The big news is that while the RT is last bike in the range to get BMW’s TFT display it makes up for it by getting the dashboard equivalent of your mate Dave’s 83-inch flat-screen home cinema. The R1250RT’s 10:25 inches is a lot of inches for pretty-much any purpose and it allows some really useful options about what information is displayed and how Everything from resetting the trip meter to setting up your phone and navigation is controlled via the menu button and spinny-wheel and mostly it’s straightforward and intuitive New for this year are four pre-set buttons so you can get to the things you need most (like the seat and grip heater controls) quickly.
R1250RT is all about the electronics Radar-assisted cruise control turns out to be bigger news than anyone thought on a bike and the new 10:25-inch TFT screen and connectivity with the BMW app makes expensive motorcycle sat-navs (almost) redundant
