1250GS/RTP Safety Recall

[Grumpy Goat]

This was on the MOA forum.

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It explains very well what it was all of this about. It is traction control software update. So if you go offroad and have traction control off and rear wheel loose the contact with the ground, it will accelerate a lot if you're on accelerator. Then when the wheel makes a contact with a ground, the speed of the wheel is abruptly changed and it put a lot of stress on the drive shaft, U-joints, final drive and even a gear box. In that ocasion, one of those parts may brake.

The software update is to the last version that came out last November. That (November) update makes sure if the wheel lose contact with the ground, it will not accelerate.
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Hmmmm ... you'd think that they would have already thought about that, especially for a bike that has been around for some time now and quite often catches air if/when actually ridden offroad. I wonder if, since the 1200s are not included, they had the "good" software code ...

I also wonder if this plays some part in at least some of the failures of the yokes of the cardan shafts. Those could well be the result of jerk.