days?:scratch
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I still ride with a map in the clear pocket on my tank bag. No tape required. Sometimes it is a page torn from an atlas. Sometimes a state map. Sometimes a map printed from Google maps or other software. A claw hammer is a tool. It doesn't do everything perfectly. A GPS is a tool. Neither does it. I read about folks who make a wrong turn onto the railroad tracks or down the boat ramp into the lake. Their brains are a tool. .......
 
If you get a Sargent seat it has a storage space. But that is an expensive way to store the manual
 
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