RE: Clip-ons for R 1250 RS - 2

Hi Uberboxer
Looking at your piccie the seat to bar ratio looks very similar to the RS, it's the pegs with that acute leg bend thats more aggressive.
Maybe its rear sets you need

Lofty

Zitat von Uberboxer im Beitrag #4

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Hi Loftyjohn -

I guess I could make the reverse presumption about others here. Tall / wide windshields added by many, Bar risers, lowered footpegs..... sounds to me an RT would be a better choice for all of those folks. As a personal observation/taste standpoint, the RS has a sporty profile side and front. Adding the tall wide windshields is an abomination aesthetically - but that is my personal taste.

The R1200S had a perfectly flat seat with bars just slightly lower than on the RS. For me that contributed to me to feelIng more connected with the front end. Seeing that BMW no longer offers an R model S anymore, the RS was the closest bike to an S. I prefer twins, so the other bikes you suggested where not even a consideration for me.

Attached is a photo of me on my 2007 S.....really not seeing an "@ss-up" seating position or long low reach down to the bars. Maybe I'm just too young still at 58, too want a geriatric riding position.

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Zitat von Uberboxer im Beitrag #14

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Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #10

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What about using the R1250R bar mounts and a flatter tubular bar?

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Im not positive on this, but I think if I was to pull off the current bars/mount, add R style bars and the brackets to hold the bar, I might be even higher than the current bars. Not sure you get the R bars any lower than the current setup. From what I have read on this forum, those switching to R style bars did so mostly to raise the bars, not lower them. But I could be wrong.

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Hi Loftyjohn -

Wouldn't it be great if the aftermarket saw the RS as a good place to create nice parts to sell. I don't think we are going to be seeing anyone making rearsets for the RS anytime soon.

What is not clearly shown in the photo I posted, is the seat is really low on the bike, so you sit "in" it instead of "on" it, place the pegs were set pretty high. Truthfully, they did on occasion induce hip pain for me on my right leg. The bars themselves were set below the triple clamp. I loved the bar position on that bike, I really felt connect to the front end. But maybe the telelever front end is what I really miss.

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Zitat von Loftyjohn im Beitrag #16

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Hi Uberboxer
Looking at your piccie the seat to bar ratio looks very similar to the RS, it's the pegs with that acute leg bend thats more aggressive.
Maybe its rear sets you need

Lofty

Zitat von Uberboxer im Beitrag #4

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Hi Loftyjohn -

I guess I could make the reverse presumption about others here. Tall / wide windshields added by many, Bar risers, lowered footpegs..... sounds to me an RT would be a better choice for all of those folks. As a personal observation/taste standpoint, the RS has a sporty profile side and front. Adding the tall wide windshields is an abomination aesthetically - but that is my personal taste.

The R1200S had a perfectly flat seat with bars just slightly lower than on the RS. For me that contributed to me to feelIng more connected with the front end. Seeing that BMW no longer offers an R model S anymore, the RS was the closest bike to an S. I prefer twins, so the other bikes you suggested where not even a consideration for me.

Attached is a photo of me on my 2007 S.....really not seeing an "@ss-up" seating position or long low reach down to the bars. Maybe I'm just too young still at 58, too want a geriatric riding position.

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