Shaft drive recall

[owl]

I think the point here, first and foremost, is BMW's customer service, or lack of. I know from experience that it is poor. The poorest I have experienced, in fact, in over 50 years of riding bikes and having owned bikes from 10 different manufacturers.

 

[MrC99]

Then pull the clutch in.

How's that going to help if the problem is with the shaft and it's locked the back wheel?

 

[stever1]

How's that going to help if the problem is with the shaft and it's locked the back wheel?

Simple…..when you crash, the engine revs will be at tickover

 

[Brodie13]

……. I wasn’t going to argue

 

[Mr Bean]

How's that going to help if the problem is with the shaft and it's locked the back wheel?

That's what happened to me on my old RT - on a wet winters night on the M25. Very scary.

 

[Neil W]

When my 2018 gsa with 6500 miles on the clock went in at 2 years old for a cluch/ final drive issue the shaft was excessively corroded and took hours to strip down .That on a bike that had never been off road and barely been out in the rain.
Unfortunately this was before the recall and shaft was not replaced merely cleaned and greased up, on most bikes I reckon they will not even last to the recommended replacement mileage without serious corrosion issues.
On my current 1999 r1150gs when I checked and regreased the paralever bearings I looked at the shaft there is zero corrosion on it

 

[bosnjo]

Almost every manufacturer today is doing the best they can to reduce the manufacturing costs. It's hard to find a motorcycle brand that sticks to old rules of doing their best and not cutting on time/labor im the manufacturing process.
The driveshaft? I opened it on my 2021 GS when it was only one year old and it was bone dry. I've done all the lubrification with recommended greases but I was very angry.
That is why I'm going back to japanese bikes.

 

[siddo]

Almost every manufacturer today is doing the best they can to reduce the manufacturing costs. It's hard to find a motorcycle brand that sticks to old rules of doing their best and not cutting on time/labor im the manufacturing process.
The driveshaft? I opened it on my 2021 GS when it was only one year old and it was bone dry. I've done all the lubrification with recommended greases but I was very angry.
That is why I'm going back to japanese bikes.

Hilarious. I like the very angry bit.
I'm not even to going to examine mine. If BMW think it doesn't need servicing on the 12k service, it can wait until it fails under warranty or they replace it at 35k miles.
I couldn't care less about the drive shaft.

 

[Mr Bean]

I couldn't care less about the drive shaft.

Have one snap on you, locking the wheel, punting you in front of an artic, when dark on the M25.

Happened to me.

 

[siddo]

Have one snap on you, locking the wheel, punting you in front of an artic, when dark on the M25.

And I still don't care.

 

[Mr Bean]

And I still don't care.

Fair enough

 

[P248]

I took my 2019 R1250GS in for its service today. I asked the dealer to check and service the drive shaft, which was replaced 17,000 miles/2.5 years ago under the BMW recall. It failed the test! They've installed a new shaft. Apparently it's a new design with a new part number. The dealer told me that mine was the first of the new shaft design they're installed.