The engine is equipped with a special balancing-shaft to eliminate vibrations. Additionally the automatic centrifugal clutch 
of the gear (the propeller starts turning @ 2700 min-1 ) eliminates harmful low rpm vibration to the plane at all.

The new R 1200 GS engine with the Takeoff gear is 10 kg less than my old R1100S-installation at 18,5 % more torque 
(115Nm @ 5500 1/min).

BMW uses a CAN bus system not really usable in a plan. The Bosch Motronik of the R 1100 S engine falls back to a standard mode if for example a sensor signal is missing; while the bus system might just shut the engine down to avoid possible trouble.