atcguy
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The basic question: We all know that a new fob can be programmed to work on a bike, but... can a remote fob that was programmed for use on previous bike be RE-programmed to work on a different bike?
Read something funny today about these things... situation was this:
The guy had a 2017 R12GS, with 2 of the remote fobs. The bike came with one of course, and he later bought a 2nd as a spare. He then had it programmed to the bike, and both of them worked as advertised. Great...
Fast forward the time and he's recently sold the bike in preparation for getting a new one. Knowing that new bikes only come with 1 remote fob... when he sold the bike, he kept one of the fobs to be reprogrammed & used with the new one.
However, he's now being told that his plan won't work. That once a remote fob has been programmed to work on one bike, that the BMW coding will not allow it to be reprogrammed to work on another bike... thus requiring him to buy yet another new remote fob if he wants a spare.
Is that correct?
Read something funny today about these things... situation was this:
The guy had a 2017 R12GS, with 2 of the remote fobs. The bike came with one of course, and he later bought a 2nd as a spare. He then had it programmed to the bike, and both of them worked as advertised. Great...
Fast forward the time and he's recently sold the bike in preparation for getting a new one. Knowing that new bikes only come with 1 remote fob... when he sold the bike, he kept one of the fobs to be reprogrammed & used with the new one.
However, he's now being told that his plan won't work. That once a remote fob has been programmed to work on one bike, that the BMW coding will not allow it to be reprogrammed to work on another bike... thus requiring him to buy yet another new remote fob if he wants a spare.
Is that correct?