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Living with a 2005 BMW R1200RT
By Giles Butcher on 15/06/2005 15:36:08
Giles finds another BMW that he loves, the R1200RT
June 2005Another year, another BMW! Just like last year prior to picking up the R1100S, I did have a few doubts as to whether or not it was what I really wanted, particularly a full-on tourer like the R1200RT. And just like last year, I was wrong
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Road Test: BMW R1200RT
By Jon Urry on 23/09/2008 19:10:36
Hot on the heels of their own success with the R1200GS, BMW give the R1150RT the 'sharper'n' lighter' treatment. Jon Urry dances to the Boxer beat.
After about twenty miles of motorway cruising on the new and improved BMW R1200RT I've come to a worrying conclusion. My helmet smells.And why do I mention this lapse in hygiene? Simple. It demonstrates how good the BMW's fairing is. I'm over six
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2014 BMW R1200RT spied
By Visordown News on 18/04/2013 17:41:53
Blogger catches water-cooled tourer in Tenerife
BMW’s new R1200RT – which shares the part-water-cooled motor of the new R1200GS – has been caught on camera in Tenerife's Canadas del Teide.The bike comes as no surprise; given the debut of the new engine it’s inevitable that it will find its way
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Living with a 2003 BMW R1150RT
By Johnny Daukes on 12/11/2003 15:44:14
No-one in the Visordown office knows who Johnny Daukes is, but presumably he's a relation of Simon Daukes from Haymarket days. Nepotism?
200 miles before the reserve light even bothers to blink into life.I'm also astonished as it's lashing it down, but the BMW R1150RT's bulky curves are keeping my hands, legs and feet dry. I'm even wearing summer gloves in the pouring rain.But then I
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BMW R1200GS GS1200 Adventure and RT1200 launch
By Visordown News on 20/01/2010 10:54:24
Visordown tests BMW's latest boxer-twin offerings in Spain
-disposed valves.This new layout, which made around 130 hp in the HP2 sportsbike, has naturally found its way into the bikes best known for the boxer engine: the R1200GS, GS Adventure and 1200RT. All three share several new features. The motor has been detuned
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2010 BMW R1200RT launch test review
By Richard Hallett on 02/08/2010 09:36:46
BMW’s already excellent big tourer gets a new motor with more grunt and a host of comfort improving gadgets for 2010, not to mention a fruity exhaust note
Click to read: BMW R1200RT owners reviews, BMW R1200RT specs and see the BMW R1200RT image gallery.At first glance the 2010 BMW R1200RT looks just like the 2009 model – which is no bad thing as the old one was so right a major redesign wasn’t needed
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BMW R1200GS-R1200RT launch: Day Two
By Visordown News on 21/01/2010 09:05:13
Visordown starts the second day on BMW's new 1200s
DAY TWO of BMW's launch for the three new boxer-engined models for 2010 - 1200 GS, Adventure and RT - took us away from the coast road between Malaga and Almeria into more mountainous terrain.The proposed route through the Sierra Nevada had
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BMW launch new Limited Edition R1200RT
By Visordown News on 11/03/2009 10:18:54
Top specification flat-twin tourer to cost £12,495
BMW Motorrad has announced the release of a Limited Edition version of their R1200RT tourer.Just 200 models will be available, all in sapphire black metallic colour. A matching black top box, ASC (Automatic Stability Control) and Tyre Pressure
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BMW unveil 2010 R1200GS and R1200RT
By Visordown News on 05/11/2009 08:58:58
New engine and many modifications for iconic boxer-twin series
BMW have unveiled updated versions of its best-selling tourer, the R 1200 RT, as well as the iconic Adventure Sports motorcycle, the R 1200 GS and its R 1200 GS Adventure, featuring a new version of the company's 4-valve, DOHC boxer engine.BMW say
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Road Test: R1200RT vs. Pan European vs. FJR1300
By Warren Pole on 27/04/2008 19:51:56
When you need to cross Europe in temperatures low enough to make a brass monkey wince, and still need to look chipper at the other end, only a serious tourer will do. We take three of the bestto Prague for the coldest test of the year.
of that old war-horse with some modern touches for a sportier-looking take on the grand tourer theme. Finally we had a Beemer in the shape of the new R1200RT. Heavily taken to task by its makers this year in an attempt to oust the Pan from top slot, this bike
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