NEW BMW scanning app video

[bikeama]

I may have to buy one of these. Shop rate is so high I may pay for it the first time I change oil. I rode with the service light on for several oil changes on my old S1000XR.
What say current BMW riders who do their own service?

 

[usedtobefast]

My Service light has been on for 5 years on my R1200RT.

My plan was to wait until I needed some other diagnostic tool feature vs just turning off the light ... and thankfully that has not happened in 5 years.

Even the MotoScan route has gotten expensive ... seems like about $200 for the app, cable, and adapter.

GS-911 is around $400.

I've asked 2 different BMW dealerships, they wanted around $150-$175 to do it ... but they said that "service" is they run a full diagnostic on the bike, turn off the service light, and give you the results of the scan ... they don't just turn off the light. And seems BMW makes them do that.

Maybe an independent moto repair place could just turn the light off for cheaper?

 

[tag3]

Give Ben's Motorcycle Works in Watsonville a call and see if he will reset the light. DO NOT TELL HIM Trey SENT YOU, HE MIGHT CHARGE EXTREE.

 

[kimbell007]

I may have to buy one of these. Shop rate is so high I may pay for it the first time I change oil. I rode with the service light on for several oil changes on my old S1000XR.
What say current BMW riders who do their own service?

Very good info for BMW!

 

[dravnx]

You can find used GS911s on Advrider and Ebay pretty regularly. Note that the GS911 allows up to 10 VINs to be used. I bought one when I acquired my R1200RS because I do all my own servicing. You can calibrate the suspension, check for codes, marry your TPMS sensors to the controller when you replace them (the batteries do and will die a slow death), actuate the ABS pump when doing a brake flush and a bunch of other functions. You can sell the GS911 when you pass the bike on to another owner or sell it separately so it's not a total loss.