...or that you have to look at the oil level glass VERY often!!
...or that you have to look at the oil level glass VERY often!!
Deleted Member I
Guest
Only if you don't know how to ride and don't run in the bike in properly in the first 600 miles
Did it properly on my GSA last year .. then went on a 5000 mile trip .. no need for top up at all
However on my first BMW .. I did it the way you did it .. the wrong way and it was a fecking pain having to top up on oil all the time
Riders Rest
Registered user
does anyone really pay any attention to what bike mags write about bikes? I must admit to not paying much attention unless they say don't touch one of these with a bargepole as the last 10 I heard of had the following problems. I personally think you have to listen to the owners.
The Stelvio has a midrange power problem when it is new after about 2,500 miles if it has been ridden well it doesn't - did they mention the cam recall ?
I have never bought a bike based on a magazine review, I have always bought the bike I wanted to buy and generally after speaking to several people who own them...
The Stelvio has a midrange power problem when it is new after about 2,500 miles if it has been ridden well it doesn't - did they mention the cam recall ?
I have never bought a bike based on a magazine review, I have always bought the bike I wanted to buy and generally after speaking to several people who own them...
husky
Registered user
Bike mag did a review on the Honda CBF 1000 and raved about it, a few months later they were slagging it of.
does anyone really pay any attention to what bike mags write about bikes? I must admit to not paying much attention unless they say don't touch one of these with a bargepole as the last 10 I heard of had the following problems. I personally think you have to listen to the owners.
The Stelvio has a midrange power problem when it is new after about 2,500 miles if it has been ridden well it doesn't - did they mention the cam recall ?
I have never bought a bike based on a magazine review, I have always bought the bike I wanted to buy and generally after speaking to several people who own them...
It's hard to know what's the best way how to decide to buy a bike????
I've never bought a bike because of a magazine review...but seen a review of a bike and known I've wanted one that's in it!!...I think your desire for the bike sometimes justifies the flaws, and forgives the short-comings...buying bikes are an emotive experience in my view.
Just as reading a review won't give you a true impression of a bike's qualities, then neither will having a 2 or 3 hour test ride, it is never going to give you a good impression of what a bike is, or what it can do.....it can only really give you a feel for what it's like, and your feelings for it.....but I know when I first had a test ride on a GSA it was going to take something huge for me not to get one, cos I already wanted one!!
The same as feed-back from those who've owned them, or have experience of them....although I think this is probably the best route to follow it is still ultimately a personal view.
And anyone looking on here before buying a GS or GSA couldn't be blamed for running a mile from parting with their money with all the stories of fuel pump and igniotion failures...and let's not talk of the corrosion you read so much of on here!.......but I would reckon that nearly to a man (or woman) every owner would accept all this and still say the GS/GSA are great bikes..and despite all these views, the GS continues to sell well....cos ultimately, and despite all you may read, they are great bikes
So I think if you're reading a review of a bike, that you are concidering buying, in a magazine, I think it only flames your desire for it, or gives you an idea of what to look out for on your test ride.....cos really we all want different things from our bikes, and all want different types of bikes...so the decision is ultimately down to how much you want it, and how it feels when your bum's in that seat.
...plus most reviews talk a load of
anyway!Just my t'pence worth!
Only if you don't know how to ride and don't run in the bike in properly in the first 600 miles
...there are many views on what is the 'right' way to run a bike in! Take it easy?, or cane it?...which one is correct??? I've read so many stories of how you get more power in later life if you do it one way or another
elefantmanshawn
Guest
Only if you don't know how to ride and don't run in the bike in properly in the first 600 miles
Did it properly on my GSA last year .. then went on a 5000 mile trip .. no need for top up at all
However on my first BMW .. I did it the way you did it .. the wrong way and it was a fecking pain having to top up on oil all the time
how'd you do yours then?
Similar threads
