bosnjo
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I have January 2021 GS. Yes, I have ticking noise. It's not too loud but it is there. 5000 miles
update, spoke to my local service manager the other day and it looks like they (BMW) acknowledge the problem. There is a revised cam chain tensioner and guides. Will be interesting to see how willing BMW will be to modify the existing bikes. not sure if it's been rolled out to the dealers yet
My 2019 1250 pinks under load 2 up.Tried two different dealers and they are just not interested.Persued it numerous times and took it up with BMW UK.Waste of breath.Looking for alternative bikes but apart from the pinking,its perfect for me.
That’s not really the way it works with surface wear as the particles are microscopic. Cam wear has been an issue on many cars and bike engines historically ( Ducati 9 series and Honda vf’s for example )and it never had a knock on affect on the engine as a whole. Component break up, as in a gear tooth, sprag failure, spun shell etc is what does the damage as the particles are big enough to damage the surface elsewhere.
Back in the days of Fords Ohc engines which suffered spray bar issues, most engines would go through several cam failures in their lifetime without issue.
1000 miles in and no ticking noise.
I must be lucky 22 gsa 1250 i cant hear any ticking noise for the bloody noise coming off the anakee tyres what a racket you would think BMW testers would pick up on this racket only does it at 60mph to 65mph,luckily i have a new set of cta 3 the ones with 8mm of tread not like the w with six mm there is always a catch in the uk lmao
Sorry to burst your bubble but the CTA3s “sing” too
I must be lucky 22 gsa 1250 i cant hear any ticking noise for the bloody noise coming off the anakee tyres what a racket you would think BMW testers would pick up on this racket only does it at 60mph to 65mph,luckily i have a new set of cta 3 the ones with 8mm of tread not like the w with six mm there is always a catch in the uk lmao
2000 miles in and now ticking!
Has anyone seen an update from BMW on this issue? It seemed like they acknowledged it and were planning to do something about it this year, but I haven’t seen anything definitive so far.