CHEL_IN_IL
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'06 r1200rt
No fuel strips failed, 36k
No fuel strips failed, 36k
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Fuel strip poll
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flyingR1200GS
New member
only one replacement
07 R1200GS replaced once still acts up a bit
07 R1200GS replaced once still acts up a bit
markforshee
New member
2009 r1200r
Sixth failure, in today for the seventh new strip. First one failed at 600 miles. Sixth failed around 10800.
I only have two years left on the free warranty. Definitely will sell before the new one fails. Will not be doing BMW again if they don’t come out with one that works properly before I sell it.
Between the stupid fuel strip and returning to the dealer every year to reset the computer for $30 plus tax, I’m sick of BMW. Seriously considering a Honda adventure bike.
Sixth failure, in today for the seventh new strip. First one failed at 600 miles. Sixth failed around 10800.
I only have two years left on the free warranty. Definitely will sell before the new one fails. Will not be doing BMW again if they don’t come out with one that works properly before I sell it.
Between the stupid fuel strip and returning to the dealer every year to reset the computer for $30 plus tax, I’m sick of BMW. Seriously considering a Honda adventure bike.
pglaves
#13338
With the Honda you can set your trip meter and use it to schedule fuel stops. Or, you actually could just ignore the idiotic fuel strip info and just set your BMW trip meter and accomplish the same thing. But if you want a Honda - go for it.
deilenberger
A bozo on the bus
Mark - have you gone to NHTSA and filled out a complaint? That's probably more productive than complaining about it here actually. BMW isn't going to fix it due to this poll - despite how embarrassing it must be for them. There is a chap somewhere who came out with a float assembly conversion, I believe for the GS... so that could be done if BMW was motivated to do it. It will take NHTSA to motivate them.
lf.jenkins@gmail.com
New member
2008 R1200 GS Fuel Strip failure
New to forums. Bought 2008 R1200 GS bike used with 11K. Fuel gauge quit at 35K. No warranty. Odometer and trip reset works and I use trip mileage track my fuel usage for fill ups. Never considered taking it to dealer to get it fixed. Now at 53k. Now if I can find a forum to tell me why my low beam headlight quit working. I just wired a toggle switch for 12v power straight to the low beam lamp terminal. Relay good, fuse good.
New to forums. Bought 2008 R1200 GS bike used with 11K. Fuel gauge quit at 35K. No warranty. Odometer and trip reset works and I use trip mileage track my fuel usage for fill ups. Never considered taking it to dealer to get it fixed. Now at 53k. Now if I can find a forum to tell me why my low beam headlight quit working. I just wired a toggle switch for 12v power straight to the low beam lamp terminal. Relay good, fuse good.
Welcome to the forum
Yeah, aggravating issue
Not to hijack the fuel strip thread, but you cannot draw more current from the low beam circuit. The CANBUS wiring has limits.You can trigger a relay from the low beam, but not a load.
And, the engine needs to be running to trigger the low beam as well.
akbeemer
SURVIVOR
A few years ago BMW extended the warranty on the fuel stip for some models/years to 12 years. I believe your bike is part of the extended warranty.
As Steve mentioned, powering electrical accesories on a CANBus equipped bike is a challenge. Your options are to power things with a fused wire directly from the battery, from a fuse block that you install or with a device called a Hex ezCAN that integrates accessories into the CANBus. I am not certain that the ezCAN is available for your model/year. Good luck and welcome.
drummer
Frieden mit uns allen
Well this Saturday I get my Sixth fuel strip. The fifth one was replaced less than two months ago. At that time the dealer said he replaced one for another customer and before the guy got home, the strip was dead.
I so look forward to another four hours of time wasted to get this replaced. One hour each direction and two hours to have it fixed. Not my favorite way to spend a Saturday. Reminds me of an International Scout my Dad had. It was in the shop so much that we used to refer to the shop as its second home.
I so look forward to another four hours of time wasted to get this replaced. One hour each direction and two hours to have it fixed. Not my favorite way to spend a Saturday. Reminds me of an International Scout my Dad had. It was in the shop so much that we used to refer to the shop as its second home.
cjack
K Bikes Complex by Choice
I think they become disconnected at the junction of the wires and the strip. I inspected a number of failed ones and the strips were fine and measured the nominal resistance readings on the strip side of the connection. I don’t think the issue was ever the gas in the US. We had one fail on a new bike just out of the box with German gas in it. BMW had the same issue with the connections to their key antenna...when they had to replace around 17,000 of them. Still loving it though.
A bit annoyed though when I had to push my K12S over to the side and replace the antenna ring at Wall Drugs while 6 Harleys pulled in, got gas, and rode off...
drummer
Frieden mit uns allen
Concerning gas, I have not had the pleasure of long distance rides in the last two years. Timing being what it is, I basically just commute with the bike and some weekend joy rides. That said, I use the same gas station for my fuel because it is ethanol free high test. Right now it costs $3.80 a gallon but for the bike's sake, I believe it to be worth it. Since this is the third fuel strip on non-ethanol fuel, I don't think E fuel is the problem.
deilenberger
A bozo on the bus
I'm quite certain is isn't the fuel. I think if you go way way back in this thread - when I went touring in Europe about 4 years ago - I asked the shop in Germany renting us the bikes what their experience was - since at that time there was very little ethanol use in Europe.. and they had failing fuel strips just as often as we did (and only a 1-year warranty from BMW..)
And I envy your availability of high-test ethanol free fuel just because the bike runs SO much better on it. I was riding in Canada 2 weeks ago and found that many ESSO stations had two "PREMIUM" buttons - one with ethanol, one without. The without was about $0.06/liter more - but worth every penny.. my bike never ran that smoothly.
