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Hi folks, I've just bought a "new" (to me, a 2017) R1200RS, one with all the bells and whistles. In a word: wow!
I've had an R and a GS but this engine goes to a whole new level.
Now I'm retired I do a lot of touring, and while the GS was a good all-rounder it wasn't an ideal motorway machine, and in 3 years I only went off-road on it once.
The RS is more "me" for sure. My fave bike ever was a Sprint RS and this feels very similar.
One of my better decisions I think!
Ba

Great bike and you will find it to be a good mile eater with a 200 mile + tank range. Funny old world my mate who also resides in your neck of the woods has just gone from RS to GS and I also had a sprint RS but I consider it to be one of the worst bikes I've ever owned a real Friday afternoon wreck purchased new and Triumph brushed me off and were not interested.

Enjoy the RS and just about anything you need to know will be covered in this forum.

Thanks for the welcome. Since it's raining today I'm ploughing through the Rider's Manual, and I may have a go later at fitting the Motech engine bars.

The manual is mostly clear although the section on setting up the daytime riding light has me confused! It seems you can't have the DRL and the headlight on at the same time? If it was me I'd have the DRL on all the time and add headlights when needed, but never mind. The other point of initial interest is the User setting - it seems I could have Dynamic engine mode but also retain full traction control and such. I've only tried Rain mode so far and it already seems awesome!

Presumably there are threads on oil and tyres here somewhere which I'll search for. Is there such a thing as a downloadable workshop manual, and full specs?

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Welcome!

If you love it in Rain mode, your cheeks may hurt from the smiles you experience when the sun is out in the other modes.

And yes, I believe if you have User (Dynamic Pro on 1250), you can independently set traction control and throttle response to have max of both. (or whatever you like)

Zitat von Ba55 im Beitrag #3

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Thanks for the welcome. Since it's raining today I'm ploughing through the Rider's Manual, and I may have a go later at fitting the Motech engine bars.

The manual is mostly clear although the section on setting up the daytime riding light has me confused! It seems you can't have the DRL and the headlight on at the same time? If it was me I'd have the DRL on all the time and add headlights when needed, but never mind. The other point of initial interest is the User setting - it seems I could have Dynamic engine mode but also retain full traction control and such. I've only tried Rain mode so far and it already seems awesome!

Presumably there are threads on oil and tyres here somewhere which I'll search for. Is there such a thing as a downloadable workshop manual, and full specs?

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Welcome Ba, and congratulations on choosing THE classic R1200RS colour scheme.