Hi rs community,

I have a big complaint about this bike, I've been riding this bike for more than half year, total mileage around 4000km, weather is getting warmer in Belgium. I have discovered that the bike comes with foot heating, very very uncomfortable when I ride the highway

Any suggestions to solve my warm feet problem

Any advice is welcome

Does this help https://www.wunderlich.de/shop/en/wunder...205-1.html

Tx for looking into it

   

That boxer engine create a lot of heat ?

That should solve your problem for both heat and water splashes. I have never heard of anyone installing one of these so if you do get it, please consider doing a review and sharing with others on this forum and on the website.

Also thanks for being the first to make a RS-specific post not related to joining up.

I use a version of these on both my R1150GS Aventure bikes but only in the early spring and late fall to help keep my feet warmer. They also work on rainy days to keep boots dryer. Never have used them to keep heat off the feet

It does look like those should work pretty well. Let us know how they work if you get them.

I doubt this will help because it will reduce fresh air flow. What kind of boots are you using? I had a 2004 K1200 RS that put some heat on my feet, and I found that mesh boots and pants made me hotter, by allowing the engine heated air closer to my skin.

(06-23-2018, 11:47 PM)runnerhiker Wrote: I doubt this will help because it will reduce fresh air flow. What kind of boots are you using? I had a 2004 K1200 RS that put some heat on my feet, and I found that mesh boots and pants made me hotter, by allowing the engine heated air closer to my skin.

Yes, the mesh boots made it worse, I bought
The Alpinestars mesh boots short vented

https://www.fc-moto.de/epages/fcm.sf/?Ob...vYQAvD_BwE

Nowadays I still still wear the sidi gore tex boot

https://www.fc-moto.de/epages/fcm.sf/?Ob...YMQAvD_BwE

When it's warm, mostly I wear moto jeans,
I have vented mesh pants but I don't like plastic stuff stick to my skin
If I wear them, I use long underwear pants to avoid the stickyness

(06-23-2018, 11:47 PM)runnerhiker Wrote: ... I found that mesh boots and pants made me hotter, by allowing the engine heated air closer to my skin.

Hmmmm … never thought of that at all, but I can see this happening completely. I wear cheap Cycle Gear leather waterproof boots throughout the year and other than normal boot warmth they are not bad in the summer. In the milder Houston winter I wear warmer socks and all is good.

(06-24-2018, 01:57 AM)Paffen Wrote: Nowadays I still still wear the sidi gore tex boot

https://www.fc-moto.de/epages/fcm.sf/?Ob...YMQAvD_BwE

I have been eyeing these same boots ever since I saw them in ads the BMW MOA magazine - fine looking boots and GoreTex too. How do you find them in terms of comfort, waterproofing, keeping feet cool, etc?

(06-24-2018, 05:46 AM)Grumpy Goat Wrote:

(06-24-2018, 01:57 AM)Paffen Wrote: Nowadays I still still wear the sidi gore tex boot

https://www.fc-moto.de/epages/fcm.sf/?Ob...YMQAvD_BwE

I have been eyeing these same boots ever since I saw them in ads the BMW MOA magazine - fine looking boots and GoreTex too. How do you find them in terms of comfort, waterproofing, keeping feet cool, etc?

Hello GG,

about the boots very comfortable, and 100% waterproof, I liked them so much I bought a second pair, a very all-round season shoes, too pity it doesn't with stand the heat of the boxer engine
this review is very personal cause shoes, egc, gloves and helmets can suit me but maybe to someone else totally not

That's why I will always buy this items in a store and not online

Sometimes I try them out in a store and buy it online afterwards(if price difference is too huge) , but most of the time I let the physical store
earn my money

Mvg paffen

(06-24-2018, 06:45 AM)Paffen Wrote: ... about the boots very comfortable, and 100% waterproof, I liked them so much I bought a second pair, a very all-round season shoes, too pity it doesn't with stand the heat of the boxer engine
this review is very personal cause shoes, egc, gloves and helmets can suit me but maybe to someone else totally not

That's why I will always buy this items in a store and not online

Sometimes I try them out in a store and buy it online afterwards(if price difference is too huge) , but most of the time I let the physical store
earn my money

Mvg paffen

Oh OK now I understand … your engine heat / warm feet problem is with these boots on, while riding on longer distances at higher speeds (i.e. highway). Most of my riding is commuting so the heat might not flow the same way and for as long so they might be okay for distances that are not so long. On the other hand - and this is probably important too - when not on the bike but hanging around with these boots on they will most likely be cooler than my leather boots.

I totally agree with your buying strategy, but for me I am most tempted by the price differential. For these boots I have no choice but to buy them online as there are no stores in Houston that I care to visit which carry them. I am tempted to get them as a second set ...