Hex GS-911 review | Upgrade your BMW and do your own maintenance

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If you own a BMW motorcycle then you’ve probably already heard about the Hex GS-911.
If you haven’t, or even if you just don’t really know what it’s capable of, I’m going to quickly take you through its features, the price, and how it let me upgrade the dash on my R1250GS to have the full sport mode with lean angle, brake pressure and traction control intervention…
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00:00 Intro
00:55 What the Hex GS-911 can do
05:30 What BMW thinks about the Hex GS-911
11:43 How the GS-911 affects your bike's warranty
13:15 Hex GS-911 price
16:20 Verdict: Is the GS-911 right for you?
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@BlackThor15 6 ай бұрын

Awesome video and information, thanks for sharing John, definitely on the buying list add on! 👍👍

@regislacomme5238 5 ай бұрын

Great vid thanks. The GS 911 Wifi is indeed an awesome product, I have been using it since 2015 on 6 of my own BMW motorcycles and also on some of my friends... the HEX systematic up dating sytem, their after sales service, their easy and friendly interfacing with GS911 users, is really top class and does work ALWAYS! a truly amazing and must have tool for every BMW Motorrad motorcycle enthusiast!

@justthewayitis 6 ай бұрын

Hi John, good morning. Thank you for this notification / video: I use the GS-911 in my workshop on customer bikes, but had not done a software system update on the GS911 unit for several months, so I was not aware of this new feature (adding the SPORT screen and finally being able to turn OFF those self cancelling indicators) which I'm asked about all the time. I've just updated the GS911 software and can now see these options which is simply brilliant. BIG THANK YOU. We still have -11 Deg C here in Germany, so I've not been out this morning and done this to my own GS, but will do so later this week.🙏 As always, your contribution to the biking community is brilliant, well-done !! Kindest Regards Carl (Just The Way It Is)

@bennettsbikesocial 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for letting us know, and great to hear you get so much use out of it! Cheers, John

@ImJensenKing 3 ай бұрын

Time to update again, indicator solutions abound! New firmware today.

@GS_riders1250 6 ай бұрын

The 911 is a great bit of kit, I’ve only used it for coding and it’s so simple to use. Well worth owning

@bennettsbikesocial 6 ай бұрын

Great to hear! Cheers, John

@diegocella6791 6 ай бұрын

I Love you! I already have the GS 911 and is amazing (you can reset the Suspension, useful after a rebuild, will save you a lotsamoney!) but all the other stuff, will know what to do today!

@bennettsbikesocial 6 ай бұрын

Excellent! Let me know how you get on. Cheers, John

@diegocella6791 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic, remove the stupid Comfort Indicator (hate that thing!) Added a lower setting on the Heated grips and activated the sport dash (which is slightly bigger in font than the ADV one, which is good, since i'm getting on a bit!) excellent work as usual, you and Hex 911!@@bennettsbikesocial

@bennettsbikesocial 6 ай бұрын

Nice one! Cheers, John@@diegocella6791

@ad78 10 күн бұрын

I am a e-sys user and i heard finally GS911 is stepping up about putting long coding. Definitely im buying it now.

@drewbale 6 ай бұрын

I plugged my bike in the other day just to check for any faults and within 5 mins I had 6stage heated grips (but only use 4stages as 100is easily divided by 4) then found the sports dash great bit of kit and yes I do my own maintenance so resetting the dash is easy would recommend people have a good look at the 911it will save you hundreds on almost every service

@bennettsbikesocial 6 ай бұрын

Excellent! Glad to hear you get good use out of it. Cheers, John

@PhilbyFavourites 5 ай бұрын

Morning John, I’m sat in my local BMW dealership having my R1250GS (sound familiar) MOT’d. I thought I’d ask about the possibility of the dealer making the heated grips and sports dash available for my bike. Their view was that you could only unlock the six stage heated grips if the bike was specified from build with the heated grips and heated seat (mine was grips only). So slightly dejected as it’s too cold for “low” and “high” burns my fingers after five minutes. First world problems I know. Just slightly galling. I guess it’s £360 for the gadget or £9.99 for a set of Amazon silk inner gloves. Keep up the good work 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@ImJensenKing 6 ай бұрын

Have both GS-911 and Motoscan app and obd the latter is much better for on tour. Not tried the sport dash yet but would prefer the standard gs dash over the rs style primary as on the 1300.

@stuipooey1 4 ай бұрын

Great product. Even been able to code out those horrible multi function indicators, switch off the front orange running lights and switch on the central brake light as a daytime running light. This capability is currently in Beta. Bmw told me as well as coding hardware and wiring mods were required to do this.

@Azantys 5 ай бұрын

Great video!! So from what I understood it won’t void the warranty if the GS is still under it if you are only say changing the TFT layout and diagnose ? Right?

@hartley383 6 ай бұрын

I’d heard of this bit of kit on forums but never actually seen it. Sports dash is nice but if they manage to “sort “ the integrated indicator brake light issue. which I think maybe what the Hex guy was eluding to, I’d get one. Also made me wonder if they could add the auto suspension lowering function from the 1300 to 1250 too? Triumph are retro adding to Tiger 1200 so maybe?

@MichaelRachal 3 ай бұрын

I love my wifi version. You reminded me I need to use it more often. I've never asked before but do folks leave these installed on the bike. I know you can ride with it so you can get real-time data, etc. but it would just fit into my S1000RR seat locker. Was afraid of leaving it in as it would likely use some phantom power. Not sure it would be good for the battery. Thoughts?

@LS-ck3bt 6 ай бұрын

I’ve upgraded my 2022 1250 GSA to the sports screen it’s great apart from the bike information screen on my bikes display my wheels are cut off on the screen pic I’ve spoke to hex and they are working on the problem

@bennettsbikesocial 6 ай бұрын

Hopefully they'll get it sorted soon. Variations in dash models can seem to cause slight issues but they seem pretty hot on keeping on top of things.

@williambaker2627 Ай бұрын

Hello John, I have a 2023 R18B, my first BMW ever, I love the bike and bought a new GS911 today, I have had the light come on 3 times now to take to a authorized dealer for repairs. All the times was because it passed the service date before the mileage. Anyways I cannot get this thing past the wifi network error, but I did get it registered. Hopefully I figure it out soon.

@bennettsbikesocial Ай бұрын

Give the support team a shout as they're excellent - you should have it sorted within minutes during office hours (remember they're in South Africa).

@QuickShiftMoto1 2 ай бұрын

I've got some issues with mine ... Before the April update I had already enabled 5 heated grip settings and the Sport Display on my 2023 F850 GS (Auto Scan is attached to this e-mail). After the April update I tried to code the following functions to my 2023 F850 GS: - Cruise lights front and rear, incl. an increase in tail light brightness to 20% - Engine coolant temperature depending tach redline The GS-911 went correctly though the programming process as indicated by the on-screen messages during and after completion of the process, but the display did not show the expected engine temperature depending redline nor did the cruise lights work after "successful" programming these functions. I re-checked these settings after another auto scan and the GS-911 menu displays these functions as enabled but still they do not actually work on the bike.

@Warerdog24 6 ай бұрын

I love my 911 tool . Where my shop is I do not have Wi-Fi so I use an old laptop top with a cable to connect . It is easy to use my biggest complained is only having 10 vin of use.

@TheTommiart 5 ай бұрын

CAn they unlock the extra suspension settings of the 1300 gs in the 1250 GS

@jonathanfoster1270 6 ай бұрын

Nice kit and good video

@Gomoca69 4 ай бұрын

Hi John, Is it possible to switch off the cambus error, as I'm about to fit led lamps to my '15RT. Thanks and great video

@bennettsbikesocial 4 ай бұрын

Yes - fault codes can be read and cleared. Cheers, John

@bikersquest 6 ай бұрын

Would've been good if they offered the option to buy a single slot instead of a subscription too for non workshops but yeah realistically 10 is probably enough for most DIYers

@TheSilmarallion 6 ай бұрын

Hi just double check the non workshop is single purchase if I remember correctly, they now offer a workshop month to month for 12 months, if you don't ant it they default it back to the single "license"

@BMWGSAdventuring 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant info, will be getting one for sure. You can't compare its value over 10 bikes and 30 years though 😂 Tech will have changed massively in this time 📶📡🛰🚀

@Lar308 6 ай бұрын

Pity it can't put an outside temp gauge on the dash of my 2021 S1000RR.

@akainazuma9957 2 ай бұрын

Anyone with a bmw s1000xr 2020 experience a problem when try to put the M startup animation? i got the GS animation instead.

@YourAdventureGuy 23 күн бұрын

Hi, thanks for great content. Just one question before i buy gs911 , can u change USA model GS to kmh from mph? Does it have the ability to do that?

@bennettsbikesocial 22 күн бұрын

Give Hex a shout to check that - their support is excellent

@trueno4484 23 күн бұрын

Can I turn off rev limiter with it?

@DrummerOnTwoWheels 4 ай бұрын

We’ve just ordered one of these. Can you keep the original GS screen and add the lean angle feature or do you have to switch to the full Sport Screen like you get on the XR? Thank you :)

@bennettsbikesocial 4 ай бұрын

The original screen remains as the default, but the colour did change on mine. Cheers, John

@joepi5 6 ай бұрын

There is an app (well at least for Android user) that gives you almost the same capabilities as the GS-911, at a fraction of the cost. That app does coding, service resets, live parameter reading (nut not logging), ABS bleeds and some other things. All while not being lock to a fixed number of VIN numbers to the device. The costs for the entire set up that way is about 90 quid (for the app and an approved OBD scanner). For home use it does about everything you could need. Of course the GS-911 can do more, but it also costs 3 times as much.

@barrydaly2292 6 ай бұрын

Names please. I think I remember a guy using the android app on KZfaq motoscan I think, not sure of the hardware he used.

@medler2110 6 ай бұрын

@@barrydaly2292 Its called Moto Scan, I use it on my bike, it bluetooths to an OBD reader, they do recommend using a particular model, for older BMW's like my 2013 R1200RT you can get an adaptor led from the Bikes round OBD connector to the OBD2 connector. I think full App functionality, OBD reader and lead was about £120, but I have had it for a couple of years, its paid for itself after the first service at home.

@christianfierro5393 6 ай бұрын

Name please

@medler2110 6 ай бұрын

Motoscan

@barrydaly2292 6 ай бұрын

@@christianfierro5393 motoscan.

@bjornfranssie587 6 ай бұрын

do you know how i can turn on dynamic pro on a S1000XR 2019 model?

@bennettsbikesocial 6 ай бұрын

You need the little red dongle that plugs in under the seat for that. It should have been supplied with the bike, but if you don't have it, ask your local dealer as they often have spares.

@Khaosavz 6 ай бұрын

Were you able to set the sport display as your default, i.e., make it persist even after turning the bike off and on again? The 2023 S1000RR can do this. On my 2022 I keep hitting the jog wheel on the track and sport display disappears.

@bennettsbikesocial 6 ай бұрын

No, at boot up it goes to the non-sport new display. Makes sense in a way on this bike. Though if it can be done on the RR, maybe it'll be possible

@MH-xd2nd 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, you can’t even set the sport display as the default on the XR, which is where it first appeared. TBH I switched to it for a ride then when I powered off and back on and it went back to the regular display I haven’t been back to it. Might be good on a track day though.

@bennettsbikesocial 6 ай бұрын

Just to be clear, the GS-911 unlocks the sport screen, and until you decide to use the device to remove it again, it's always on the bike. When starting the bike, the default screen is the standard one, then you navigate to the sport screen by pressing down twice on the bar-mounted button.

@MrDeepseadweller 6 ай бұрын

The “persist” feature (where your chosen screen layout will remain as your default even after shutting down the bike) is a feature of the bike’s software, so you need to get it updated by BMW. The GS-911 turns features on and off but does not upgrade the bike’s actual operating system - BMW have to do that. Persist is available on the RR but not sure if the latest GS software also has it.

@BeanieBiker_AutisticRider 4 ай бұрын

Can you only upgrade the display on the big bikes, or can you do it for the 750/850 displays as well?

@bennettsbikesocial 4 ай бұрын

It'll depend if the dash is the same unit - best bet is to ask Hex as I don't have one to try it on, sorry!

@BeanieBiker_AutisticRider 3 ай бұрын

It works on my F750gs 😊 tried it earlier and now have the sport mode display, it would be cool if we could get the other riding modes. Maybe in the future it might become an option

@RikkyTang 6 ай бұрын

The indicator configuration sounds a bit like an existing solution by Weiser Technik which does work very well. But I do like my GS-911 WiFi edition - I just need another BMW to use it with 😊 P.S. your face at 55" was... disturbing 😂

@bennettsbikesocial 6 ай бұрын

Ha! I wondered if anyone watches on their telly

@RikkyTang 6 ай бұрын

@bennettsbikesocial well I'm pretty sure I am in the minority... the TV acts as a monitor for my PC, and so as well as spending too much time on KZfaq I also do all my video editing from the comfort of my sofa 😁

@GS_Trophy 2 ай бұрын

Can you use the gs911 to update the bikes software? Or does that still require a dealer visit?

@bennettsbikesocial 2 ай бұрын

No, if it's a BMW-deployed update, you'd have to go to a dealer. Cheers, John

@TheRabidMachina 6 ай бұрын

You need a subscription for the heated grips mod.

@bennettsbikesocial 6 ай бұрын

I'm not sure if you're joking, but to be clear, no, that's not true. The heated grips mod does NOT require a subscription. All software features and functions are available across all devices. The ProUnlimited subscription simply allows you to unlock your device for unlimited VINs (for service functions and maintenance functionality), which is necessary when you run service functions on 10 unique VINs. The Enthusiast license has a 10-VIN slot when it comes to service functions and maintenance functionality - essentially anything under ‘Service Functions’ in the ECU menu so Output Tests, Adaptation/calibrations and configurations.

@TheRabidMachina 6 ай бұрын

@@bennettsbikesocial that’s interesting. I tried going through the steps and clicking on heated grips to make the change prompts the creek to upgrade to pro subscription in order to continue.

@LouisStreet 6 ай бұрын

The best tool is a shop manual. Unfortunately BMW stopped selling all service manuals for all models. No new BMW motorcycle for me. Support the Right to Repair!

@lenetisg 6 ай бұрын

Gadgets for GS, for triumph tiger 1200 rally explorer not even one 😢

@johnfrank3372 6 ай бұрын

Does anyone know how this will interact with a brentuned bike?

@TRexHeliPilot 6 ай бұрын

I’ve done the mods on my Brentuned ‘23 S1KR. Only symptom I have now is the speed limit indicator on my screen now reads in kilometers per hour. While it’s accurate it’s annoying, but you can turn that off if it happens to you.

@AdamForeman 6 ай бұрын

KTM needs to be very worried about these types of devices. I hope that as bike owners become more tech savvy and understand the PC technology on bikes these days, OBD scanners and programmers can add paid features to their own bikes for free

@chem599 6 ай бұрын

I had no idea there was a new display for the r1250gs, off I go to find out more 👍

@bennettsbikesocial 6 ай бұрын

It's always been in there - this just lets you unlock it

@couttsy222 5 ай бұрын

The Hex GS-911 is indeed a fantastic piece bit of kit. BUT it is insane that it still can't be linked via a smartphone to the internet. This is incredibly limiting unless one buys a laptop. In this day and age that should not be a prerequisite.

@Crsf84 4 ай бұрын

can this unit turn off the indicators being on all the time as a driving light or drl? It is an awful option .

@bennettsbikesocial 4 ай бұрын

There's an update imminent - will see what that can do

@Crsf84 4 ай бұрын

@@bennettsbikesocial fingers crossed, The bmw salesman told me it could be turned off took my money and then the service guys say no it can’t be . I will be ordering one of these units .

@OnMyWayBack888 6 ай бұрын

Is this useful for the gs1300?

@bennettsbikesocial 6 ай бұрын

Yes. The function chart shows every bike it's compatible with www.hexgs911.com/function-chart/#X001_KA1_R1300GS and more functions will undoubtedly be added over time

@orenovadia6590 6 ай бұрын

Is there a triumph version?

@bennettsbikesocial 6 ай бұрын

See the interview with Neil...

@cruze86 6 ай бұрын

Does it boost horsepower?

@bennettsbikesocial 6 ай бұрын

No - that'd be crossing the line that Neil talks about

@grungysquash1 5 ай бұрын

Save some money, use motoscan and a simple adaptor on your plug

@markgr1nyer 6 ай бұрын

Or do it for a third of the price with the motoscan app and a dongle

@dinkydotzero 6 ай бұрын

with the incredible unreliability of BMW's this is a must have tool for every BMW owner

@onahi2002 6 ай бұрын

ha ha A comment from a motorcycle rider, that wishes he could own a BMW !

@fictiveaudio 6 ай бұрын

Eh?

@TRexHeliPilot 6 ай бұрын

@@onahi2002my thoughts exactly!

@lg740xx 5 ай бұрын

Tell us what you own and hopefully paid for

@milabaigar 3 ай бұрын

I bet bmw are pissed they cant remove your limbs for various services updates etc !

@maskedavenger2578 6 ай бұрын

Unless it does Suzukis ,it’s not worth a carrot to me .

@lg740xx 5 ай бұрын

Suzuki is also not worth a carrot to many riders

@maskedavenger2578 5 ай бұрын

@@lg740xx I have been owning & riding Suzukis & Honda motorcycles large & small for over 50 years & never had one break down on me . Everytime I chose other than Japanese I experienced unreliability issues.

@a9503128 6 ай бұрын

Would you work for free, no! Pay the subscription, why would you expect somebody else to work for free?

@mikebusby1471 6 ай бұрын

ODB is a con. There's no reason why manufacturers can't give you this info and abilities via the bikes screen. But the want you to trot off to the dealer with your wallet.