extended warranty

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does anyone know the cost of extending the warranty on an adventure, and what it covers. ie; is it worth it or not. mines just coming up two years in a couple of months and am wondering if it,s going to be worth going for or not.
 
Phone the dealer, but never mind that. Do you know the great pub and B+B in Keswick called the TWADOGS? :)
 
I took one out on my last GS, it was around £200 and proved to be a waste of time.

My bike ate a valve just after it went out of the 12-month warranty period.

It was fixed, but my dealer said it was the sort of fault that BMW would have sorted out without charge.

Then I tried to claim the cost of my daily train fare into London while the bike was being repaired - as the warranty agreement covers alternative transport costs.

BMW insisted I couldn't have it as their prior approval was needed before claiming.

I asked how it was possible to anticipate the bike breaking down in order to fulfil this condition. They simply repeated their answer.

Result, two £60 weekly season paid for tickets out of my pocket.
 
Warranty no way!

The current cost of extending a GS Adventures warranty is in the region of £600 for one year! Twice that of last years, something to do with some change in rules, do a search under Extended warranty! Great value, no takers I beleive
 
there are a couple of after market warrant companies that only charge half what bmw charge

warranty direct and warranty works

and you can buy these on-line
 

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£600 !! their having a laugh for one year, dont think i,ll be bothering, you can get a lot of repairs done for that ammount. by the sounds of things they dont have a lot of confidence in their bikes reliability me thinks.

and yes i do know the TWADOGS pub in keswick only live 15mins away been in it many a time
 
Who would be best to provide breakdown cover that includes international travel when in europe (I only envisage 3/4 weeks away a year)
 
when i started to go to europe i enquired into them all and the
RAC & AA charge by the week and they were,nt cheap. even though i was already a member. the way i went was to renew my insurance with carol nash this way i got free european breakdown cover with my policy, it was slightly dearer insurance but the free breakdown cover more than offset this.
 


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