The new 1250 engine by the numbers

[darrell]

Wednesday and yesterday (Friday) I had a chance to visit two BMW dealers and see the 1250 and 1200 GS bikes sitting side by side. One of the dealers had both the regular and HP versions so could look at both of them. The white HP version is an eye catcher. White frame, white hand guards, etc but gold rims. The rims looked out of place on the bike. But sitting side by side on the floor there is little difference when looking at the outside physical features of the bike. Not certain most would even notice any difference. Today I'm heading over to the 3rd dealer to check out the new RT which they just put on the floor late yesterday.

Just called the local dealer and the new RT will not be here until the end of this week. Did you get to see the new RT and if so any initial impressions?

I did spend some time looking at the new 1250 RT sitting right beside the now old 1200RT. If you were not familiar with the change it might be hard to tell any difference. No TFT on the new RT, larger header pipes that drop more straight down before going back, a funky looking front belly pan of sorts, BMW front calipers which I was told had Brembo internal components, short windshield on the one I saw. Otherwise I could not recognize any other external changes to bike.