[jacco]

I cannot vouch for the listing above, but since the official DVD from BMW is not available I ended up getting this about 2 months ago:

BMW R 1250 R K53 11 WORKSHOP SERVICE MANUAL DOWNLOAD | eBay

MODEL: K53 11. FORMAT: INSTANT DOWNLOAD ONLY. Instant download. BMW CODE: 0J71, 0J73. Another BMW modelshere. Digital service manual in English that contains all the necessary instructions needed for any repair your vehicle may require.

www.ebay.com

That worked like a charm and is searchable. (It's even a few $$$ cheaper and I could download it within hours of payment.)

Jacco

 

[jacco]

What is the format of the software? ISO, or something else?

No, it is just one big (1190-page) pdf file. So no software, just a document.

 

[jacco]

Presumably searchable? I suppose, if not, Adobe Acrobat could make it searchable.

Yes, it is searchable, it's not like scanned images or anything. There is an index too IIRC, I don't have it handy right now.

 

[jacco]

We may have a winner there . Thank you for posting that. Will wait for somebody to confirm it has an index, and would buy it immediately if it does. Great find. And the seller is from the UK, not Spain, so feel a lot better about not having a double-translation. Oh, and how big is the file? Thank you.

Attached is a screenshot. 247 Mb file.

 

[jacco]

Attached is a screenshot. 247 Mb file.

Sorry, attempt #2 for that attachment.

 

[jacco]

So this might be a legit repair manual then... Does it have any copyright information or anything indicating the origin of the information and the file?

Sorry, but I doubt that this is legit. I mean, the content is probably legitimately from BMW originally, but I doubt that this seller has the right to sell this to us in this form. Every page reads "www . software-motor . com | Delivering your downloads anywhere, at any time" at the bottom of it, in red, more or less on top of the "202105 BMW Motorrad, UX-VA-4" footer...

Anyway, I'd have been happy to pay BMW the ~$100 for the DVD, but that's apparently no longer an option, so what are we supposed to do? Go to the dealership for every light bulb change?

 

[jacco]

Oh, and no copyright page that I could find. (But I did not look very hard.)

 

[jacco]

I don't need a full paper version (I'll end up printing a few pages when I need them), but wow, this looks pretty professional!

Well, that happened... pixy dust turned into tree dust and some ink... Took a while to print it... lol. Don't get me wrong, I'm all about technology, but there is something about paper manuals, cold beer and repair tools that feels just right.

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