engine warning light

I just got back from a 700 mile two day road trip mix of highway and mtn roads, I stopped for fuel about 50 miles from home and when I started the bike A service engine light came on, actually 3 came on, one is the yellow triangle with the exclamation point in the middle,(it first flashes red then turns yellow) the other looks like a snow flake, supposedly that means air temp and I also have a symbol with a wrench and that means I need service or something. The bike is a 2014 R1200RT I bought it used privately last year with only 4000 miles on it, I now only have a little over 7000. SO I guess what i'm asking is what do you guys think? Something simple or expensive LOL ! I'm assuming its going to the dealer it's not something I can fix. The bike runs fine, I don't notice anything different about it and i'm assuming nothing is getting more damaged anyway I appreciate any and all responses

Maybe you passed through the 6K service interval??

https://www.ascycles.com/bmw_motorcycle_service_and_maintenance_schedules

20774 said:

Maybe you passed through the 6K service interval??

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You also get a service warning after 12 months.
The snow flake means the outside temp is close to freezing.
There's something flaky with the last one

20774 said:

Maybe you passed through the 6K service interval??

https://www.ascycles.com/bmw_motorcycle_service_and_maintenance_schedules

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I guess that's it, this is my first BMW the snow flake pic kinda made me scratch my head because it was close to 90 that day, Hopefully al it will need is a reset not a new sensor or something else expensive

Check your headlights/taillights. That "snowflake" symbol may also be used to indicate a headlight that's burned out (it is very slightly different than the temp snowflake, but at first glance it does look like the ). I had the "lights out" symbol pop-up a couple of weeks ago, while on a trip to Duluth. At first glance, I thought the temp warning had gone haywire -- it was over 90degF! Further looking at the manual said "Check the front lights". (There was a small arrow pointing up besides the "snowflake"). In my case, the low beam was burned out.

jgoertz said:

Check your headlights/taillights. That "snowflake" symbol may also be used to indicate a headlight that's burned out (it is very slightly different than the temp snowflake, but at first glance it does look like the ). I had the "lights out" symbol pop-up a couple of weeks ago, while on a trip to Duluth. At first glance, I thought the temp warning had gone haywire -- it was over 90degF! Further looking at the manual said "Check the front lights". (There was a small arrow pointing up besides the "snowflake"). In my case, the low beam was burned out.

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You may be right

Just checked the bike, looks like the low beam is out, the two eyeballs are lit but no low beam in the center , high beam works when I try it. So do I have to use a BMW bulb or can I get something from the auto store

My $.02: Changing the bulb on an RT is a PITA unless you have small hands with eyes in the fingertips, so you want to do it as infrequently as possible. My experience says use the BMW bulb as it lasts longer. My OEM bulb lasted 20K. I got a 2-pack from AutoZone (so I'd have a spare, what with BMW Motorrad dealers being around every corner donchaknow) and it lasted 10K, 10K later IT burned out oddly enough as I was pulling into a BMW dealer. So I bought 2 that day.

You'll see ads for brighter/longer lasting bulbs out there but simple physics says higher brightness is closely correlated with shorter life. Aftermarket LEDs are unlikely to have a chip that's exactly the same size and in exactly the same location as the filament of the bulb so your light pattern will be off and you may actually get the worst of both worlds: more glare to oncoming traffic AND less light on the road.