HIYAAAAAA! 😁 Right everyone, this is the video that I had to take down because I did an oopsy and uploaded it before the embargo lifted 🤦♀️ So... if you have any questions, please drop them in the comments and I will round them up and do another vlog that addresses these questions 😊 Cheers all!!!!
Hi Kate, I just tested the BMW connected APP on new 1250RT. I have problems that the map apear and after 5 sec disapear and so on. I use a Huawei P30 pro with android. What firmware is on the bike? maybe it is not actual.thx for reply
Yes, navigation is very nice, if, if you do nit have an Apple iPhone connected to the BMW Connected App. This connection get problems after 30-100km, You habe to stop bike, grap phone out of the box, start map again. BMW tells you and me that its an Apple problem in bluetooth and they work with Apple to resolbe it somewhere in the future. This is the bad side if connecticity, you have problems from foreign components you can not controll. If they do not solve this in the next 3 weeks in need an Android pnone only for navigation.
I was going to get the 2022 R1250gs. I will wait for this screen. Likely on the 2023 R1300GS. I made the mistake of buying a new SUV, that had a poor information screen execution. The next model year had a substantial upgrade, and it bugs me.
Tried getting my phone to connect to my R75/5, 2 hours later I realised it wasn't happening. Back to depending on the reserve fuel taps and those big paper things called maps.
I suppose in a congested city, all that navigation would be very helpful (especially the gas station locator). But 75% of great riding, is finding all new ways to get lost!
Hi Kate. Nice review. I like your videos b/c you tend to focus on the salient points. However, Your intro music is so loud and abrupt that I fell off the chair when I started watching this review. Then the sound level during your commentary was so low that I had to turn the volume way up. And, of course, the sign-off music came on so loud that I fell off the chair again. Please do something about sound levels in your videos. But keep them coming - they are all good :-)
HI Kate, great video as always. Do you think this dash will work its way down to the likes of the F900R/XR S1000 range and the others that currently have the previous iteration of the TFT? Keep them coming girl. We love them all.
Hi Kate, Great clip but I have the new RT with TFT I think you should show how to connect phone to bike Wifi as your video shows it already connected, the connectivity is not good at the moment whereby the connect keeps dropping so there is no way of connecting the bike again without stopping, lets hope BMW can overcome this with software updates.
Thanks Clive. I will do this soon, I just had to work with limited time doing this. It was only ever meant as a quick introduction 😊 thanks for your feedback. I haven't heard this but I hope it gets sorted.
@@UsernameKate Hi Kate Please don't take it as criticism on your clip, I enjoyed your clip for the information it provided, I hope BMW take note and sort the issues out ASAP
Apart from the "oopsy" vlog (which I saw before you had to take it down! lol) why no full review? I loved Chops' review and I would love your input too if you could grab a ride from work. Really looking forward to your upcoming Cornwall adventure as well.
@@UsernameKate Well lets hope it's a short list then!! From every other review it ticks every box on features and ride outside of a GW. Looks truly awesome in your favourite triple black but just wish the front end wasn't so big and bulbous.
For those moving over from the Nav GPS and who use .gpx route files I gather these can be exported from say BaseCamp to your phone and BMW Connected App. Could you check however whether POIs can be similarly exported from BaseCamp to the phone and then made visible on the TFT.
This bike was shortlisted along with the R18. Suffice to say the heart ruled the head!🤤 No regrets. But I have to say that TFT would’ve kept me amused for days!🤩😂👍🏼🇦🇺
Hi Kate. How do you get the audible instructions. My sena intercom is connected to the bike, I can use the phone but I can't get the satnav to give me instruction. I've got all the boxes ticked. Am I doing something wrong.
Hi Kate, very informative , why don't you do a review of the bike itself ? I'm sure it would be pretty Good, you know your way around BMW,s I will lookout for a review.
Hi Kate, great video. My mate turned up at mine last Saturday on a brand new one of these. The dash is a great feature of this bike. Cant remember if youve ridden one but the a.c.c seems to be very good. Do you think its a worth while addition to bikes??
So, in a nutshell, you have to use your phone and your DATA Plan for GPS Navigation. This could get very expensive in over-charges to your Cell Phone Account! Especially on a long trip. That sucks! So, for those that don't want or wish to own a Cell Phone, this bike would have to be passed if you want GPS Navigation...and for a premium MSRP price. Why?
On the connected app you download the maps to your phone, once they are there that's it, no data charges as it's basically mirroring your phone. I don't know anyone who's not got a smartphone in this day and age...
It's perfect 👌😃 I would love to have it in my k1200s but it can't be and why don't you try to translate into Spanish thanks for your videos greetings from Valencia Spain
A to B navigation is fine but kinda useless on a bike for most people i think. Can it handle premade routes with GPX format like the Garmin devices can?
@@n228sk yes there doesn’t seem to be a limit other than your phone’s memory. Personally I use Favourites to set waypoints, you can then navigate to them or via them using the bike wizwheel.
Yuck. Sorry I don’t like the tft. I’m afraid I like gauges. I also think it look a bit odd just stuck at the front of the bike. It’s almost like BMW had a warehouse load of tft screens from the car department and didn’t know what to do with them. It’s a game changer for me and I’m sad to say would stop me buying a new rt. I have a 2018 r1200rt le that I bought new two weeks before the release of the new 1250 and would have probably upgraded if BMW had stuck to gauges but this is not a look I like. Sorry if I rained on anyone’s parade there. 😷
absolutely the wrong way BMW... PLEASE take us back to analog gauges .. just a simple speedo, rev counter and a few warning lights will do I'm on the way to my local book-shop to buy a paper map.. this is by far the worst case of : not any technical advance is progress... hate it!
HIYAAAAAA! 😁 Right everyone, this is the video that I had to take down because I did an oopsy and uploaded it before the embargo lifted 🤦♀️ So... if you have any questions, please drop them in the comments and I will round them up and do another vlog that addresses these questions 😊
Cheers all!!!!
Hola usermamekate
I have one . There are more problems than you can imagine . If it had car play ,it would have been the perfect bike .
You're voice is so relaxing,i love to listen to you
Hi Kate, I just tested the BMW connected APP on new 1250RT. I have problems that the map apear and after 5 sec disapear and so on. I use a Huawei P30 pro with android. What firmware is on the bike? maybe it is not actual.thx for reply
Yes, navigation is very nice, if, if you do nit have an Apple iPhone connected to the BMW Connected App. This connection get problems after 30-100km, You habe to stop bike, grap phone out of the box, start map again. BMW tells you and me that its an Apple problem in bluetooth and they work with Apple to resolbe it somewhere in the future. This is the bad side if connecticity, you have problems from foreign components you can not controll. If they do not solve this in the next 3 weeks in need an Android pnone only for navigation.
They should put this screen on all BMW bikes.
Wooo, Embargo Lifted.. great screen & a great looking bike too.. Hope you are also well
Certainly a step up from my triumph navigation
I was going to get the 2022 R1250gs. I will wait for this screen. Likely on the 2023 R1300GS. I made the mistake of buying a new SUV, that had a poor information screen execution. The next model year had a substantial upgrade, and it bugs me.
Tried getting my phone to connect to my R75/5, 2 hours later I realised it wasn't happening. Back to depending on the reserve fuel taps and those big paper things called maps.
Sounds like user error blaming the tools.
The best TFT in the business,bar none.Thks.
Can somebody please take the kettel of the stove 😂nice vid Kate a beast of a machine to big for me 👍👍
Wow that screen is incredible, so is the bike tbf. Thanks for showing it to us.🙂
I suppose in a congested city, all that navigation would be very helpful (especially the gas station locator). But 75% of great riding, is finding all new ways to get lost!
The Nav on the BMW app sucks so bad. It never takes me to the correct address.
I thought you were going to say "It's new for 2022" Another world first exclusive by UsernameKate. 😄 🤣
Hi Kate. Nice review. I like your videos b/c you tend to focus on the salient points. However, Your intro music is so loud and abrupt that I fell off the chair when I started watching this review. Then the sound level during your commentary was so low that I had to turn the volume way up. And, of course, the sign-off music came on so loud that I fell off the chair again. Please do something about sound levels in your videos. But keep them coming - they are all good :-)
HI Kate, great video as always.
Do you think this dash will work its way down to the likes of the F900R/XR S1000 range and the others that currently have the previous iteration of the TFT?
Keep them coming girl. We love them all.
How securely is the TFT unit fitted? They are being ripped off R1200/R1250 GS's.
Why not CarPlay？
A good vlog again kate and the R1250RT looks nice to anyway you take care and ride safe TTFN
With all this stuff on the screen when does one look at the road?
Wow! What a display. Is it theft proof, Kate? I’ve heard stories that earlier BMW TFT displays are very easy to steal. I don’t know if that’s true.
Hi Kate, I'm about to buy a 1250 GS, should I wait for this new screen to work it's way into the GS line? thanks
Wondering what the first recall will be.
I'm currently riding a Triumph Tiger 1200 but the RT1250 is on a short list of one as it's replacement next year.
Great video Kate is this screen coming to the gsa &xr as I’m up for a new bike soon
Hi Kate, Great clip but I have the new RT with TFT I think you should show how to connect phone to bike Wifi as your video shows it already connected, the connectivity is not good at the moment whereby the connect keeps dropping so there is no way of connecting the bike again without stopping, lets hope BMW can overcome this with software updates.
Thanks Clive. I will do this soon, I just had to work with limited time doing this. It was only ever meant as a quick introduction 😊 thanks for your feedback. I haven't heard this but I hope it gets sorted.
@@UsernameKate Hi Kate
Please don't take it as criticism on your clip, I enjoyed your clip for the information it provided, I hope BMW take note and sort the issues out ASAP
I didn't Clive, don't worry!!
Very slick! The TFT bar has been set very high by BMW!
Why is the app needed at all?
Very usefull, thanks Kate.
Nice once over on the new TFT screen. Thanks! How did you get the fuel bar meter to display in the large map mode? I have yet to figure that out.
Just press up on the menu button until it shows it at the top 👍
Another good video Kate
Apart from the "oopsy" vlog (which I saw before you had to take it down! lol) why no full review? I loved Chops' review and I would love your input too if you could grab a ride from work. Really looking forward to your upcoming Cornwall adventure as well.
It's on my list of things to film 😊 and thanks!!
@@UsernameKate Well lets hope it's a short list then!! From every other review it ticks every box on features and ride outside of a GW. Looks truly awesome in your favourite triple black but just wish the front end wasn't so big and bulbous.
Proper dash that is, very nice 👍
For those moving over from the Nav GPS and who use .gpx route files I gather these can be exported from say BaseCamp to your phone and BMW Connected App.
Could you check however whether POIs can be similarly exported from BaseCamp to the phone and then made visible on the TFT.
No point, POIs are included in bmw connected app
Have BMW made it hard to steal? as with the old TFT you can just pull out with no tools and be stolen so easy
I feel like an RT may be in my future. 🤔
Very familiar video 🤔 glad you managed to reupload it
OOOhh the special white one , i wanted to see that in the flesh
This bike was shortlisted along with the R18. Suffice to say the heart ruled the head!🤤 No regrets. But I have to say that TFT would’ve kept me amused for days!🤩😂👍🏼🇦🇺
Hi Kate. How do you get the audible instructions. My sena intercom is connected to the bike, I can use the phone but I can't get the satnav to give me instruction. I've got all the boxes ticked.
Am I doing something wrong.
Hey Bryan! Just seen this! I'll ask Liam see what he says 😊
@@UsernameKate thanks. I'll be in the showroom tomorrow so I'll speak to you then if you're in.
But you cant search new route from the TFT screen can you?
Hi Kate, very informative , why don't you do a review of the bike itself ? I'm sure it would be pretty Good, you know your way around BMW,s I will lookout for a review.
KLR 650 had this 5 years ago.
I find it remarkable that there is no Apple CarPlay or android auto option
Hi Kate, great video.
My mate turned up at mine last Saturday on a brand new one of these. The dash is a great feature of this bike. Cant remember if youve ridden one but the a.c.c seems to be very good. Do you think its a worth while addition to bikes??
I hope it does not get a short circuit with all those electronics!
Yeah!! Its Back!!
When are you taking it out Kate
I must admit I'm getting tempted, how much can you do me one for Kate, fully loaded in Blue (none of the option 719 stuff though)?
Drop me an email on kate.ralph@williamsmotorcycles.co.uk else this will get lost in the comments. I'll certainly enquire for you 👍
Buenas Notch it .....😂 Looks great Kate.
Sweet setup.
Looks great!!
Bike or Kate ?
Both of them look great!
Fantastic TFT,do you have to pay extra/subscribe to use the navigation or is it included?
Great video as always Kate.
its free. but its shit anyway. tomtom or waze better on your phone
Can you do a test ride on the new RT?
From the 12th April, yes 👍
So, in a nutshell, you have to use your phone and your DATA Plan for GPS Navigation. This could get very expensive in over-charges to your Cell Phone Account! Especially on a long trip. That sucks! So, for those that don't want or wish to own a Cell Phone, this bike would have to be passed if you want GPS Navigation...and for a premium MSRP price. Why?
On the connected app you download the maps to your phone, once they are there that's it, no data charges as it's basically mirroring your phone. I don't know anyone who's not got a smartphone in this day and age...
@@twinwheels4717 my step-dad still has a flip phone..lol
Anyway so does the bike have GPS ? Or does it depend on the phones GPS?
You’re getting GSM and GPS confused, phone signal is not needed to operate just Satellite
bike does not have gps- it uses our phone location services... disappointment its same shit as carplay on cars- newer use that shit...@@454bard
It's perfect 👌😃 I would love to have it in my k1200s but it can't be and why don't you try to translate into Spanish thanks for your videos greetings from Valencia Spain
Mmm, very tempting . . .
Can anyone confirm if the compartment for one's phone is big enough for the LARGE smart phones (Note20).
Probably not, just about fits std iPhone
😎🏍💨💨💨💨👍🏻🇨🇦 nice thanks for sharing. Rt is nice bike 👍🏻
Why would they design a gps that is phone dependent. Shame really. And how about custom route planning? Is it possible??
Yes
Dash looks really good but I don’t like the front end I think the old bike looks better. I ride a 20 plate RT they are a brilliant 2 up touring bike 👍
Dash good 🤣
Great looking TFT dash, BMW knocked it out of the park again
Impressive!!
But, do you get a free, online training course on how to use all the gizmo's? PMSL
Yea, its called the Usernamekate Training Video 🤣
@@UsernameKate 🤣🤣🤣❤
Impressive.😀👍
Will it fit on my 1200 GS ?
Can you import a trip from your laptop??
I'm not sure is the honest truth!
Yes you can
I just subscribed
Thanks 😊
that seat looks good, I'am not keen on the dash
Looks incredible
Poor people who bought Navigator 5 or 6's.
Remember this only works when you have good phone reception. GPS uses satellites and works everywhere. Nav is still an option.
@@mtscott wrong, only gps signal is needed, maps are pre loaded
kate tell that guy whistling to change is tune
A to B navigation is fine but kinda useless on a bike for most people i think. Can it handle premade routes with GPX format like the Garmin devices can?
Yes it can
@@WatermarquePaul Does this handle more waypoints than the Nav VI, which is 29 plus the final destination?
@@n228sk yes there doesn’t seem to be a limit other than your phone’s memory. Personally I use Favourites to set waypoints, you can then navigate to them or via them using the bike wizwheel.
nop. a to b navigation is useless withouth speed cameras alert! thats what most important on bikes!
danke kate
Does it really only rev up to 5K?
The redline moves up when the engine gets warmed up. 😁
Please take this fat badboy for a ride!!! 😍👍 BR from Germany, Frank
Wow, high tech stuff from the Germans! Looks amazing, almost a fully functional ipad ain't it. Thanks for sharing, as always!
not really! i would prefer this to tomtom or waze , because it shows speed cameras and police locations
Yuck. Sorry I don’t like the tft. I’m afraid I like gauges. I also think it look a bit odd just stuck at the front of the bike. It’s almost like BMW had a warehouse load of tft screens from the car department and didn’t know what to do with them. It’s a game changer for me and I’m sad to say would stop me buying a new rt. I have a 2018 r1200rt le that I bought new two weeks before the release of the new 1250 and would have probably upgraded if BMW had stuck to gauges but this is not a look I like. Sorry if I rained on anyone’s parade there. 😷
Daja vu 🤣🤣🤣
thats a tall bike is it on a ramp as it s seat height is upto your waste loool
Thanks Kate, almost every bit of information you have given is incorrect.
Feel free to correct me pal it's an open platform 👍
Do people really buy bikes because of a large Tft screen / dash ? Sad times....
First
What do you want, a medal? Just say something about the content of the video
Too bad the people riding these things wont bother/be able to learn how to use all the cool stuff. 🤣
It’s still the best dash on the market 😉
but still not perfect
absolutely the wrong way BMW... PLEASE take us back to analog gauges .. just a simple speedo, rev counter and a few warning lights will do
I'm on the way to my local book-shop to buy a paper map.. this is by far the worst case of : not any technical advance is progress... hate it!
To much tech for an old man lol does it tell you about potholes on the 10 inch screen you just can't on bikes now and ride lol
Two things:
1: That intro was way too loud, scared the crap outa me.
2: You look tiny compared to the bike.
Got to be the biggest ugliest dash for a bike ever just dire