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Originally Posted by barry1616
Hi all
Looking for any thoughts on my final drive 07 GS 30,000 miles
And rumoured final drive failures
Thanks
Barry
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Are you new to this bike? Assuming your bike is currently OK? No
problems? So you're trying to learn about this issue and do preventative?
Or ... has your bike already lost it's final drive? You don't make any of this clear in your post.
As mentioned previous, lots you can do to keep it going. But final drive
failures are NOT RUMORS. There are THOUSANDS documented all over BMW forums on ALL Oil Head GS models (R1100, R1150 and R1200)
From my observations many final drive related breakdowns happen when bike is ridden loaded heavy riding ROUGH off road. Mechanic type travelers sometime carry spare parts on board to deal with certain bearing, shaft or U-joint failures.
For many, proper servicing can avoid common failures. Many many GS's over 100K miles with nothing broken. But a fair % also have had these issues ... and OTHER problems too!
But if hammered hard off road it's likely that eventually something will break.
These are not full dirt bikes but some owners treat them as such.
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