1200RT fuel capacity?????????????

[toladejo]

Does anyone know for sure what the correct fuel capacity is on the new 1200RT? The owner's manual says 7.1 gal and the BMW brochoure says 5.5 gal. Also a review in a motorcycle magazine stated 7.1 gal. Does anyone have a conclusive answer? Thanks in advance.

[AntonLargiader]

It's 7.1 (or thereabouts). What brochure says 5.5?

[toladejo]

It was a brochure from BMW that was mailed to me listing all of their bikes with specification on all models. I also saw the same thing at the dealership and sure enough it was listed at 5.5 gal. I talked to the service manager and he wasn't sure. I just checked my owner's manual and it listed 7.1. I guess a call to BMW is in order to get the Final Answer. Thanks for the reply.

[AntonLargiader]

I guess a call to BMW is in order to get the Final Answer.
No, you already have the final answer. I measured it myself.

[kbasa]

It's 7 gallons on mine.

The gas guage is a little wierd though. I've run it down to zero on the miles left indicator and still put 6 gallons in.

[Stuff2C]

I've put 7.1 gal in mine, with the little rubber thing removed. And averaging 50mpg it's GREAT!!! :german

[Eureka]

That little rubber thingy in the filler neck is a pain in the neck! How did you remove it. I am constantly trying to "milk" in enough gas to get a completly full tank. This was not one of BMW's better ideas.

[Stuff2C]

Just like picking your nose. Put your finger in it and pull. Comes right out. Then wipe your finger off. :D

[BklynPete]

It's 7 gallons on mine.

The gas guage is a little wierd though. I've run it down to zero on the miles left indicator and still put 6 gallons in.

mine too, i guess it's better then saying empty and hearing a sputtering sound....

[Mika]

Is the gague measuring the capacity less reserve?

[Stuff2C]

I’m not sure what BMW had in mind when they designed that fuel gauge. My light comes on when the gauge hits the lower countdown bar. When I run it down to no bars showing at all, I can only put 6 gallons in, leaving me with another gallon. I guess this is a double reserve. The light comming on that early is about the only annoying thing on the RT so far. :D

[BklynPete]

i found the same and it first annoyed me too. but then i thought i'd rather see blinking icons and a yellow light and know that i can do 300 miles or more and still have fuel left. i think bmw knows it is not a good thing to run a fuel injected bike completely empty and since we have all run the bike down to zero miles left, maybe it's a good thing they give us an extra reserve. :dunno

[NancyK]

I was just at the dealership yesterday looking at that very bike. I remember distinctly that it said 5.5 gallons, with 1 gallon reserve.. so could that be why the confusion?

[Stuff2C]

These are the spec's I've read just about everywhere. :dunno

BMW’s latest take on mach schnell long-distance travel inherits a massaged version of the 1170cc boxer and Evo-Paralever driveline introduced on the ’04 GS. Listed at a claimed 110 bhp, the engine is some 12 horsepower stronger than an ’04 R1150RT’s. And at 571 pounds—with its 7.1-gallon fuel tank full but without saddlebags—it’s 44 pounds lighter. BMW credits the added muscle to revamped intake and exhaust plumbing, warmer cam timing and 12.0:1 compression (up from 11.3:1 for the ’04 RT’s 1130cc boxer). Said power flows through a GS-spec six-speed gearbox, though primary- and final-drive cogs are new.

Also I have personally put that in mine. :D