I recently purchased a 2024 1250 and as an owner/rider who has always enjoyed my own home maintenance, I was a little disappointed to hear that BMW were no longer prepared to sell us the service manual. Well . . no worries, I managed to get hold of one for the latest R1200 and that remains relevant for 90% of the routine servicing etc plus I have been able to supplement it with some additional info for the 1250 and so I have pretty much all the information I need but . . . .
I was also led to believe some of the servicing tools were also unobtanium and, sure enough, when I checked with my dealer, I was told certain tools I wanted were listed as "unavailable".
Motorrad UK weren't able to elaborate and so I contacted Germany who confirmed the tools were on back order and that I should just order as required from my dealer. . . . ."unavailable" apparently meant no stock held but not as I had assumed - discontinued!!
Anyway, for the princely sum of just under £300 - all these genuine BMW OEM service tools arrived this morning only two weeks after I ordered and so I'm happy.
The reality is, this kit will only ever get used a handful of times and so if there's anyone in the Lincolnshire area of the UK looking to check and/or adjust their cam timing then you're welcome to borrow them in return for a few beers. Alternatively, see the parts list below and order direct from your motorrad dealer.
As all the parts are OEM, they will work and fit as advertised and some are even cheaper than those offered by Motorworks and other established "Stateside" suppliers of aftermarket tools.
As a footnote, one of the parts which peeps have had problems sourcing (BUT is currently in stock), is the camchain tensioner tool 83300444292. Motorworks do supply their own version which has been criticised as it has no "precise" means of applying tension to the camchain. Having now looked closely at the OEM tool, I wouldn't have the slightest hesitation in using the tool from Motor Works since the exact force applied by the tool will be unimportant - the only real issue being to not tighten the thing too much and risk damaging the tensioner - a point made by Motor Works themselves. The factory tool is hardly any more expensive anyway and so hopefully, those who are looking to work on their own bikes and would prefer to use the genuine tools can go ahead an order from their dealer . . . . .
I was also led to believe some of the servicing tools were also unobtanium and, sure enough, when I checked with my dealer, I was told certain tools I wanted were listed as "unavailable".
Motorrad UK weren't able to elaborate and so I contacted Germany who confirmed the tools were on back order and that I should just order as required from my dealer. . . . ."unavailable" apparently meant no stock held but not as I had assumed - discontinued!!
Anyway, for the princely sum of just under £300 - all these genuine BMW OEM service tools arrived this morning only two weeks after I ordered and so I'm happy.
The reality is, this kit will only ever get used a handful of times and so if there's anyone in the Lincolnshire area of the UK looking to check and/or adjust their cam timing then you're welcome to borrow them in return for a few beers. Alternatively, see the parts list below and order direct from your motorrad dealer.
As all the parts are OEM, they will work and fit as advertised and some are even cheaper than those offered by Motorworks and other established "Stateside" suppliers of aftermarket tools.
As a footnote, one of the parts which peeps have had problems sourcing (BUT is currently in stock), is the camchain tensioner tool 83300444292. Motorworks do supply their own version which has been criticised as it has no "precise" means of applying tension to the camchain. Having now looked closely at the OEM tool, I wouldn't have the slightest hesitation in using the tool from Motor Works since the exact force applied by the tool will be unimportant - the only real issue being to not tighten the thing too much and risk damaging the tensioner - a point made by Motor Works themselves. The factory tool is hardly any more expensive anyway and so hopefully, those who are looking to work on their own bikes and would prefer to use the genuine tools can go ahead an order from their dealer . . . . .
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