BMW R1150RT - This bike made me sleepy [Quick ride & review]

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[@bartman49]

Not a flat four. It's a two cylinder boxer.

[@robscott8834]

The factory shocks were designed for plush touring and are usually knackered by around 25000km. Throw a set of Ohlins shocks on that bike and you will be able to put your knee down no problem. I’ve got an R1100RT now, another RT for parts (I originally put 100,000km on it prior to a wiring harness meltdown) and had an R1150GS for 150,000km. They all perform shockingly well on twisty roads with well maintained aftermarket performance shocks.

[@justinkoreska]

Mine has heated grips and throttle lock and it's my favorite bike in the world! It's a 2, not 4. The 25 L is for going far. 6th gear is for cruising, drop it to 5 if you want to twist. ;) Thanks for sharing this.

[@hybrid6692]

I want one , always hankered for a boxer

[@PeterSmith-or3pq]

agreed . mine is 2002 , everything else 2nd to these touring gems

[@bucephulus4600]

Used to ride these in the police. Found the seat extremely comfortable. Could do a ten hour shift, get off and have no complaints. Maybe you have a boney arse. They were great bikes, like riding in a bubble. Top speed? Yeah, never going to light the world on fire.

Riding and texting is cool but when the car hits the brake in front of you do you drop the phone or the bike?

[@bikehubjapan]

The bike of course. My phone is worth more 😁

[@petejansen8098]

It's a 2 cylinder bike not 4 =)

[@mikewa2]

@Nilsfried it says it’s rt1150 not 1200. Spec = Engine size - Displacement - Engine capacity 1130.00 ccm (68.95 cubic inches) Bore x Stroke 101.0 x 70.5 mm (4.0 x 2.8 inches) Compression Ratio 11.3:1 Number of valves per cylinder 4 Camshaft Valvetrain Configuration SOHC Maximum power - Output - Horsepower 93.87 HP (68.5 kW) @ 7250 RPM Maximum torque 100.00 Nm (10.2 kgf-m or 73.8 ft.lbs) @ 5500 RPM

[@almccallie4314]

I have a 1993 RT. It’s an old bike but smooth as silk. So dependable I would ride it across the country.

[@1200sbeemer]

Out of the RT’s I’ve owned and have now, the 1150rt was my favorite and I’m sorry I let it go. Engine, easy to work on and maintain.

[@elmerfudd1086]

Bmw does make a comfort seat for this model which is very good. I had a corbin seat as well but preferred the bmw comfort seat as it is much larger.

[@christianf8347]

Bonjour. Pouvez vous me dire ou on trouve cette selle grand confort de chez Bmw, pour nos motos ?

[@elmerfudd1086]

@@christianf8347 I don't understand french. Do you speak english?

[@bikehubjapan]

He's asking where he can get a comfort saddle/seat from.... 🇫🇷

[@elmerfudd1086]

@@christianf8347 since these bikes are getting so old now, you will likely have to find one on ebay or some sort of used market place as BMW probably doesn't make them any more. You might get lucky and find one in old stock at a dealer somewhere... but I seriously doubt it. Anyway, good luck on the hunt.

[@elmerfudd1086]

@@bikehubjapan thankyou for that.☺

[@a.k1311]

Mine take 21.. heated grips, throttle lock and 6th gear. Its an R850r with 2 travell cases. Range about 400/420km..🤙🏽

[@christianf8347]

Bonjour. Je possède également une r1150 rt de 2004 avec 46.000km. Comment se présente le système de blocage de l'accélérateur, svp ? Sinon, je serais bien intéressé par la selle confort de chez Bmw. Merci ,bonne route.

[@novaconceptAa]

Friend, very good machine that you tried, and a very nice country in which you did it, however, my only very negative comment for you would be; The fact that you took out your cell phone and started texting!... You're crazy! You were incredibly lucky that you didn't kill yourself and in the process, you didn't kill or hurt another person. You were so irresponsible! I hope you read this one day.

[@bikehubjapan]

Understood. I don't usually do that. I was just trying to show what a relaxing and easy to ride bike it was...thanks for your concern

[@RRRRefuelRideRace]

Nice video. Never rode this model, but would love to try one.:) Got my like here.

[@Rey-music]

Weak frontbrake?!? Does it still have the Servobrakesystem installed? Normally this bike brakes as the best with the servo brakingsystem installed. As already mentioned by others, the 6th gear is an overdrive and no, the exhaust is not the standard one, and please, it's not "cool" to be bussy on your phone while riding. Also it's a twin, not a four... You can get several kinds of stock seats from BMW to fit your bottoms.

[@bikehubjapan]

No idea. I was just collecting and delivering it...didn't really look at it too closely. All I know is if you tickled the rear brake it stopped like you'd stamped on it

[@lex1945]

yep, normally with this R1150Rt with integral brakes and servo+ ABS its like throwing a boat anchor out when you brake. Brakes are very 'grippy'. Don't like aftermarket exhausts on BMW's either. This isn't a bike made for that. It doesn't matter if you brake with both hand and foot, all 3 discs will be used anyway, even if you only use the front brake handle.It has loads of stopping power. It is indeed a boxer twin, not meant to rev it to the max btw. It is meant to ride it with loads of torque and low revving.

[@lex1945]

I put 175000 on my R1150RT and she's still running like a champ.Keep them maintained well, ride them far and often, and they'll last forever. OEM seats aren't comfy, i bought some custom seats for my bike and never looked back.

[@D_Grouchy_Old_Man]

Link 4 seat?

[@Boriskrasno9412]

Perso j’ai une 1150 RT et je ne suis pas prêt à changer ,effectivement j’ai changer l’ABS par du RH électronique en plug and play,Le freinage est très bon et beaucoup plus progressif qu’a l’origine ! Des amortisseurs neufs et la moto est transfigurée ❤

[@johnrocker2986]

Exhaust were non standard normally 2 into 1

[@grzegorzgrotkowski6575]

The gear indicator is ok. It shows “E" which stands for "economy" which is just another way to call "overdrive". It looks like she’s very low on her mileage (km) but not sure if I see it correctly. Under 10k km?

[@bikehubjapan]

Thanks mate. I thought it was broken

[@g-moneyrides8341]

Looked like fun. Nice vid Bro 👍👍

[@bikehubjapan]

Just found out it's not a 4 cylinder though hahaha

[@michiel1362]

Speaking japanese!! Impressed nice, btw the sixth gear is an overdrive so it does not do very much.

[@Sanisfaction]

Gets you cruising at 100mph for hours on end at ease that what it's for..

[@robrogers8909]

I didn't believe a word of that intro!

[@hybrid6692]

It's a twin !

[@MyDenny21]

Fluent wow you got it 👍🏾 I haven’t learned it that well living here

[@bikehubjapan]

You can do it! Sorry for the slow reply

[@softburn69]

The sixth gear it's an E, for Economic gear... It's not malfunctioning

[@bikehubjapan]

Oh really? Thanks for telling me that! Good old BMW

[@donpedro04]

Nice video, I have the same BMW, from 2003 with 97000k, top speed still around 210 km/h, very important with this bike is the synchronisation from the throttle bodies, like you told already, the seat isn't very good, but I got used to it.

[@petejansen8098]

And it has heated grips.

[@SherwoodTaz]

I always enjoyed sport touring bikes than laying on the tank of a crotch rocket. Comfortable and flickable in the twisties is more enjoyable.

[@psycotria]

I rode my Wiseco 1135cc, but otherwise an all stock sleeper 1984 GPz1100 on an almost daily 50 mile commute for 8 years. After a hard day's work, I would put my left elbow on the grip and rest my chin on my fist on the tank. That was perfect for peering over the windscreen at 100 mph. My 1 hour trip by car only took 40 minutes by bike.

[@tumumaru]

日本にお住まいなんですね😊私はR1150GSに乗っています 妻は後ろでいつも寝ています😆

[@bertiesimmonds]

Clearly not the bloke this bike is aimed at….

[@ianbonnick7640]

12 hundred twin

[@eclipsegfxable]

8:33 very smart lol...

[@allanhughes7859]

Did you say flat 4 ??? am I missing something here ??

[@bikehubjapan]

You're not missing something. I was missing something...mainly grey matter

[@grabir01]

Clean the windshield.

[@bikehubjapan]

I picked it up from an auction house. Didn't take cleaning rags with me...

[@vooski]

Just wow.

[@jivadaya6439]

Smoove

[@sailorcto]

Flat 4? No, it is a flat 2-cylinder, boxer engine. Same design since 1923. I have a 2004 (my 3rd one) and get 35-42 MPG. Very low center of gravity for a sport touring bike.

[@bikehubjapan]

Yeah, my bad!

[@seanoleary1979]

Bruh... between the liters, kilometers, bizarre accents, some little asian female putting the gas in your tank and driving on the wrong side of the road - this video made my head hurt!

[@mudskipper9406]

Its a 25L tank :)

[@allanhughes7859]

Must be great riding in Wales ???

[@bikehubjapan]

Wales?

[@grabir01]

Big flat 4?

[@larrybarrett5769]

Upgrade the seat

[@bikehubjapan]

I was collecting the bike from an auction house for its new owner. It's not my bike

[@jamesallport2383]

It's a twin Mr TJ🤦‍♂️

[@bikehubjapan]

Seriously? Fark...I had no idea hahahaha

[@lex1945]

@@bikehubjapan i don't really believe, you didn't see that. There's 2 cylinders sticking out , and it doesn't sound like a 4 in line either, LOL!

[@lohsun2006]

Yes. Boxer opposing twin. Beautifully balanced. I love my 2004 1150RT and can/have ridden 1000 miles in 1 day.

[@lex1945]

@@lohsun2006 yeah! love my 2002 R1150RT very much as well. It's my favourite spaceship on wheels. So comfi! I feel like the king of the road on that bike. Great roadhandling, The screen is awesome, I love this bike!

[@tarekhamdy9499]

@@lex1945 hi can I ask you about the maintenance cost is it too expensive ?

[@stephenfisher8636]

Flat 2.

[@bikehubjapan]

Yeah my mistake

[@themonitor7877]

We have got a badass over here! Instagraming while cruising!

[@bikehubjapan]

That's how we roll 🤪

[@themonitor7877]

@@bikehubjapan #InstaCruise

[@theathetinker9258]

@@bikehubjapan I've a 2002; we rage against the cagers for endangering us with F***ing cellphones and you pull this shit. Unbelievable.

[@TheGorillaBiker]

The CBF1000 takes 19L, so did the Fazer :) Big tanks save......stops....that's about it. BMW build really good bikes.....really good.....but they never promised exciting :D Hahahaha the phone usage :D All those tourers have lowish bhp which kills yer big boy shpeed. I wouldn't buy one either tbh :/

[@bikehubjapan]

I only just realised it's a twin, not a 4 banger! LOL. The whole time I rode it I thought it was a boxer 4-cylinder. Oops

[@MyDenny21]

I want to trade in my 800 for that 1150