Design Fault?

[Blue Sweeper]

Found one of the rear turn indicator lights wasn't working on the HP2 yesterday.

Got a new bulb to put in but found that one of the connector wires on the back of the reflector had corroded. Also the whole of the inside of the indicator housing was full of mud and grime. Looked at the other side and the same was happening.

Seems that water and mud can enter the the housing from the other side, under the rear mud guard round the loosely fitting rubber gromet over the wires.

I took the whole lot off and squirted some "roof and gutter" sealant into the gap in the cover round the wires. If you take the reflector unit off you will find that the indicator housing comes apart making it easy to squirt the sealant in.

 

[Mav]

I don't have the indicators mounted on my bike - but I did have the same problem with the tail light. It was filthy in there! And very hard to clean as only the bulb mounting comes out leaving a not very big hole to get tissue in to.

Kinda surprises me - but maybe it's stop it filling with water

 

[Loiq]

will check mine don't use the indicators normally as it gives too much of my intentions away.

 

[Spout]

Happens with most trail bikes, GSs included, to a lesser or greater degree. However, I have found that mine readily fill with water, far more than any other bike I've had.

So to stop this I frequently smear petroleum jelly up my hole

The indicator lens cap should have a hole in the underside to drain water out.

 

[(RIP) maverick]

So I got a LAMPR error the last couple of days. Rear taillight gone or one of the wires in it. Is it just me or is it a bit strange to have to strip half of the back end getting to the freaking bulb

Can you replace the rear tail light bulb without actually taking the tail side panels off

Already done the job only to notice today that the bulb must be the wrong way round as it is extremely bright and when touching the brakes a faint change. My guess is the bulb is lighting the 20w wire instead of the 5w wire - again is it suppose to be this way around

 

[Spout]

Doesn't the canbus system compensate for a blown bulb by transfereing the feed to the brake light, and then making it brighter whilst braking?
Could this be happening?

 

[(RIP) maverick]

Doesn't the canbus system compensate for a blown bulb by transfereing the feed to the brake light, and then making it brighter whilst braking?
Could this be happening?

Hope not

From what I saw last night you can only stick the bulb in one way as the two pins on the side are different heights hence the reason I cannot work out why. All the other bulbs and this one is working fine thought

Will take it apart over the weekend again, at least now people are staying well back in traffic from me

 

[beachman]

hp2

the blinkers break as soon as u stack it ( crash)
BMW make good bikes but in my opinion ( and leaving the hp2 frame out of this) i think the engine is great and then its all down hill after that...

Im no expert at motorbike building but imho, most other things are pretty ordinary... So what u are buying is really the engine & brakes), the suspension is crap unless u are a road rider, the blinkers break off easy, nothing is really built to a standard.....i have had a 81 g/s, 1150 gs, rt 100, 1200gsa, and two hp2's. I reckon if bmw spent more on making there bikes the total package and less on marketing, their bikes would say it for them.

Most bikes dont need more power just better suspension and brakes, yet year after year they try and add more power and techo wizardry to reduce the need for a rider to think and create a pretence of value....Good value is long lasting, great handling,reliable and good resale motorbikes......

So maybe bmw research should focus on that , build less models, make what they have more rider friendly and lighter if possible, with better suspension that can actually match their marketing.....and let the rider.....ride . The 40"s are the new 30's etc etc......
PS i love my hp2

 

[Garry.W]

Doesn't the canbus system compensate for a blown bulb by transfereing the feed to the brake light, and then making it brighter whilst braking?

That is true. If one of the dual filaments in the tail lamp pops, the computer susses it out so that the remaining filament does both jobs, i.e. stop and brake light. You get the LAMPR warning if this occurs. Course if bnoth filaments go then you get neither

What used to annoy the hell out of me was having to change the tail lamp regularly. If it wasn't popping filaments every two minutes the whole bulb housing was coming away and smashing the bulb inside the tail piece. I suspect a lot of this was down to the amount of off-road riding going on, but still

I solved it in the end by just swapping the whole unit out for an LED plug & play courtesy of Wunderlich, cost about NZ$200. Not had a problem since.

Get through the odd headlight bulb as well, but not so much drama to change.