I have an 04 RTP with 33K on it. It's been excellent. Basic maintenance, to include full brake flush, replaced a taillight bulb, otherwise flawless (still haven't figured out whether the 04 evo brake system has both front and rear wheels linked at both hand and foot lever, I suppose I don't ride aggressively enough).

.... (still haven't figured out whether the 04 evo brake system has both front and rear wheels linked at both hand and foot lever, I suppose I don't ride aggressively enough).

I have an 04 RTP with 33K on it. It's been excellent. Basic maintenance, to include full brake flush, replaced a taillight bulb, otherwise flawless (still haven't figured out whether the 04 evo brake system has both front and rear wheels linked at both hand and foot lever, I suppose I don't ride aggressively enough).

I also have recently purchased an 04 RT-P. Originally it only had 24k on it and I have put on 12k so far in 18 months. Good bike, lots of fun. Buy a book and learn how to the maintenance.
I only had to replace the ignition coils when I first bought it (900$ in partsand labor (ouch)), but that is all.
Have fun.
Dennis

The R1150 RT-P has partial linked brakes. The bar lever operates both brakes, the foot lever only the rear. I wish that I had that system on my civilian RT.

Andy

Would this be standard on all authority bikes of that year? I have heard there are many options that can be added by a dealer for a Police department.

Last night while on the bike I applied the lever brake and thought I heard both sets of brakes engage as you describe, but I'm not 100%

That is the standard for all years of 1150 Authority bikes. Whereas there are a lot of options for Authority bikes, the brake system was not one of them. It would be a very large cost to change from the standard system which allows better low-speed control to a non-standard system that reduces low-speed control - in the order of thousands of dollars per bike.

Andy