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I’ve got a 2012 R1200GSA that I’ve owned since September 2014 and it has now covered 45,000 miles and hasn’t visted a BMW dealer since 2,750 miles when the original owner had it. I’ve serviced it myself since but am wondering if it needs plugging in for such things as ECU updates or throttle body settings etc?
Cheers.
Chris.
 
Do you have a GS911 or know someone with one?
Looking at fault codes and running an autoscan will give you lots of info about the state of your bike.
I have serviced my bike since the warranty ended and connect the 911 as part of the servicing routing for every service, 2012 Triple Black GS now at 51500 miles.
As far as ECU updates go you do need a dealer! When I am back in the UK and need it checked the dealer I use (CW in Dorchester, they sold me the bike) will check for me and only normally charges me if there is an update due, don't know about other dealers though!
 
Hoff said:
Do you have a GS911 or know someone with one?
Looking at fault codes and running an autoscan will give you lots of info about the state of your bike.
I have serviced my bike since the warranty ended and connect the 911 as part of the servicing routing for every service, 2012 Triple Black GS now at 51500 miles.
As far as ECU updates go you do need a dealer! When I am back in the UK and need it checked the dealer I use (CW in Dorchester, they sold me the bike) will check for me and only normally charges me if there is an update due, don't know about other dealers though!
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I serviced my 2012 twin cam this year, all the servicing tasks are straightforward. Borrowed a GS911 from the BMW Club tool hire scheme, together with special tools for changing the timing chain cover. It’s a good scheme and the main reason I keep up my membership.


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+1 on the UK club’s tool hire scheme, helped me service my 2012 R....


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Thanks for the replies. It runs fine but was just curious to know. I guess I’ll just keep servicing it regularly and see what happens.:beerjug:
 
Been reading this with some interest. In a similar position. New to me 2011 GSA , FSH and to date has behaved impeccably - as of last Oct. I'm about to extend the enjoyment when I take it down to Italy in a few weeks.

My plan is just to change the oils and filter. Then continue enjoying it. Even that is probably overkill, but I would be interested to plug in a GS911.

Anyone in N London, roughly, who'd be willing to plug in theirs? I don't have one as yet.

Cheers



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If you want to service it properly, you ideally need a GS911 for parking the idle steppers during throttle balancing, re-calibrating idle steppers, checking and resetting fault codes, service indicators etc etc.

Coupled with it being a diagnostic tool that can prove switches and components operation and log realtime data, they are simply worth the investment.
 
Slipperyeel said:
Been reading this with some interest. In a similar position. New to me 2011 GSA , FSH and to date has behaved impeccably - as of last Oct. I'm about to extend the enjoyment when I take it down to Italy in a few weeks.

My plan is just to change the oils and filter. Then continue enjoying it. Even that is probably overkill, but I would be interested to plug in a GS911.

Anyone in N London, roughly, who'd be willing to plug in theirs? I don't have one as yet.

Cheers



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Problem with the hobbyist version of the 911 is that you can only do full diagnostics on a maximum of 10 bikes.
You can do it multiple times on each bike, but there are only 10 ‘slots’.
So it’s a big ask to ‘borrow’ a hobbyist 911.
The ‘Pro’ version has unlimited slots but it’s more expensive.
 
Points to the fact that if you want to service it properly its worth the investment unless you know someone with a pro version!
 
Gents. You're quite right about investing in a GS911. And yes, I will need to do it. Though if probably get the hobbyist version...

I was unaware of this issue with the 'slots' per devise, so i can see how it might be an issue for some people. Though 10 is quite a few, assuming you had just one bike - that could equal x10 secondhand 'sell ons'.

Unless somebody has one they're thinking of selling?



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AberdeenAngus said:
Problem with the hobbyist version of the 911 is that you can only do full diagnostics on a maximum of 10 bikes.
You can do it multiple times on each bike, but there are only 10 ‘slots’.
So it’s a big ask to ‘borrow’ a hobbyist 911.
The ‘Pro’ version has unlimited slots but it’s more expensive.
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You can unlock the Hobbyist version to unlimited pro for a smallish fee.
 
Not sure if it is applicable for your bike, but at least for the older hexheads there was a recall to replace the flange which the rear wheel is bolted to from an aluminum to a steel part. Might be worth to give the dealer a call and ask them check (unless yours has the upgraded version).
 
Roughly £175 to do an upgrade from enthusiast to pro for a BT / hexhead vwesion
 
If you only need a few more VIN, that works out quite expensive. A pity they don't sell incremental blocks of free slots, say blocks of ten instead for a smaller fee.
 
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