Corrosion - on your own!

[AberdeenAngus]

Maybe the accountants at BMW will realise that people want more paint, and offer it as an option at the time of order. List price = one coat of paint, or for another £250, they'll put another coat or two on.

I've been saying for years that they should have powder coating/stove enamel as an option.
If you were buying the bike with the intention of keeping it - I reckon folk would go for it.
Piece of piss to do it to the frame sections before you start bolting bits on.

 

[Sooty09]

Fully agree with AberdeenAngus, BMW should go further and cast the alloy parts in proper alloy so no painting or lacquer is required. It may add a bit to the weight because the castings will be thicker but who cares. No corrosion is well worth the extra.
Any alloy from a 50s 60 or 70s British bike will polish up like new, we used to laugh at the flaking powdery coatings on Jap bikes in the 70s.
In the real world BMW will never do it for a simple reason. Shite as they are I have bought several. mainly swapping my old bikes because of corrosion or pending terminal engine/drive failure driving their value down rapidly. Each new bike is only a bit better than the previous and if one kept its looks and could polish up and be reliable for 80 000 miles like a car I would still be on my first new BMW from 2001.

 

[cookie]

Fully agree with AberdeenAngus, BMW should go further and cast the alloy parts in proper alloy so no painting or lacquer is required. It may add a bit to the weight because the castings will be thicker but who cares. No corrosion is well worth the extra.
Any alloy from a 50s 60 or 70s British bike will polish up like new, we used to laugh at the flaking powdery coatings on Jap bikes in the 70s.
In the real world BMW will never do it for a simple reason. Shite as they are I have bought several. mainly swapping my old bikes because of corrosion or pending terminal engine/drive failure driving their value down rapidly. Each new bike is only a bit better than the previous and if one kept its looks and could polish up and be reliable for 80 000 miles like a car I would still be on my first new BMW from 2001.

modern castings are die castings for mass production. the stuff you're talking about are labour intensive sand castings, and is a process never likely to be used by bmw (or much anyone else) again.

 

[Gazza100]

I'm the second owner of a 13 plate GS. Pointed out at 12k service that very small signs of corrosion were appearing where crankcase joins the barrels. Photos were taken and just been told new engine been ordered and being fitted next week. Very chuffed about that. My question to you chaps is - will I notice anything different about the engine, ie will it have the heavier crank. The guy that ordered the engine said it will have all the tweeks the older engine didn't.

 

[ossa eck]

New engine fitted for same reason ,small amount of corrosion on engine, feels exactly like the old one did when new, gets better the more miles its done.

 

[Gazza100]

So what about heavier crank / flywheel, thought the newer engines were smoother.

 

[jmg21]

Oct2013 gs. New engine gearbox and drive. New rear disc and pads (2500 miles) two new LHS switches. New exhaust. Great bike to ride but now fed up with my visits to the dealer... With each visit I am told that my faults are unusual.... Just replaced the rear pads at 6000 miles.... I ride most of the year and if I could get rid I would... Like other posts I dread to think what this bike will be like in a couple of years( and at what cost). Wish I had stuck with Honda.... N.I dealer so in the same boat as other posts..... A real shame.....