R1200 GS ABS Failure

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Hi All

I have just had the second ABS "brain" failure in 27 months. Both went the same way as in:-

Riding along enjoying the day when the ABS light started to flash rapidly. Stop and turn off the ignition, reset and restart the bike. The ABS light goes out after a short movement and all is good with the world again until the light starts to flash rapidly again, this time with real brake failure as well. There is some residual braking but nothing that would stop you in a hurry.

Both times the bike has been put onto a dealer diagnostic machine and it indicates that the ABS unit is fried.

The first time BMW came to the party and went halves in the unit with me as the bike was 3 years out of warranty but only had 27k km on the clock. Now the second time I am fighting to have the thing replaced again.

Since the first unit went I have only done 4k km.

Has anyone else had similar problems with the ABS "brain" on a 1200 GS. The bike in question is a 2005 model but I have a 2004 model in Europe that has done considerably more km with out any issues at all.

Cheers
Marty