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Service bulletins for the 2008 BMW R 1200 R

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.

50 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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Only bulletins with component: Brakes are shown. Show all

Bulletins, newest first
MC0002222023-01-03. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES. BMW Motorrad is aware of a number of cases in which the screw connections of the Paralever link and/or the rear brake caliper have loosened in customer vehicles while driving.
MC33003172018-05-14. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:CALIPER. In November of 2017 BMW Motorrad updated the rear drive for the K5X model line, as a result longer bolts will be used for the rear brake caliper mounting. Vehicles affected K5x motorcycles produced before and up to 10/31/2017, in the event the rear drive needs replaced or the rear brake caliper is removed and installed.
SB-17927831-022009-07-14. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC. BMW MOTORCYCLE: WHEEL SPEED DEPENDENT, CLEARLY AUDIBLE CLANKING NOISE OCCURS WHEN BRAKING TO ADJUST SPEED. E SERIES (K25; K25/02; K25/03; K25/11; K25/12; K25/HP; K26; K27; K28; K29; K29/HP; K40; K41; K43; K43/HV; K44; K589/03; K71). NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE
34-001-082008-10-08. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC. BMW MOTORCYCLE: NEW ATTACHMENT CONCEPT FOR FRONT BRAKE DISCS (RIVET PACKAGE, SERIES PRODUCTION STANDARD). THE BRAKE DISCS COMPLETE WITH FASTENERS (RIVET PACKAGE) NOW CONSTITUTE A SINGLE COMPONENT. *PE

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.