MY14 updates other than published by bmw

Jotski

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Does anyone have inside info to updates to the MY14 GS other than the published stuff e.g ride modes, steering damper etc? I want to know if the clutch issues and other gearbox problems etc discussed on these forums have been fixed .. I have chance to buy a MY13 now or wait 5months for delivery of a MY14
:nenau
 
Jotski said:
Does anyone have inside info to updates to the MY14 GS other than the published stuff e.g ride modes, steering damper etc? I want to know if the clutch issues and other gearbox problems etc discussed on these forums have been fixed .. I have chance to buy a MY13 now or wait 5months for delivery of a MY14
:nenau
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There are no gearbox or clutch issues according to a friend of mine who is a master tech at a NW BMW dealer. No complaints at all. Only problems they've had are switchgear related.
 
KevG said:
There are no gearbox or clutch issues according to a friend of mine who is a master tech at a NW BMW dealer. No complaints at all. Only problems they've had are switchgear related.
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Strange how peeps that work for BMW talk down the issues suggesting there ain't no problems, unless they are told to !
 
Jotski said:
Does anyone have inside info to updates to the MY14 GS other than the published stuff e.g ride modes, steering damper etc? I want to know if the clutch issues and other gearbox problems etc discussed on these forums have been fixed .. I have chance to buy a MY13 now or wait 5months for delivery of a MY14
:nenau
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There are no clutch or gearbox issues so they can't be fixed ! Plenty of wrong owner issues but they will dispose of the bike to "right" owners at a discount.
:beerjug:
 
I dont mind clunking into first gear but if there is a problem that needs to be fixed I'd kinda hope they would fix it ! - Im pretty sure there will be some other changes to the MY14 other than riding mode configuration. E.g fitting a steering damper is an obvious modification that you cant hide - and a costly change for BMW, why would you add cost and mass to a bike unless it was absalutely necessary?

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KevG said:
There are no gearbox or clutch issues according to a friend of mine who is a master tech at a NW BMW dealer. No complaints at all. Only problems they've had are switchgear related.
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There are quite a few owners with clutch or gearbox issues about 30%.
Enough for bmw to be looking into a fix with a new push rod or what ever.
The gear change on my bike is the worst of any gs I have owned and I would not buy another one till its fixed.
 
I don't think there's enough info to make figures up whether it's 2% or 30%.

What there is is too many unhappy owners owning an expensive bike that was apparently put through hundreds of thousands of miles of development that falls short of the supposedly perfect machine that BMW claimed to have delivered after those hundred of thousands of testing miles.
 
OZGSer said:
What a load of shit!
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That's not very polite, I would have thought you would have had enough problems just being an Australian.

But I will simplify things for you as I know English is not your first language

THE GEAR CHANGE ON IS SHITE
 
Georgeeboi said:
More like 2%!!!
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All three 1200GS WC I have ridden had the same very poor gear change so that's 100% of the GS's I know.

Sorry but I can not remember were I read or heard about the 30% figure so I may be wrong. But I was told that BMW know of the fault and have a team of engineers looking into it so I think it must be well above 2%
 
ive ridden two

shortywilliam said:
All three 1200GS WC I have ridden had the same very poor gear change so that's 100% of the GS's I know.

Sorry but I can not remember were I read or heard about the 30% figure so I may be wrong. But I was told that BMW know of the fault and have a team of engineers looking into it so I think it must be well above 2%
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Ive rode two including my own, both were fine that's 100% good?

Terry :thumb2
 
The demo I rode was fine through the box apart from neutral, it was a bitch to find - it always going between first and second which seems to correlate to what most people are saying about gearbox issues so maybe BM are looking into it - it's a new design it's bound to have some tuning through the model years - trust me I'm an engineer :rob:rob
 
I test rode a demo machine from BMW in Northampton and found the gearbox somewhat clunky. I eventually bought an ex-demo machine from the BMW garage in Oxford and found the gearbox even worse. Sometimes it would not change gear when I wanted and it just felt pretty rubbish in general.

I then spent a little time adjusting the position of the gear level. Pretty simple to do. And it seems to have sorted all my problems. I've just got back from a 4 day, 1300 mile trip to the Scottish Highlands and had no missed gears what so ever. It all seems pretty smooth now.

I'm not saying this is a general fix for all gearbox problems, but for those of you who find it 'clunky' like I did may want to investigate this.

The bike I bought must have been one of the first models in the UK as it was registered in April 2013.
 
MrB-239 said:
I test rode a demo machine from BMW in Northampton and found the gearbox somewhat clunky. I eventually bought an ex-demo machine from the BMW garage in Oxford and found the gearbox even worse. Sometimes it would not change gear when I wanted and it just felt pretty rubbish in general.

I then spent a little time adjusting the position of the gear level. Pretty simple to do. And it seems to have sorted all my problems. I've just got back from a 4 day, 1300 mile trip to the Scottish Highlands and had no missed gears what so ever. It all seems pretty smooth now.

I'm not saying this is a general fix for all gearbox problems, but for those of you who find it 'clunky' like I did may want to investigate this.

The bike I bought must have been one of the first models in the UK as it was registered in April 2013.
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could be the setup for your boots or could be the long ride just wearing the gears in :thumby: any issues since or would you say it's fixed it
 
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