BMW 1250 RT LE // ANY good for 2-UP riding? // 4K
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- Опубліковано 9 січ 2024
- The BMW 1250 RT LE looks pretty decent for touring 2 up, lets find out our thoughts on this test ride.
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A very articulate, comprehensive review,I have worked with Zoe for the last 3 months and what a joy it has been! We absolutely love her!
Thanks Alice, she's ok to live with as well :)
Well done Zoe, a good articulate break down of the pillions experience 👍🏽
Thank you both for the interesting point of view, very much appreciated 🙏✌️
Cheers mate, definitely a gap in the video market for 2 up review style videos. Hopefully we can plug it :)
Great video, love the different perspectives 👍👍. You guys are awesome.
haha cheers mate. Glad you enjoy them. Hopefully more to come this summer.
Thanks matt and zoe for another informative video.taking a passenger is a whole different ball game to riding solo,and its useful to see you highlighting that.keep up the good work.
Thanks mate, it's hard to explain to people how much it changes the bikes dynamic when 2 up until they try it themselves. Glad you enjoyed the video anyway. Keep up with the nice comments and I might be able to get Zoe out on some more 2 up videos.
@@DSR1YT failing that,i'll jump on the back mate!get a hold of your love handles!!😂🤣😂
@@mart7798 sounds good to me mate.
This is a great format for a video, normally bike reviews do not bother mentioning pillion comfort, where it is a crucial part for me, and for bikes in this sector of the market. Thanks Both.
Glad you liked it David, we also noticed a gap in the market as they say regarding other channels going a 2 up style review of a bike. This is why we've started doing it and will continue this going forward. There are so many people out there that only ride as a pillion so it might be nice for them to get a heads up before they go out on it as well as the rider watching reviews on the bike. Ride safe.
Thanks for the feedback, interesting topic having ridden for 40+ years I can honestly say I’ve perhaps ridden pillion a dozen times mainly when I was younger. I believe the “RT” (Not the RS…) is one of the better bikes for two up but you would certainly need to ensure the suspension is set accordingly otherwise you will experience instability. Keep up the good work guys and girls 😊
I blame Zoe for saying RS in her section of the video, not my fault for calling it that when filming 😆. Glad this style of 2up reviews is liked by you guys. With both me and Zoe working full time it's hard for us both to get out at the same time. Will do our best though 😀
Yep, I appreciate you did a full review as a rider only but someone like me looking to buy a touring bike and who has to take pillion passenger, bike handling etc into consideration could be misled. I am waiting the delivery of my RT sometime in March and I found similar to you two up in road mode but all that settled down in dynamic. Keep up the reviews👍
Well it's good to know that was a simple fix, my bad for not finding it :). Zoe gives me a limited amount of her time to go riding with her :). That's why I tend to do the full reviews by myself and then these shorter style 2 up videos with her.
Gosh Zoe looked so sophisticated with her hair up. I think she was keen to sound us all out on the mic issue 💥! I’ve never been to that dealer in Bristol. Great review I enjoyed it. have you thought about testing out a bike a night for headlight effectiveness/night riding
Haha don’t give her too many compliments David, she’ll get big headed 🤣.
Glad you enjoyed it though mate, again we like trying this slightly different style of 2 up review.
I have actually got a night video noted down on my ‘videos to do ‘ list.
See how good the gsa lights are at night.
Also another video at night is to test the go pro vs 360 vs motorcycle dashcam. Stay tuned 😁🤙
Why didn't you put the bike in dynamic mode? That would have sorted out the 'bouncing'. Most people reviewing the bike point out the different modes!!
As mentioned at the start of the video, I’ve done a full review of this bike by myself where I go through everything. This is just a quick 2 up video / review of the bike.
I’ll remember the dynamic mode for next time one a bmw 🤙
The bike is much much better in dynamic mode and allows for extremely smooth riding and excellent throttle response and excellent handling, much superior to road mode in my view in every sense. It is the best bike for on road touring two up or solo and only bettered in comfort by perhaps the Goldwing. It is best with touring having two people on it having the top box designed for the RT fitted.
Noted about the Dynamic mode mate. I'll ask about a top box next time me and Zoe do one of these two up reviews.
Top box is a must with a passenger!
Tell the dealers who dont put top boxes on their touring style bikes then :)
@@DSR1YT Yes I know, but when you buy a bike a box is a must 😊👍
Topbox with seat cushion helps passenger massively
Zoe did say she would of liked to have the top box on there, but sadly the dealership doesn't have it for their demo bike.
@@DSR1YT Shame, it makes a considerable difference
But the topbox would invalidate her first point, which is ease of access to the back seat. I have an RT, and a topcase, and it's a whole procedure for my wife to get on and off the bike.
Why not ask for a top box so the passenger has a better riding experience?
Honestly it wasn’t something we had thought of, I know sometimes they don’t have them for their demo bikes. But it will be something we shall ask for next time we do a 2 up video.
@@DSR1YT they can pull one from either the parts department or another bike, almost all model year from 2012 and up will work even the GTL box will work. I told them before I got there I needed one for the test ride and the scrounged one up.
@beardedbiker2647 good to know mate. Thanks for the heads up. I’ll remember for next time 🤙
Nice effort thanks for doing it, by the way, why do people bother blurring the speedometer, we all know you are going faster, and the police can easily work out the speed from the background
Got to give them some work to do. Can’t make it easy all the time 😁.
Glad you enjoyed the video though 🤙
So, were the pillion comments about an RT or an RS?
I did clarify in the video but she was on about the RT. We’ve not been on the RS together 😁🤙
Asa pillion try holding onto the rider with your thighs and then put your hands on your own knees, if other options are not available. The hands on the knees support your upper body and your thighs stop you sliding backwards and forwards.
Good little tip there, ill let Zoe know for future videos
very nice
Thanks
Your missus referred to it as an RS!!
In her defence, her section was filmed 2 months after the riding was filmed, before we started filming I had said RS by mistake, and that stuck in her mind. She knows she was on the RT I promise, :). We have ridden the RS 2 up yet, maybe this summer we will get out on that as well.
RT not RS : )
I know I know :P