1250RS Software Version Thread

[Pyrrho]

Sadly, BMW dealers don't view software updates as necessary unless the owner specifically requests it, it's updated to resolve an issue the bike is experiencing, or it's required to support something being added to the bike like the OEM alarm.

I'm ok with that policy. Unneeded updates can tie up the shop computer for a long time.

What's unneeded is BMW's laziness. Instead of the updates taking four hours why don't they stop using repurposed automotive ECUs and design or commission a ECU design that has a dedicated firmware data port (USB?) so the process could take minutes instead? Max data rate on ODB2 is 1 Mbps. Max data rate on USB-C is 10 Gbps -- 10,000x faster.