Tell us who you are?

Welcome Tony.......good story

Tony wrote:........It is fantastic to share my passion with my sons and with other bikers.

ain't that the truth?

Tony is looking for info on RT's...
Any advise?
Continue the RT topic under the BIKE MODELS section > ROADIES > 1200RT

Hi Tony R
Welcome to the forum and all that I can say is that I was in the same boat with my ex-wife.No Bikes.
Now my Wife,Ann loves every moment of biking,She even tells me to drop her at work just to get that bike between her legs.Tony ,all that I can say is Welcome and join us for a meeting and a Sunday run.

Will do so as soon as I can. Would love to have brought my current foreign bike to join you for the Milly's run but Sharon is flying to the UK on that day to see her youngest daughter so will not be able to. Boo Hoo.

Boo Hoo???? for the wife or the millys trip????

Any case very welcome Hope to see you at club night

For both. Club nights are on Friday last every month is that correct

First Friday - next Club night is 5 September.

Visit our website www.bmwclubs.co.za and click on CLUB NEWS.

See u there!

Thanks is in my diary.

Tony, good to see you as Tony R and no longer Guest. Welcome to the forum, and work hard on your wish to ride a RT. Great bike (and I am not biased just because I have one )

Bye the way, I have a lot of respect for the Triumph Sprint ST. Lovely Sports Tourer, but you won't find a lot of bikes beating the RT in the touring category (no bias of course, the stats say it all). Yes and I know that in another thread it was stated the a large % of stats is "bollie" but sales volumes can be trusted

Thanks for the welcome Andre. Bought the Triumph because I wanted something different. I have and still am enjoying immensely but agree that the RT will be better for touring. I think that as our bodies age, not our minds,the ability to lie down with all your weitht on your wrists tends to become more difficult and not what pleasure is about. The camaradie of a group of like minded bikers, touring or riding with your partner and seeing this beautiful country of ours in something other than a cage is what it is all about. Will work hard to get my RT,

Once you buy the RT you will have to change the name to Tony RT

Good one.

I find it interesting to read all the sales stuff about the bikes and all the people who do "trip reports of tourers" that are actually just a fast dash across the country.

While I was traveling to Cape Town and up to Saldanah Bay I was amazed to the see the lack of non-BMW bikes on the open road. There are some, but they are usually just found near the towns.

And when you see two-up on a bike, guess what make is it?

I love the sound of a Ducati, the looks of a Harley and the quickness of the GSX1000 in corners, but my next bike will be a GS to go with my GT.

Ahhhhhh....... another convert. Now we must start working on Andre and LeRoy

You've got 2 chances - and either of them have the same chance of being succesfull. Do yourself a favour - take an LT for a spin. Did the Bakenkop run his morning - wont go into the speeds we travelled there, but what a pleasure doing that in the utmost of confort - no white knuckle hanging onto the handlebars. I have had the pleasure of riding both the GT and RT - will have a diffult choice between the 2 - but the LT will always be my 1ste choice.

Soon my dear Watson I will soon need a new bike altoagh I will not sell the GS Still want to do some offroad

LeRoy Olivier wrote:I have had the pleasure of riding both the GT and RT - will have a diffult choice between the 2.

Do you want to know who I am? I am a BIKER!
OK, I know I am not where you guys are, but that is OK. I am no longer a slowcoach.

One of these days BMW will have a LT for me to test. I have always admired the bike.

As far as the GT / RT is concerned, they are both great bikes, but the choice is easy! Fire up that 4 cylinder, get used to the weight and there is no other choice for me. In the beginning I must say that the RT was easier for me to handle than the GT. I could "throw" it around but then I got used to the smooth power of the GT.

However, when I buy my GS, it will be a Boxer engine for sure. They just go so well together!

I just like giving LeRoy and Andre bietjie bollie about their bikes. Their unborn children knows more about bikes than me. But it is fun to poke them a bit Until they don....... me

It is taken in a good spirit. Normally get a lot of ribbing because of my bike choise - but the comfort we experience when travelling more than makes up for it. Reed the Postings by Chris (2UP4ADV) iro the LT - it is the most highly underrated bike in the BMW range of products.

Granted it is big and heavy - but therein lies your safety margin - when you brake - you stop, and the weight keeps it on the road - regardless of how you flip it around in traffic depending on what the idiots in the cages do.

Erich's black LT is normally the test LT.

I think the LT\RT is fantastic touring bikes. Love my GS though. Next bike will probably be 1200 ADV. Will still see when I get there

Henk wrote:...... Next bike will probably be 1200 ADV. Will still see when I get there

make it happen boet, tomorrow might never come

First things first.... Zfirst must make up my mind ......K1200......... R1000SS........... 1200 ADV.............. 1200RT.......... So many choice so little time

Henk wrote:First things first.... Zfirst must make up my mind ......K1200......... R1000SS........... 1200 ADV.............. 1200RT.......... So many choice so little time

...and don't forget the R1200S...