BMW service campaign for over 400,000 bikes

[Tev62]

I know there are a good few BMW owners on here....

BMW has announced a service campaign for over 400,000 of its R1200 GS and R1250 GS models to correct an issue relating to the cardan shaft.

BMW announces service campaign for 440,000 R 1200 GS and R 1250 GS bikes

 

[tommymck]

I know there are a good few BMW owners on here....

BMW has announced a service campaign for over 400,000 of its R1200 GS and R1250 GS models to correct an issue relating to the cardan shaft.

BMW announces service campaign for 440,000 R 1200 GS and R 1250 GS bikes

Looks like my 1250GS would be affected. Sounds like it's a simple thing that they'll do at the next scheduled maintenance. That pre-supposes of course that you go to the dealer to do maintenance, but with the 1250 in my case, that assumption holds. BMW is terrible of late in terms of providing shop manuals etc. to allow for people to do their own work.

 

[GoldOxide_imp]

Yeah, saw that today.

Save the shaft!

 

[LongRanger_imp]

No reason not to have the dealer perform the repair if it’s a recall. At least BMW will stand behind it.

 

[peterbaron]

 

[GoldOxide_imp]

... what's going on there? Moving violation ticket being issued to a cager?




Nice shaft drive.

 

[peterbaron]

I think the cop was going to get his recall done at a local Gaspe, Que BMW dealer, but on his way there he stopped a violator, no..?
No doubt about the shaft!

 

[redbirds_imp]

My 2006 Moto Guzzi had a vent valve for the CARC. BMW has known for years about this problem but were loathe to do anything about it.

 

[Tev62]

My buddy just took his 2018 R1200GS for a fix to his "SOS" button today. He purchased it 5 months ago as the 2nd owner through the local BMW dealer. The previous owner had only put 1800km on it in 3 years (what a waste). Not only did they fix the SOS button they replaced his entire shaft drive under warranty even though he was having no problems at all. They just said BMW paid for it with no explanation as to the problem???

 

[GoldOxide_imp]

My buddy just took his 2018 R1200GS for a fix to his "SOS" button today. He purchased it 5 months ago as the 2nd owner through the local BMW dealer. The previous owner had only put 1800km on it in 3 years (what a waste). Not only did they fix the SOS button they replaced his entire shaft drive under warranty even though he was having no problems at all. They just said BMW paid for it with no explanation as to the problem???

Final shaft problems in the year of our Loard 2022 ??

Man, that is some crappy engineering.

Man. :dodgy:

 

[Cormanus]

There must be a reason chains are the most common final drive on motorcycles. :angel:

 

[pekingduck]

It's terrible for BMW that it affects 400,000 bikes.

It's great for BMW that they had sold that many of a very expensive model.

 

[the Ferret]

There must be a reason chains are the most common final drive on motorcycles. :angel:

Yeah, they are cheap, and few motorcyclists are penalized by having one since they rarely ride. Average chain with any maintenance at all will go 20,000 miles. Average motorcyclist rides about 2,500 miles a year and rarely puts more than 10,000 miles on a motorcycle before trading it in.

There must be a reason you dont find any chain driven cars.

 

[Cormanus]

Honda used to make a chain driven car!

 

[the Ferret]

Yes they did, S600 I believe

 

[peterbaron]

Yes they did, S600 I believe

Yeah, and these are not cheep!

 

[GoldOxide_imp]

There must be a reason chains are the most common final drive on motorcycles. :angel:

Because they are cheap and light.

Sounds like good business sense - right?

 

[Olyrider]

I bought a 1200GS new in 2005. At 3,000 odo miles, the alternator belt seized in Mexico one mile from the U.S. border (Douglas, AZ). Towed to Tuscon, the dealer took one off a bike on the floor so I could continue home to Seattle. I soon learned that GS 1200 riders actually travelled with a spare final drive, considering it a “necessity”. Which is why all of us GS riders always had very big, and very expensive, hard luggage. Full of tools and parts. The next worry became the “antenna” around the ignition key hole that read the key. They put it on with security bolts. And charged almost $300 for it. After numerous fails in very remote places on the globe, BMW, claiming it was “not” a faulty part, reduced the price to about $30. Many of us bought a new antenna, and replaced the old one in the comfort of a warm garage. Since BMW didn’t fix the problem, we put the new one on knowing the original one was in working order. This was a new world for me, coming from Honda and Triumph. I eventually soured on the brand.

 

[GoldOxide_imp]

... I guess if I had any urge to ever acquire a BMW, reasons like this probably squashed that ambition once and for all.

 

[Tev62]

My buddy just took his 2018 R1200GS for a fix to his "SOS" button today. He purchased it 5 months ago as the 2nd owner through the local BMW dealer. The previous owner had only put 1800km on it in 3 years (what a waste). Not only did they fix the SOS button they replaced his entire shaft drive under warranty even though he was having no problems at all. They just said BMW paid for it with no explanation as to the problem???

Final shaft problems in the year of our Loard 2022 ??

Man, that is some crappy engineering.

Man. :dodgy:

Considering how long they have been making this bike it is a poor reflection on their quality processes yes.