Picked up my 07 GSA (4K miles) at the dealer yesterday after he installed a new antenna ring under warranty. It sure felt great to back on a running machine after the EWS failure last week. My wife and I will be doing a long overnight ride this weekend, so I'm hoping for the best. By the way, I asked the wrench at the dealer whether he has ever had to replace an EWS antenna twice. Sadly, he replied yes, a K12R had two antenna failures this past summer.
Man, you're way out of line here. I'd go back to the garage and apologize to your bike before something bad happens.
yes, and polls tend to be inconclusive because people who don't own the bike sometimes pile on, but it appears that the ring failure tends to occur on newer bikes. FWIW, I decided to remove the "security" cover that covers the EWS harness. Those two tiny torx screws are not one way security screws that need to be drilled out. Maybe the screws that hold the antenna in place on the bike are, but the cover that shields the harness only requires a tiny torx to remove them, then the harness is quick connector is fully exposed. If you happen to carry a spare antenna, you quickly disconnect it from the stock antenna, hold the spare one over the key hole, and plug it into the bike's harness, insert the key and the bike should start. I'm still hoping someone can come up with a way to permanently disable the immobilizer by updating the code in the bike's computer.
GB, as promised, I spent some time looking for the guy who had found someone who might be able to program around the immobilizer. I found post #508 (Oct 30), but I don't think that is the right one...couldn't find anything else on two passes, but I think someone had a more promising contact subsequent to #508. I thought the post was on this thread, but might it have been on another of the EWS threads?
As with all BMW modifications--no one will ever no until the problem just disapears. They will never admit there is a problem.
<BR>Hey there fellas. I'm happy to look at it, send a 1200 ECU over here. If one is available, a failed ECU is adequate for initial evaluation. Taking a look at the hardware does not require that the ECU be in working order. Or if you send a functioning ECU, the possibility and difficulty of the modification will be apparent from a visual observation. If you send a working model, it will be returned in the same condition. - Jim<BR><BR>
I know some in this thread mentioned pooling money to buy a used ECU for experimentation. I'd rather have a hardware fix, then a programing fix. The programing fix may be erased the next time a dealer re-flashes your bike. How much is a used ECU? Are they easy to get a hold of? I'll kick in $50 to get an ECU for Poolside to work with. Who's collecting the money? I could but I have no easy way, other then the internet, of finding an ECU. Someone must live near Beemerboneyard, or have some contacts.
G B Start a new thread, sticky, and ask that only inmates post that can solve the problem or know an EE, etc .... ithink you get the idea. This way in stays at the fore-front of bright minds. No doubt we can slove this if we approach it wisely. Call it some thing like, " A way to fix the Ant ring prob". It will also hopefully get BMW motorrads attention. anyway, just an idea ... maybe you can think of a better way to word it or title it.
The above quote is from Post # 93 in this thread dated June 28, 2007. As a refresher, this is what they do: http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html/faq_ews.shtml Disable EWS in BMW cars. Ok.. who wants to put their money where their mouth is??? This is a possible solution. Inmate Dugmar's engineer is willing to try to crack the code and disable the immobilizer, but needs a BMS-K computer to work with. First step is to contact Dugmar and see if that offer still stands and he is still in contact with this person. If yes, we proceed to the next step and pool our money to buy a used unit, if one cannot be found, a brand new unit sells for $800 MSRP, we could buy one from Chicago BMW at 20% off, so that's about $640, divided by 20 inmates, we're looking at throwing in about $32 as a gamble.. if the engineer can crack the code, and disable the EWS, we win.. if not.. we're out thirty odd bucks.. I would imagine that he'd need to write a program that you'd install on your laptop and access the BMS-K using the GS911 diagnostic tool. Alternatively, I see a business venture here: I see a potential here for making money.. if the code can be cracked, you send your BMS-K to have the immobilizer deactivated, you pay your money and you get it back and the EWS is no longer functioning. Maybe the initial "investors" can get a royalty on every computer that's sent in for deactivation!! p.s. On second or third or forth thought, a company like tunermotorsprots, is big enough to be able to buy that darned thing, they just have to be made aware that there's a demand that they will be able to fill and make money at it.. maybe they need to get calls from everyone interested, asking them if they can disable the EWS on BMW bikes, if we send in the bike comptuer.. If they get enough requests, maybe they'll say.. hey.. let's give it a try.. and maybe we can make lots of money..