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Welcome to the forum.
I would live with the bike for awhile before making any changes like the risers.
Lee
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07-20-2022, 02:18 PM
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(07-20-2022, 10:49 AM)Lee Wrote: Welcome to the forum.
I would live with the bike for awhile before making any changes like the risers.
Ditto. I'm 6'4" and thought I needed the peg-lowering kit until I got the sport seat and realized I was good. Got my MRA Variotouring for under $200, shipped from Horning in the motherland.
Finally got to see a RS in Austin Yellow in person last month at Road America. Looks a lot better than I thought from pictures. I hadn't realized it was a matte finish. Good stuff.
Craig
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Welcome to a fellow Canadian! Yes this is an RS focused Forum Community and parent website RSWasserboxer.com.
My channel on Youtube also houses a lot of RS content.
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07-20-2022, 07:46 PM
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Welcome! Excellent choice of color but I'm a bit biased LOL. 4,700 km is barely used. Great find. While I'm only 5'10" I wear a 35" sleeve and ended up needing the bar risers for all day comfort. IMHO the RS is the best BMW that no one knows about. Get out and enjoy it. While BMW no longer sells the factory service manual you can find the R1200RS service manual DVD on ebay from a guy in Italy as a download. Most of the info applies to the 1250 as well except that the 1250 engine is the Shift Can.
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Jim Von Baden makes an IMO excellent set of repair videos for the R1250RS. Only place I've seen that provides clear instructions on performing valve adjustments for ShiftCams. Free downloadable torque value charts and list of every tool and socket you'll need to go with the for-pay downloadable videos. Patience and knowledge will beat paying a dealer $300+ for a fluid change every time.
Oh, and ignore what your dealer's service department says about checking your final drive (shaft) splines and U-joint to ensure they're properly greased. BMW's official policy is that aside from oil changes, the FD is maintenance-free, so it won't be checked during a service visit. I spoke with a BMW service manager about the issue and he explained that BMW has given instructions to technicians to not even break the seals of the rubber boots if they can help it. Yet owners have checked themselves and even at under 20K miles they're observing the grease is gone and the splines were starting to wear. If a boot lets enough moisture in and it goes unchecked your FD could fail in less than a year -- which is why I and the service manager both agreed we thought BMW's policy regarding not to touch them was to avoid liability.
Also why to NEVER use a pressure washer and basically avoid shooting any water directly at the FD boot seals.
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Boxflyer has good videos on service as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQeNcD0g...l=Boxflyer
Nice bike, congrats!
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You are going to love the bike.
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