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1250 RT for 2023
#1
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I just retired recently, 40+ years of practicing Family Medicine! So.....I sold my 2018 RS (my personal ride) and my 2018 1650 GTL (our bike, my wife and I). Too much $ for tires, insurance, tune-ups, license tags, state and local property taxes....SHEESH! So, I decided to go back to my RT roots and took a good hard look at the 2023 RT sitting on my dealer's floor....Then I took it for a brief ride, local roads and super slab. I LIKED IT!
  But Dude, it was Barbie Eyes Blue Huh so I decided to order the Alpine White with round handlebars rather than the stock cast aluminum dudes. Did I mention that I'M OLD. I also purchased a set of risers that lift and separate; well lift and pull back about a cm or 2....just right!
 I really love this bike! That shift cam motor is a beast when you want it to be and a solid, easy-going big twin cruiser when droning along the super-slab just as comfortable and competent as one could imagine, when you want it to be!
 Also, I really like the active cruise control function as well, I've come to enjoy that on my cars, now i can enjoy it on my bike too! -Dr Ron
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#2
Welcome to the Forum Community, Dr. Ron.

Excellent bike you have ordered ... and in a great colour as well. The moderator on this Forum Community also has an RT in the Alpine White, and I am sure it looks way better than the Racing Blue Metallic (?) you may have tried.
Regards,
Grumpy Goat
2016 BMW R1200RS
2023 Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro
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#3
Welcome to the site. You're going to like that shiftcam engine.
I like Alpine White. My wife and I both had a K1200RS in Alpine White and Orient Blue.
I think the RT Grumpy Goat is talking about is a Option 719 RT in Mineral Metallic White. To me it has a Pearl White look.
Lee
Iowa, USA
2022 R1250RS White Sport

Past BMWs: 2016 R1200RS x 2,  2011 K1300S x 2,  2003 K1200RS x 2,  1991 K75S x 2,  1987 K75T x 2, 1984 R100RT
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#4
Congratulations at several levels - not the least of which is your retirement. (Though, if you run out of money for tires, there's always the locom tenens circuit).

A question raised by the last RT purchase on this forum - which paint jobs on the new bikes are ceramic coat-worthy?
"A good man always knows his limitations...."
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#5
Yeppers, congrats on your retirement and the new 1250RT. I went from a 1200RT to the 1250RS and do miss the RT on occasion.
Happiness comes not from what you have, but from enjoying all that you do have no matter how much or little that may be.
Be stubborn with your dream but flexible with your path
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(07-07-2023, 04:28 PM)Lee Wrote: ...
I think the RT Grumpy Goat is talking about is a Option 719 RT in Mineral Metallic White. To me it has a Pearl White look.

Yes, I was corrected on that score ...  Big Grin
Regards,
Grumpy Goat
2016 BMW R1200RS
2023 Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro
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