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Greetings fellow BMWette's - my K1200LT was a dream ride but after a stroke I had to downsize and went with a 2012 R1200RT - great bike I LOVE it and the power and all but it has had a slight "wobble" in the front end from day one - at 350 miles I took it back to the dealer had them ride it and they said "that's normal" at 3000K it took it back again as there was a cupping pattern on the front Bridgestone and still a slight wobble (the kind when you go around a corner at 60 or so there is a slight tendency for the front bars to go left and right every so slightly) dealer rides it again and looks at the tires "that's normal" ..... I check with my preferred local BMW guy and he say's "tires" a new set of Michelin P3's (which I now have about 250 mi on) and as I "scruff" them in I'm a bit worried that I still have the "wobble" issue -- I don't want to find at 3K I have ruined another $500. worth of tread I'm hoping the problem is fixed and I can get some "canyon" running in today to check -- in reading several posts on tire wear and such it seems that this may be a BMW problem that just comes with the RT?
I hate to start another thread on tire wear but have any of you guys with a 2010-2012 RT experienced a similar [problem - am I going nuts or do I just have to "get used to it" to quote the original dealer -- come on now you'd think a $23K bike would ride like an arrow and have none of types of issues - don't tell me I should have bought a Goldwing.....
thoughts?
certainly 3000 miles on a front tire is a tad bit light?
I hate to start another thread on tire wear but have any of you guys with a 2010-2012 RT experienced a similar [problem - am I going nuts or do I just have to "get used to it" to quote the original dealer -- come on now you'd think a $23K bike would ride like an arrow and have none of types of issues - don't tell me I should have bought a Goldwing.....
thoughts?