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Service bulletin SIB-61-001-08

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10027805
Published by NHTSA2009-02-10
Manufacturer's numberSIB-61-001-08
Manufacturer's date2008-03-01
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS

NHTSA's summary

BMW MOTORCYCLES: ESA REAR SPRING STRUT CANNOT BE CALIBRATED WITH THE GT1, CIP ERROR 14007. ALL MODELS WITH ESA, EXCEPT R1200R (K27), R1200GS (K25/11) AND R1200GS ADV. (K25/12). MODEL YEARS UNKNOWN. *PE

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Suspension

Vehicles listed
BMW K1200 GT2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
BMW K1200 R2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
BMW K1200 R SPORT2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW K1200 S2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
BMW K1200RS2000 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW K1200RS2001
BMW K1200RS2002 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW R1200 RT2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
BMW R1200 ST2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
BMW R1200 ST2008 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20103952010-11-03. Suspension
10V4880002010-10-08. SUSPENSION:REAR

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
MC617374152021-05-17. Service bulletin. The spring strut coveron the left and the hanfwheel cover on the right come loos very easily when being ridden.
MC548123492018-11-26. Service bulletin. It is not possible to calibrate the ESA suspension strut.
MC548123492018-11-13. Service bulletin. ESA spring strut cannot be calibrated / additional models added
33-001-082008-10-17. Service bulletin. BMW MOTORCYCLE: CONVERSION OF REAR ESA SPRING STRUT FROM POTENTIOMETER TO HALL SENSOR. *PE