Age has caught up with me

[The Teutonic Tangerine]

After having an 1100s and a 1200 ST. I am moving onto an R1200RT but can't work out how to post a picture from my phone

[The Teutonic Tangerine]

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I'll post some more once I collect it

[The Teutonic Tangerine]

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[Paul]

Very nice. Have you planned any adventures on it yet?

Cheers,

Paul

[milleplod]

That's lovely, the colour really suits it. I can see me swapping the ST for an RT at some point.

Pete

[The Teutonic Tangerine]

Very nice. Have you planned any adventures on it yet?

Cheers,

Paul

I do about 30 rides out a year with our small club and we have a French trip booked for Sept - I used to commute on my last three bikes but I think I'm done with that ( the last 10 years I have sort of averaged about 9 or 10k a year but I'd rather not wind up the mileage to much on this one .

[Mitch1100]

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My brother has the water cooled model ...loves it.

[The Teutonic Tangerine]

I'd just like to say that having now done about 1000 miles on the RT - I absolutely love it.

Its comfortable
It has a huge range
Its as quiet as a barmaid's fart behind the big screen
You can wear one layer less on any given day as its so wind free
It's easier to ride than the ST was

Blah Blah drone blither where's my slippers

Seriously though it's the dog's dangly bits.

just saying

[Taz]

I agree. After owning a wide variety of bikes over the last 40 years including a Blackbird, TL1000R and GPZ900, I can honestly say that the 1200RT is a wonderful machine.

[slparry]

I agree. After owning a wide variety of bikes over the last 40 years including a Blackbird, TL1000R and GPZ900, I can honestly say that the 1200RT is a wonderful machine.

seconded

[GunK190]

Since I can remember I have always gone for sports tourers when buying a road bike and the reason I picked the R1100s when I stopped racing enduro it's been one of the best even though mine is now sixteen years old. I love getting away on it, this year I will be heading to the French Alps but I can't help looking at guys on RT's and thinking that's what you need to be on. Great looking machine my eyes are green

[The Teutonic Tangerine]

Since I can remember I have always gone for sports tourers when buying a road bike and the reason I picked the R1100s when I stopped racing enduro it's been one of the best even though mine is now sixteen years old. I love getting away on it, this year I will be heading to the French Alps but I can't help looking at guys on RT's and thinking that's what you need to be on. Great looking machine my eyes are green

That's been my view : Witness R1100s and Two R1200 ST's. But this is a different kettle of worms.

Off this weekend to see how it is on longer rides with 12 other bike from the Dengie100MCC (see Facebook)
: Friday Home to Hereford - Planned route 180 miles, Saturday Ride into and around bits of Wales 175 Miles and then Sunday ride home 180 miles. Should be a good test.

[fontana]

Only ever had one purpose built tourer, and that was a 1994 K1100LT.
Owned it up till a year go.
It was an absolutely amazing thing.
Of course on the open road at constant speed it was like being out for a ride in your favourite armchair as you would expect, but it was how it went around the bendy back roads that amazed me, and others I ride with.
I was pretty quick on that bike.
BMW are the masters of the big tourer, and always have been.
I shouldn't have sold that bike really.

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[The Teutonic Tangerine]

Since I can remember I have always gone for sports tourers when buying a road bike and the reason I picked the R1100s when I stopped racing enduro it's been one of the best even though mine is now sixteen years old. I love getting away on it, this year I will be heading to the French Alps but I can't help looking at guys on RT's and thinking that's what you need to be on. Great looking machine my eyes are green

That's been my view : Witness R1100s and Two R1200 ST's. But this is a different kettle of worms.

Off this weekend to see how it is on longer rides with 12 other bike from the Dengie100MCC (see Facebook)
: Friday Home to Hereford - Planned route 180 miles, Saturday Ride into and around bits of Wales 175 Miles and then Sunday ride home 180 miles. Should be a good test.

Back from Welsh Wales - It Rained (Biblical Thunderstorms on the way down to Hereford) - At one point we were held up in torrential rain watching a car being recovered as it had ploughed through a wall, so it was hard to judge the weather beating capabilities on the ride down except to say that I didn't get cold and my Hein Gerike Kit and (2012 Alpine stars boots) didn't leak a drop.

Saturday saw a round trip from Hereford into Wales through Clun to Bishops castle then back via Newtown, Llanbister, Crossgates, Builth Wells, Llandovery, Brecon and Whitney on Wye. We had three lots of rain but as we were on the move I stayed pretty much dry except for the water which blew off the screen.

Ride home on Sunday - via a coffee stop at Chipping Norton and Sandwich and coffee at Stotfold - 176 Miles in 4 Hours 17 minutes riding time - average just over 38 MPH not bad for a mixture A and B roads. No shoulder ache, bum ache didn't start until after about 90 minutes riding but not as severe as on my ST. Total mileage for the weekend was 547 and I averaged just over 57 MPG (although Saturdays spirited run around Wales saw me as low as 54mpg - I was marker or tail end Charlie always playing catch up). At one Fill up my mate who was the group leader and rides a Crosstourer and was merely cruising along at the front of the group put in 19.6 litres and I put in 15.2 litres - Thisty old Honda I'd say