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Motorcycle novelty: the future BMW R1200 RT 2014 in video

News - Motorcycle news: the future BMW R1200 RT 2014 on video - Used BMW

Logically, the adoption of liquid cooling on the Boxer engine of the 2013 R1200 GS was to spread quickly to its road “cousin”, the R1200RT. This transplant is now formalized via a stolen video showing the new RT in the middle of a test session under the sun of the Canary Islands, in Tenerife.

Logically, the adoption of liquid cooling on the Boxer engine was to spread quickly to its road "cousin", the R1200RT. This transplant is now formalized via a stolen video showing the new RT in the middle of a test session under the sun of the Canary Islands, in Tenerife.

More watts and as much wadding

Covered in the traditional zebra camouflage used by BMW to conceal its developing motorcycles, these two new R 1200 RTs adopt without question the new partially water-cooled flat-twin discovered on the .

Exit the previous air-oil system: place for a device using both air to cool the naturally exposed parts of the engine and a mixture of glycol and water for its hottest internal parts (cylinder heads, in particular). Two radiators, placed on either side of the spring of the Telelever front suspension, are responsible for cooling the circuit (read our).

Since it develops 125 hp and 120 Nm of torque on the new "GS Flat-fleet", one can reasonably expect that the engine of the "RT 2014" will develop approximately the same values, just as it seems logical that BMW grants the same technical evolutions to its R1200RT "Next generation": the clutch in oil bath, the Paralever Evo cardan shaft and the new steel frame discovered on the GS are probably part of the list.

In the same way, the electronic ride-by-wire accelerator and the coupled and disconnectable ABS will undoubtedly also be part of the series, while the options catalog will offer traction control services, injection on the handlebars and self-adapting ESA Dynamic suspensions.

Fake airs of K1600

Finally, the video shows that the new R 1200 RT has the same dashboard as the K1600 as well as its adaptive headlight (read our). The stems seem identical to those of the R1200GS 2013: on the left, it is in particular possible to intervene on the height of the electric bubble, to disconnect the ABS and the Traction Control or to adjust the general parameters of the ESA.

The left handle can also accommodate the "Multi-controller" wheel which allows navigation in the menus of the on-board computer, the sound system or the optional GPS. A grouped order very practical in use, but which will undoubtedly appear in the options department.

Visually, the 2014 BMW R1200RT retains the same silhouette as its predecessor, an aesthetic bias already applied by the German manufacturer on the new R1200GS. A discerning eye will nevertheless note the more tense design of the side lines, as well as the stylistic changes brought about by the new front and rear optics..

Finally, as on the R1200GS 2013, the swingarm and the long exhaust have changed their position: the silencer is now placed on the right, which would reduce the risk of burns when the rider pushes his motorcycle with the engine off, as explained to us. German engineers during the presentation of the R1200GS. It remains to know the price and the launch date planned by BMW for its road flagship powered by a flat twin: stay tuned ! 

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