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- Thread starter Coyote Chris
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Nope! Blue.
Side by side.
On the left is BMW R1300 RT (just like mine)
And on the right is the Triumph Tiger 900 Sport Touring.
These bikes were at the dealership where I was having my 500-mile service done. The Triumph is 100# lighter and costs half as much. I talked to the owner and we both love our motorcycles. I was late getting back on the road to home so I got on I 35 and set the cruise at 90. (about with the flow of traffic). The speedometer is about 3 mph higher than my Garmin so actual speed was 87. The RT wasn’t even half way to red line and Fuel mileage was 50 mpg.
Side by side.
On the left is BMW R1300 RT (just like mine)
And on the right is the Triumph Tiger 900 Sport Touring.
These bikes were at the dealership where I was having my 500-mile service done. The Triumph is 100# lighter and costs half as much. I talked to the owner and we both love our motorcycles. I was late getting back on the road to home so I got on I 35 and set the cruise at 90. (about with the flow of traffic). The speedometer is about 3 mph higher than my Garmin so actual speed was 87. The RT wasn’t even half way to red line and Fuel mileage was 50 mpg.
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...and with the GS911 unit, you can adjust the displayed speed. I did that on my 1250RT and 1250GSA and they are within .5 mph display vs garmin.
No, you need to have one of each Red and Blue.
I’ve owned this BMW R1300 RT for only 8 days now and have about 850 miles on the clock. I must say that I’m super impressed with it. From the demo ride to riding the one that I bought, the performance, handling, features (complexity), and function are most impressive. I’ve never enjoyed any motorcycle more.
I’m planning a ride out west with 2 brothers-in-law. One of them recently bought a Gold Wing and the other one an Ultra Classic. All 3 of our motorcycles were about the same purchase price. It will be interesting comparing them. At 600# (top case removed) mine is lighter than the others by about 200#. But I’ve already noticed that it handles adverse winds very well. Also riding in our recent heat I was always able to find a sweet spot in airflow noise and cooling. I added a tank bag, pannier liners arrive today, crash bars on order.
Putting this bike up on the center stand is easy because it has a system that raises the suspension when the center stand is deployed. The suspension also adjusts to programmable settings while riding. This bike is smart enough to fix many of my mistakes. If I forget to downshift at a stop it will do it for me. But it doesn’t have a coffee maker. Maybe the Gold Wing does. I’m anxious to meet up with Mellow to learn/understand more. I need a good navigation app that can download GPX files. I just tried Kurivger but it is in German. I’ll have to look for some tutorials.
For a Bavarian Tractor this thing is amazing. One negative is that the BMW Sport Touring forum and the BMW Owners of America forum are not as good as this one. Thanks Mellow! This forum and friends here will remain my #1 choice.
I’m planning a ride out west with 2 brothers-in-law. One of them recently bought a Gold Wing and the other one an Ultra Classic. All 3 of our motorcycles were about the same purchase price. It will be interesting comparing them. At 600# (top case removed) mine is lighter than the others by about 200#. But I’ve already noticed that it handles adverse winds very well. Also riding in our recent heat I was always able to find a sweet spot in airflow noise and cooling. I added a tank bag, pannier liners arrive today, crash bars on order.
Putting this bike up on the center stand is easy because it has a system that raises the suspension when the center stand is deployed. The suspension also adjusts to programmable settings while riding. This bike is smart enough to fix many of my mistakes. If I forget to downshift at a stop it will do it for me. But it doesn’t have a coffee maker. Maybe the Gold Wing does. I’m anxious to meet up with Mellow to learn/understand more. I need a good navigation app that can download GPX files. I just tried Kurivger but it is in German. I’ll have to look for some tutorials.
For a Bavarian Tractor this thing is amazing. One negative is that the BMW Sport Touring forum and the BMW Owners of America forum are not as good as this one. Thanks Mellow! This forum and friends here will remain my #1 choice.
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I haven't found anything that replaces the garmin xt. By this time next year you'll probably know all you need to.. lol Glad to see you're liking the bike.
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How much was the 500 mile service and what did they do???
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True. Mellow is amazing. The FB pages devoted to the NT1100 are actually pretty good. Some people are lowering them. Gonna skip Oshkosh next year and going to tour more. Still thinking Triumph 900 gt pro Desert edition. But will try and sit on NT1100 at Honda pavilion at OSH. They are selling tons of them but ran out of lock tumblers and color panels for panniers.
Cost was free. They changed engine oil/filter, differential oil change, and ran diagnostics. Mostly I think they just wanted to make sure everything was working properly.
RE: Garmin Routes: I now use CarPlay thru iPhone - Google Maps (pretty easy). For my Zumo 590 GPS, I would determine the route that I wanted, enter it into Garmin MapSource on the computer and then save it to the GPS memory card as a GPX file. It was a PITA, but it worked. Like Google Maps, you had to put in intermediate stops to force the route that you wanted. I would save the file for the daily route as Trip_01 (or some such). Then on the GPS, I would go to the Saved Routes and select the one I wanted.
You have to already own the old MapSource but Garmin has updates.
You have to already own the old MapSource but Garmin has updates.
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My 1965 Yamaha had a free 500 And 1000 mi checkup