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Some are so sensitive today... a spade is a spade!
Some are so sensitive today... a spade is a spade!
A Shocked TMF
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fredaroony
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The BMW haters only want you to believe that BMW spare part prices are high. My experience says they are about the same as other brands.
I agree but do think the majority of the issue isn’t the price to replace but the price of the shock used on the bike considering how much a GS/A costs.
Got f*ck all to do with being a BMW hater or wanting people to believe that BMW spare prices are high, my bike had reasonably light use and whilst I owned it covered less than 14,000 miles but needed 2 new front shock absorbers and 1 new rear , that would have been bills for well over £4000 just for shock absorbers on a 35 month old motorcycle.
BMW have cut their initial costs by fitting cheaply specced shock absorbers.....Sachs can make very good quality dampers (I've owned numers cars which had them fitted and they lasted over 10 years and 100,000 miles with ease)
Shall I cancel my 2018 GSA then?
Troppo
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Only if you are a fucking idiot who loves to be offended on behalf of others
This truly is the thread with it all.
Troppo
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fredaroony
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I agree with but the point I was making is the prices aren't all that different from what I can see. People want to bang on about high spare part prices with BMW but the post I replied to makes a point that Yamaha are charging almost the same.
If BMW should have used a better quality shock is a good question but really a different conversation that the topic of this thread.
me too !
I wonder if Yamaha would replace the shock, FOC, on a bike that’s 2 years out of warranty
fredaroony
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I wonder if Yamaha would replace the shock, FOC, on a bike that’s 2 years out of warranty
Highly doubtful from my experience. Shit, I know Aprilia owners who got denied because they were out two weeks!
No. Simply pay for it and send it to someone who would appreciate and enjoy it. That way, you can do something nice, and you can win a whole bunch of friends on the UKGSer forum by saying how it was so crap you gave it away!
Mind you, some R Sole would probably moan that you should have crushed it...
I wonder how many of the Yamaha units have failed at under 20K ?
fredaroony
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No idea just like I have no idea how many BMW shocks have failed. I am sure BMW have sold a shitload more GS/GSA models than Tenere's with electronic suspension.
Troppo
Bemused observer
Just a few more....
fredaroony
Registered user
It was one of the bikes I was looking at prior to getting the GS but could not get a test ride anywhere in Sydney. Looks like a decent enough bike but not very popular.
Deleted account 200417001
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He may do a totally staged interview where he wrights the questions and the interviewer struggles to read them. Cringe.
Interesting thread and good to see the reaction and response from dealer and BMW. I had exactly same issue with my 4 year old GS LC. FSH and immaculate. Paid £45 for dealer to confirm the problem and asked them to raise 'good will' claim with BMW - came back rejected. Told £1800 new part and that a replacement eBay part would throw up an error and using FireFox to rebuild was unreliable in their experience.
During the process, I spoke to the three main dealers in the South East and was pretty much fobbed-off.
After a few weeks of trying to figure a solution, I took the shock out myself and sent it to FireFox to rebuild. Then replaced myself and all resolved. Initially, very p*ssed with BMW brand but the silverlining is that it forced me to find another solution and work on the bike myself. I'm now more confident that I can probably find a solution if sh*t happens. It's easy to get scare mongered into selling or taking out extended warranty but there is always another way...
During the process, I spoke to the three main dealers in the South East and was pretty much fobbed-off.
After a few weeks of trying to figure a solution, I took the shock out myself and sent it to FireFox to rebuild. Then replaced myself and all resolved. Initially, very p*ssed with BMW brand but the silverlining is that it forced me to find another solution and work on the bike myself. I'm now more confident that I can probably find a solution if sh*t happens. It's easy to get scare mongered into selling or taking out extended warranty but there is always another way...
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