Read the f**** manual!!

[davegs]

Out on my 1200 on Sunday, not done many miles on it's been in the garage for about three months due to works at home. Going along around a motorway junction the indicatoprs stopped and later did it again. Thought f**** 1200's till reaching home reading the manual I find that they are self cancelling. Had this on all the K's I've had but then not on the RT or the
1150 GS so, at last BMW have stopped going backwards at least on this point. Other than that bike (2008) handles very well certainly flicks around corners well.
So,so far so good!
Dave GS

 

[Beemerman59]

Out on my 1200 on Sunday, not done many miles on it's been in the garage for about three months due to works at home. Going along around a motorway junction the indicatoprs stopped and later did it again. Thought f**** 1200's till reaching home reading the manual I find that they are self cancelling. Had this on all the K's I've had but then not on the RT or the
1150 GS so, at last BMW have stopped going backwards at least on this point. Other than that bike (2008) handles very well certainly flicks around corners well.
So,so far so good!
Dave GS

FYI: You can also have your local dealer adjust the delay time on the self cancel. I had mine adjusted to the maximum duration so I can indicate into, around and exit a roundabout without having to reapply halfway round. Cost me 7 quid or so but money well spent.

 

[Skipssong]

FYI: You can also have your local dealer adjust the delay time on the self cancel. I had mine adjusted to the maximum duration so I can indicate into, around and exit a roundabout without having to reapply halfway round. Cost me 7 quid or so but money well spent.

Please sir, who/where is your local dealer? I go from Swindon to Guilford (Vines) for dealer work and when I enquired about the same they told me it wasn't possible.

Cheers

 

[NLC]

You will find that they self cancel above a certain speed. Can't remember what that speed was.

 

[Bikerbuk]

ok, take the piss if you must........ Had the same "problem". I thought it was a fault with my bike too. At least I don't need to read the manual now!

 

[davegs]

Indications

I'd just got paranoid after the years of reading all the probs on the 1200 section, still got my 1150 (87000 ) not sure if the 1200 will stay or b not but seems ok at the moment, handles well and is so much lighter to manouver.
Dave GS. (ps glad I wasent the only one to have this "fault!"._)

 

[Martyn H]

Please sir, who/where is your local dealer? I go from Swindon to Guilford (Vines) for dealer work and when I enquired about the same they told me it wasn't possible.

Cheers

It's on the "dashboard" settings of the diagnostic computer.

Set tyre pressures display to Bar/PSI, clock to 12 or 24 hour format, temperature to degrees C or F, etc

It's just a set of radio buttons.

If the bike is being serviced it takes 10 seconds, as it's on the diagnostic set anyway.

There is a suggestion that the latest versions allow the indicator cancel distance setting to be extended, as before, but not switched off entirely. Will see at the 600 mile service.

 

[jonnie comet]

I thought that the self cancelling indicators were quite novel, when I bought my new Harley Davidson.......in 1992.....

....please catch up at the back......


And before anyone 'starts' that 'bike was 100% reliable over 1000s of miles and nine years of ownership....