Bike arrived with 022_008_020 as I expected. I discussed this with the heads of two different BMW service departments and they both agreed with my assessment that BMW doesn't publish what firmware updates fix because that'd open them up to both a) potential legal liabilities, and b) more owner requests for firmware updates when their outdated/cheap update-via-OBD2 method would tie up their overpriced shop computers and mess up their repair queues.
We have no way of determining what firmware updates are necessary or not. As someone who's worked in IT for 40 years, that means you update. It's not like the bike is a static thing any more because it has to interoperate with things that aren't -- wireless protocols, headsets, GPSes, and most importantly, your phone. For some people (Paul Glaves most notoriously) they don't even have a smartphone and pride themselves on what a luddite they are. Others, like myself, consider smartphone app functionality and reliability as part of the purchase decision of the bike (one of the things that turned me off initially from a Multistrada -- Ducati's software was at the time quite shit although I heard it's better and they even switched to Google Maps in North America).
We have no way of determining what firmware updates are necessary or not. As someone who's worked in IT for 40 years, that means you update. It's not like the bike is a static thing any more because it has to interoperate with things that aren't -- wireless protocols, headsets, GPSes, and most importantly, your phone. For some people (Paul Glaves most notoriously) they don't even have a smartphone and pride themselves on what a luddite they are. Others, like myself, consider smartphone app functionality and reliability as part of the purchase decision of the bike (one of the things that turned me off initially from a Multistrada -- Ducati's software was at the time quite shit although I heard it's better and they even switched to Google Maps in North America).
Craig
'20 R1250RS
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'20 R1250RS
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