b.m.w 1600gt recall!

[Nok12rs]

It's a wind up!

Here's the thing: the oil recommendation in my manual was not exclusive; buy by the bucket in Halfords.  Then, a few years ago. BMW thought up this marketing wheeze with Castrol and lo.......Ye shall henceforth, however old your bike, use our new wonderformulation at 18squid a litre.  The bottle actually quotes K1200RS, just in case I tried to squiggle out.

I phoned Castrol for advice on which oil would best suit my bike. The nice man said that according to the data base...... and quoted the oil I had used since day one and continue(d) so to do.

Now; if there was an oily solution to the recurrent gear box failures, I would not be looking to a 1400 GTR.

Moral: It's an ill wind.....