BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

Hi


I have just bought a 2005 RT from a private seller, the bikes rides perfect and is in great condition, it's done 28k miles and has a full BMW service history but....


One night I noticed a light was on in the garage, when I checked I noticed half of the backlights on the clocks of the RT were on ! The ignition was in off position and key in the kitchen.. It's only the Rev counter and just the needle on the mph side of the clocks that are lit.


I took the bike to my local BMW dealer and they told me either the LED bulbs or photo cell was faulty and I needed a new set of clocks, £900 plus coding in plus vat ! Motoworks have second hand clocks for £350 but with much more mileage on them and don't really want to go down that road.


So I took the clocks off and dropped them off at a local electronics repair company who specialise in faulty car / motorcycle electrical problems, they were quietly confident they could repair them.


They found that a bit of water had recently got onto the circuit board so they cleaned it all up, I took it home but still had the fault so I took it back and they thoroughly checked it over (3 days) but could not find any other faults with it.

I can't leave it as it is as the clocks will eventually deplete the battery so I have to disconnect the battery when not using the bike, Can anyone help ? No idea what's causing the lights to stay on permanently and don't know what to try next, can't afford to spend over £1000 on a new set of clocks.

Any help / advice would be much appreachiated.

Paul

Did your local dealer plug the bike in and check for a fault code or did they come up with an explanation from what you told them.  A second opinion from another dealer might also be worth a try.  I have never come across the problem before.  That dash is very reliable. 

Don't know if they plugged bike in, mechanic just said he had stripped it down and couldn't fix as he thought the iproblem was due a faulty "photo cell". ! Just cannot understand why or how the backlight can come on without the ignition being on ? Beyond me..


Will try another dealer..


Thanks anyway..