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I woudln't believe everything your dealership tells you. You can also control engine temps with oil cooling AS IS done now with the R12 (and R11XX) series engines. It might require adding an electric fan to the oil cooler, but no reason that water has to be used.Interestingly though... this would only be this way in the states for 2 years... according to my dealership, all bikes need to be watercooled by 2012 due to increasing emission standards... so an engine change after only two years of a model change would be pretty quick.
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I rather like it. It's not as heavy looking as the current model - and adjusting the valves wouldn't require plastic removal as the current model does.I was on another forum and there was a link to a picture of a 2010 RT. It is quite different from the present model and it has the HP2 motor. There was a link to a Italian web site with the picture and information. I did not like the looks of the bike (if that is the real 2010 model). It looks more like a sport bike than a touring bike and it would seem that BMW is going after a younger buyer, in fact that is what the article indicated. The seat and side cases looked that same as the present model and I have heard that the HP2 motor requires a lot of maintenance. The article also noted that the bike no longer has the BMW switch gear for the turn signals. I really do not understand what all the brew ha ha is over the switch gear for the turn signals. I will try and find the article again and will post a link on this forum.
Looks like a K bike with a boxer motor in it.
now i don't care who you are, that is just right out funny...
+1 on enough power in the 1200RT. I don't care for the new fairing design. There seems to be no protection for the legs any longer.
+1 on the fairing. That is one of the features I like most on my RT. The picture looks like BMW might be leaning towards a look more like the FJR or C14. Maybe looking for the younger buyer. I also do not need more power. Of course all the motorcycle mags just love the Concours 14 because it has 160 HP or something like that.
I really do not need more power than my R1200RT has. It can scare me just fine. Perhaps I am getting too old.