As others have said before.. cover your bike in ACF50 (minus grips, tires, brakes and seat obviously) and apply lithium based grease to all pivots, pegs, levers etc
Exactly. The only thing you have to be careful with is the flash counter. Every time you flash/unflash it, the flash counter in the ECU increments. Dealer won't know whether it was incremented by BMW or yourself though... but they will get suspicious when they see a flash counter in the high 2...
Yeah.. flashing your ECU invalidates your warranty. Fitting an Akra does not, unless the damage is a direct result of running that Akra. Example: You slap on an Akra and your pistons melt due to excessive heat caused by running lean = no warranty. Your con rods snap due to **** material = they...
Sorry, lads haven't gotten around to taking pictures, but it's on my radar.
Standard chargers will charge the M Sport battery, alright and can be used in emergencies, but should not be used at all if it can be avoided.
Have a look at this. You can either mail in your ECU.. which I don't recommend for obvious reasons, or you buy their handheld flasher.
https://brentuningmoto.com/product/2020-bmw-s1000rr-stage-m-flash/
People, especially over the big pond, say the S1000RR will run just fine without proper tune by resetting the adaptation values, but I'd always get a tune to prevent the bike from running lean. Removing the valve won't throw a fault light, but removing the servo will.
Excuse my ignorance and laziness, but I can't be bothered reading through the US forums. What kind of damage is being reported and what was damaged in your particular case, Baz?