# Service bulletin MC57194556

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- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10147997
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-11\-13
- Manufacturer's number: MC57194556
- Manufacturer's date: 2014\-01\-01
- NHTSA component: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR

## NHTSA's summary

Heated handlebar grips with low output. Increased thickness of handlebar means that the output felt by the rider is lower.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10147997-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10147997-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Steering, Steering column and wheel

## Vehicles listed

- 2005 to 2011 BMW R 1200 GS
- 2013 to 2014 BMW R 1200 GS
- 2005 to 2011 BMW R 1200 GS ADVENTURE
- 2017 BMW R 1200 GS ADVENTURE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B340414](/bulletins/10194296.md), 2021-05-24, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC; STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. Diagnosis of Compound Brake System Complaints in M Vehicles: 1. Visible cracks are caused by high thermal stresses during rapid heating and cooling of the brake discs. Braking from high speed with cold brake components \(less than 212 degrees F\) increases the likelihood of cracks to form.
- [US\-57194556\-01](/bulletins/10055296.md), 2014-05-06, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. BMW MC: THE HANDLEBAR GRIPS, THAT ARE HEATED, FAILS TO GET WARM SUFFICIENTLY, DUE TO INCREASED HANDLEBAR ALUMINUM WALL THICKNESS AND LOWER HEAT OUTPUT FELT BY RIDER. MODEL K50, 51 \(E SERIES\). \*PE

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