I’ve just swapped my trusty 2011 twin cam GS that hasn’t been near a dealer since it was three years old. I’ve serviced it more than it needed for the last 7/8 years with my GS911 providing the assistance for the slightly more complicated bits, ABS purge, Syncing etc.
I’ve now been tempted with an R1250GS but it’s obviously a different animal in some areas, shift cams and TFT electronics.
I can’t see much about self servicing for the 1250 apart from the basic oil/fluid/filters stuff, which maybe because they’ve only been out for three years ish.
I’d planned to suck up the dealer costs and let them service it while in the warranty period but I plan to keep it a good bit longer than that. When I pick it up on Wednesday I’ll be changing the final drive fluid even though it’s only done 5k and ‘should’ have been done at the running in service but I like to be sure.
Shift cam clearances?
What about software, there was an update released in March, that’s not likely to be something we can access in the future. Am I going to be tied to a dealer? was that BMW’s cunning plan. The LC’s have had TFT long enough, does that have software updates?
Should I stop worrying, lie down and take a pill.
I’ve now been tempted with an R1250GS but it’s obviously a different animal in some areas, shift cams and TFT electronics.
I can’t see much about self servicing for the 1250 apart from the basic oil/fluid/filters stuff, which maybe because they’ve only been out for three years ish.
I’d planned to suck up the dealer costs and let them service it while in the warranty period but I plan to keep it a good bit longer than that. When I pick it up on Wednesday I’ll be changing the final drive fluid even though it’s only done 5k and ‘should’ have been done at the running in service but I like to be sure.
Shift cam clearances?
What about software, there was an update released in March, that’s not likely to be something we can access in the future. Am I going to be tied to a dealer? was that BMW’s cunning plan. The LC’s have had TFT long enough, does that have software updates?
Should I stop worrying, lie down and take a pill.
