amount of maintenance 2017 R1200GSA

[blkb1rd]

Greetings All
In Jan I bought a 2017 R1200GSA for a dealer who also sells cars and boats. The bike had 1196 miles on it. There was no notations in the owners manual. I asked the salesman who told me he was selling the bike for a friend. He (the salesman) was never able to get hold of the original owner (his friend) to ask any questions (a right coast and left coast sort of guy).. I plan to change oil at 5K coming up soon. So my question is should I perform maintenance as if the 600 mile service had never been done. Or is there a way that BMW NA can tell me if it was in fact done (verifying their warranty). Would love all thoughts on this. Paul are you listening?


Tom Casey
2017 R1200GSA red pony (it's not as big as a normal GSA)
1975 R75/6 Old Yeller

 

[boxflyer]

There's nothing magical about the distance of 6k to wait to do an oil change…in the overall cost of ownership over several years, it's some of the best insurance you can have…my advice is to just do a 6k oil change and final drive fluid change.

The machining residue and natural way gears wear into each other leaves lots of metal particles in the final drive since it is not filtered…so my suggestion is to change it now, and with every oil change until it drains clean and the magnet on the drain plug is not caked over with metal.

This works out to an increasing oil change interval (along with FD fluid change) as the bike gets broken in…which normally is somewhere between 12k-18k depending on how well your individual bike was made, and maybe how your ride it while breaking it in to some degree. I feel comfortable doing the break in oil changes closer to 3k when the bike is new and by the time the bike is up around 18k you can be back on a 6k distance between changes.

If you haven't seen this YouTube Video by Fort Nine, it may give you some empirical data to understand why doing the first oil change sooner rather than later makes sense.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GAUo8eUXeU

 

[blkb1rd]

"This works out to an increasing oil change interval (along with FD fluid change) as the bike gets broken in…which normally is somewhere between 12k-18k depending on how well your individual bike was made, and maybe how your ride it while breaking it in to some degree. I feel comfortable doing the break in oil changes closer to 3k when the bike is new and by the time the bike is up around 18k you can be back on a 6k distance between changes."

Thank You for that idea.

I totally agree with the 3K fluid changing until 18K. I must not have made myself clear enough, am concerned that the 600 mile check-up wasn't performed. So should I add all that torqueing and checking to the now 3.5K oil change. The more I think about what the salesmen didn't tell me. The more I think it wasn't done. One thing I'd like to find out is does BMW NA keep those sort of records for any bike sold. If so how would I go about finding it.

Tom Casey
1975 R75/6
2017 R1200GSA

 

[akbeemer]

If a service, recall, warranty or damage repair was done at a BMW dealership, then any dealership will be able to access the records of such work with the VIN. I have a 2017 GSA and there are two possible recalls on your bike. Depending on when it was it was first sold it may or may not need to have a reinforcement made to the front forks (stanchions) and reflectors added to the factory aluminum side cases.

Were it me, I would change the oil and filter as well as the final drive oil. Easy jobs and your mind will rest easier. How old is the fuel? If it is old or you do not know how old it is or it smells odd then I suggest siphoning it out and replacing it with new.

It is a great bike and I think you will love it.

 

[boxflyer]

I must not have made myself clear enough, am concerned that the 600 mile check-up wasn't performed. So should I add all that torquing and checking to the now 3.5K oil change.

Hi Tom,
Sorry I guess I did miss the point of your OP. I think it would be a good idea to go back to initial delivery and perform the 600mi Run-In Check and then combine that with all the items on the Annual Check because of the total time elapsed since the bike was assembled at the factory…the brake fluid is the most important "time dependent" item to be changed.
Sounds like you have a good handle on making this a solid bike that will serve you well and give you many, many miles of fun.

I don't see on either of these BMW Checks where it specifies checking bolts for torque, but that would be something well worth doing for assurance that you have a solid bike.

Link to 600mi Run-In Check
https://tinyurl.com/df2ccdep

Link to Annual Check
https://tinyurl.com/2vrmzknp

 

[blkb1rd]

"If a service, recall, warranty or damage repair was done at a BMW dealership, then any dealership will be able to access the records of such work with the VIN. I have a 2017 GSA and there are two possible recalls on your bike. Depending on when it was it was first sold it may or may not need to have a reinforcement made to the front forks (stanchions) and reflectors added to the factory aluminum side cases."

I had the reflector done once I owned it. I'll check with my local dealer on Monday to see about the other. Thanks for the input.

"I don't see on either of these BMW Checks where it specifies checking bolts for torque, but that would be something well worth doing for assurance that you have a solid bike."

I'll ask the dealer for the torque specs.. Thanks for the details ..BTW love Your youtube stuff.. sold my 2016 RT to buy the 2017 GSA

Tom Casey