It seems headlight globes like to drop off this mortal coil in threes.
Yesterday the left hand side of the 1200RT blew. The 1200RT globe replacement requires meditation before commencing the task as you can not see what you are doing and your hand has be semi-articulated.
I removed the front fairing as it gave a few more millimetres of access and after half an hour of fiddling had a working light. The error message stayed because I now had a blown left headlight globe.
This was disconcerting as I had only replaced that globe 15,000km ago...at an average 50km/hour that represented only 300 hours life. I understand some H7 globes are rated for 1,000 hours and that 500 hours is normal.
The main problem may be that I opted for the brightest globes which I now understand have the shortest life.
As a trial I have installed a Phillips that claims 4 times standard life and a Narva that should be good for 500 hours. I will ley you know how long this lot last.
Fixing the left on the 1200rt only took 15 minutes as it has slightly better access than the right hand side.
When I got back from the tuning day today I blew the headlight on the 1150R. I don't care how long the globes on this bike last as you can replace them in 5 minutes.
Three headlight globes blown in two days. A hassle but probably the cheapest failure to fix.