Right - not sure I understand the article.... It mentions fitting a ventilation valve to the drive shaft.... As the shaft is (hopefully) solid, I assume they mean the swing arm, but not clear how well that works to keep corrosion down.
Is this supposed to be a second breather valve positioned proximal to the final drive (which already has a breather valve)?
The article goes on to strain credibility of the source by mentioning that new R1200 GSs have been manufactured in the last 9 months. ("BMW...since October 2021 has been fitting all newly-built R 1200 GS and R 1250 GS motorcycles with the ventilation hole.")
In trying to find more info - I see this was posted in Advrider forum 6 days ago and then removed.
Not likely a true recall.
Is this supposed to be a second breather valve positioned proximal to the final drive (which already has a breather valve)?
The article goes on to strain credibility of the source by mentioning that new R1200 GSs have been manufactured in the last 9 months. ("BMW...since October 2021 has been fitting all newly-built R 1200 GS and R 1250 GS motorcycles with the ventilation hole.")
In trying to find more info - I see this was posted in Advrider forum 6 days ago and then removed.
Not likely a true recall.
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