Recently I witnessed the saga of a good friend there in UK regarding her bike a S1000R, incurable and thus inoperable by Manchester and  one more official  dealer (Preston?), a sort that continues for quite some time.
Since the matter will be forwarded high up the BMW Motorrad chain of complains I consider useful to post here the emails for future use by our members.
motorrad@bmw.de
Harald.krueger@bmw.de
Kundebetreuung@bmw.de
For UK owners: customerservice@bmw.co.uk
For US owners: bmwgenius@bmwusa.com
For North US and Canada (?) Bernhard.kuhnt@bmwna.com 
It's my opinion that lately many dealers are treating us costumers without respect for our wallets and thus emails informing about such disgraceful behaviour should be sent to appropriate authorities .

Hi all, the son of a very good friend of mine, and a K owner ofcourse , who currently lives in London is looking to buy a used K bike , any info would be greatly appreciated. 

Recently acquired a leather suit for use on track , searching to find extra titanium protectors that can be stiched over , came across two firms one Italian and one Chinese, unfortunately they do not sell to privatiers.
My question is , does somenine here knows someone in UK that sells such products?
Here is the link to Italian firm , sice posting  photos became yet  again a mystery to me.
http://safe-tech.it/en/products/?filter_uso=external-protection-en

A Texas State trooper pulled a car over on I-35 about 2 miles south of Waco Texas. When the trooper asked the driver why he was speeding, the driver said he was a Magician and Juggler and was on his way to Austin Texas to do a show for the Shrine Circus. He didn't want to be late.
The trooper told the driver he was fascinated by juggling and said if the driver would do a little juggling for him then he wouldn't give him a ticket. He told the trooper he had sent his equipment ahead and didn't have anything to juggle.
The trooper said he had some flares in the trunk and asked if he could juggle them. The juggler said he could, so the trooper got 5 flares, lit them and handed them to him.
While the man was juggling, a car pulled in behind the State Troopers car. A drunken good old boy from central Texas got out, watched the performance, then went over to the Trooper's car, opened the rear door and got in. The trooper observed him and went over to the State car, opened the door asking the drunk what he thought he was doing.
The drunk replied, “You might as well take my ass to jail, cause there ain't no way I can pass that test.”

Rebuilt clutch ordered from John Sykes, just watching while he haggles on eBay with a Lithuanian over the price of a second-hand K13 clutch to modify and rebuild. Should be with me in time for my week off in October when I bring the bike back over and Ocean have agreed they will install it for me.

Update on clutch progress
"Have now completed the re engineering of the clutch basket and hub/pressure plate. Ready for de greasing and assembly once its dried off. The new pack of clutch plates arrived today so if all runs to plan I'm hoping it will be assembled by the end of the week."

Royal Mail and Ocean Falmouth willing it should be in the bike in w/c 15 October. I am really looking forward to getting back to a normal clutch instead of this on / off switch, and keen to see if any of the other vibes and noises off disappear too.

"Basket is rebuilt using new main load springs and idle control spring, other new internal parts and with the 1200 engines oil pump drive. The hub (lamellar pack) has all new faces for the friction plates on the flange and pressure plate with a complete new set of friction and steel plates. I have also incorporated the the 1300 engines type of anti chatter spring withing the plate pack as hoped."
“The clutch is assembled dry (no oil other than needed for assembly) with the two main parts ready to fit. Both basket and particularly the hub with its new plates only need a further small amount of oil pouring into their centres to wet everything all over. All this talk of leaving to soak overnight immersed in oil is not required. Perhaps wishful thinking by folk who know their clutch is in poor condition.

I have also included a separate steel plate and a separate friction plate in the box. They are 0.2 and 0.8 mm thicker than those in the rebuilt hub pack. These could come in handy to save the clutch if exchanged for their thinner equivalents to restore the original thickness if there is any sign of slip due to lining wear in the distant future. Perhaps pass on to future owners just in case so that there is maximum life to be had out of the clutch and bike.

The bikes original thrust washer between basket and hub along with release bearing and hub nut need transferring to be used again. Please encourage the workshop to fit the hub without dismantling. Some try to remove the six hexagon socket head screws that compress the pressure spring as they don't have the correct large socket for the hub nut. They need a thin wall socket to fit through the release bearing carrier to tighten the main hub nut. Even new hubs have been fitted at BMW shops by dismantling first. Problem is the alignment can be disturbed and the bike kangaroos off the line the second the second it starts to move forwards.”

Hello to all,
This is an update on the engine failure due to 1st cylinder broken no 2 (oil insertion) ring.
BMW Motorrad refused to take over some of the expenses or express good will gestures based on the fact that engine and bike is a 2009 model with 50000 Kms made in late December of 2008 . As such I solemnly responsible for not raising the subject earlier  , and the fact that PUMA justification was submitted under the best conditions didn’t effect the way they issued a non acceptance order.
Luckily am a man with good friends as being demonstrated by Tom and Brian both most valuable assets of our forum.
Tom discovered an engine at James Sherlock and suggested that Brian could assist in acquiring that engine . That’s the way thinks went on with the help of my son Paul who actually covered the cost of engine plus shipment that new engine arrived yesterday at local dealer. Inspection took place and mechanic went on to orde alll parts that are now needed for a complete change of almost everything at my request . Parts will cost 700e and the rest another 300e , labor is subject to a deal that I hope it will be reached with dealership owner.
That is the story so far . Expect installation will take place sometime next week or the next depending on parts availability locally.
Will keep you informed.
Finally for one more time allow me to express my gratitude to both Tom and Brian for their wonderful valuable assistance.
PS James Sherlock is a good partner for future business and comes fm me highly recommended.

Hi, lately I've been bombarded with posts by a group established in UK land under the name  : BMW K1200S is one of the nisest bikew around.
Seeing that they are now close to 500 members, might worth  the effort to make contact with them as they present a good oportunity for a lobby type group to as a lever of pressure towards mother BMW , seeking some better support, especially now that bikes are aproaching the 15 yeas point.
It's just a thought came to my mind considering similar actions taken here by our group with some success even at a far lower membership. For example we have requested and local rep secured an adequate supply of engine parts, plus a 15% dedaction at their prices.