New Member Introductions » Hi from Portugal

Hi! My name is Pedro and I'm a new 1200rs owner from Portugal

After spending 7 years with a Mt09Tracer with 87k km witch I loved, I decided to go confortable for me and pillion.

Let's see how I addapt to this motorcycle witch I have found to have almost everything (3 packs). It's a 2015, 32k kms, so plenty of motorcycle to my jorneys around Portugal and Spain I believe

Cheers

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Welcome.

Quite a few have come to the RS after the Tracer, me included. The BMW is a much better bike to live with, at a price!

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Welcome.

Quite a few have come to the RS after the Tracer, me included. The BMW is a much better bike to live with, at a price!

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Thanks for the warm welcome.

I think at with some time, training and kms will adapt to it.
Wessie, how much kms do you have on yours 1200?

Cheers

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nearly 24,000 miles (38,000 km) - owned since new in 2016 so only 4000 miles a year, but I also own a S1000XR that does similar mileage in a non Covid year.

I had owned a R1150GS from 2001 to 2011 so I knew the boxer engine well and have always liked big twin engines

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You will ride the RS just as hard as a Tracer. You just need to figure out the gearing and use the torque in the engine rather than using revs. The RS suspension is so much better than the Tracer, you will actually ride faster over those bumpy roads in Portugal (I was there on the RS, east of Porto in 2018). Maximise your use of engine braking, be smooth and the RS will reward you with a great ride.

As for the XR, the riding position is more like the Tracer, sitting upright. I have had to add bar risers and a foot peg lowering kit to make the RS better for my old joints.

The XR engine is more highly strung than the RS. It is less precise in corners and being in the right gear is important. This loose feeling makes the XR fun to ride but it is not so relaxing on a long journey so most of my long tours are on the RS. With the RS you need to be smooth and you can just roll on and off the throttle, making use of engine braking of the big twin. The XR is all about going into corners on the brakes and turning sharply into the corner before opening the throttle then giggle as the back tyre bites the road and fires you down the road. Great fun but hard work.

The XR makes a lot of heat which is blown on your legs so not ideal for your climate. Riding the XR in France when they had the 43C heatwave in 2019 was not enjoyable.

Part of the reason I still have both bikes is I cannot choose between them. If I bought a newer bike, finances would mean selling both 2016 bikes and just have one. There isn't a single bike out there that delivers what these bikes do together.

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Hi all.
After almost a year of the purchase of my r1200rs, I have done 7000kms since then.
The bike now have aprox 40k :)

It has been a jorney even with almost no time available to ride.
Still... 4k in the summer, 2k in december due to a accident with my commuter cb500f (so I had to use the RS more permanently during 2 months)
Then...had to install a new battery

Regsrding some extras:
- MRA vario screen
- Givi rack, plate and v47 top case
- Today I have installed givi side protectors

Also will install a new rear tyre next week :)

So to summarize, photos attached

Recent photos ;)