Gear indicator blank.

[Joe-from-Iceland]

Hi fellow riders.
I bought my 2005 R1200GS 2 months back and know more about this bike than many others.
I am one of the unfortunate, since my gearbox broke down after 800Km during my 2nd week of inburning period.
I bought this bike from Germany since we don't have a BMW motorcycle dealer locally, and we do not have a BMW authorised repair workshop. It was either sending the bike to it's origin or finding the right workshop to do the job. Well I found the only place I trust, my garage, and took it totally apart to retain the faulty gearbox and got the new one sent to me from BMW after I had sent it out to the german dealer. The bike is together again and I have started riding but found that the potentiometer on the gearbox didn't work since the display showed blank in first, first in second and so on. Asked for a new potentiometer from BMW got it inserted it and blank in all gears.
Does anyone know what to do? Must be a reset somewhere.

 

[Joe-from-Iceland]

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[Joe-from-Iceland]

Here is a picture of my new (then 800km) 2005 1200GS with the stuck in 6th gearbox on the floor. Got stuck when doing 100Kmh changing from 5th to 6th. The sound was a loud crushing sound, but didn't lock the wheel.

 

[Joe-from-Iceland]

Here is a picture of the same bike today. New gearbox much smother in the gears, not as clunky while shifting, a different box definately.

One problem though, the one I mention above, indicator is still showing crap.
3rd in 4th 6th in 5th completely corrupt.

Anyone please! Do you have any idea?

 

[nadeem]

Sorry Joe don't know the answer - would you like to post this also in the 1200 section, perhaps one of the 1200 owners will have had the same problem...? if no help is forthcoming, I can perhaps arrange for you to speak to one of the UK Dealer Technicians on the phone - let me know -