I recently purchased a 2024 1250R 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 R1200R and that remains relevent 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 marked down as "unavailable".
Motorrad UK weren't able to elaborate and so I contacted Germany who were able to confirm the tools were on order and that I should just order as required from my dealer. . . . ."unavailable" apparently means no stock held but not as I had assumed - discontinued!!
Anyway, for the princely sum of just under ÂŁ300 - all these genuine BMW OEM service tools arrived this morning 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 my area who wants to do this work on their bike, you are welcome to use the tools in return for a few beers.
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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 marked down as "unavailable".
Motorrad UK weren't able to elaborate and so I contacted Germany who were able to confirm the tools were on order and that I should just order as required from my dealer. . . . ."unavailable" apparently means no stock held but not as I had assumed - discontinued!!
Anyway, for the princely sum of just under ÂŁ300 - all these genuine BMW OEM service tools arrived this morning 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 my area who wants to do this work on their bike, you are welcome to use the tools in return for a few beers.
