Can you guys help me with something please? New to GS, I’ve seen a June 2019 R1259 GSA TE for sale from Vines, a bmw dealer. It’s at 30,000 miles. Is this a consideration? Should I be looking for lower mileage? It will have 2 deals warranty. Thanks!
GSA and high mileage
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Depends on Price and what condition its in, presumably it has FSH, as you say will have 2 years BMW approved warranty.
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you can have a low mileage bike , but it won't have had all the faults knocked out of it , high mileage bikes HAVE to be reliable to get there. I'd be more worried about how many owners it has had ? lots of owners usually means it is troublesome.
get me the reg number and I'll talk to someone who works there , to see what he knows about it.
you can have a low mileage bike , but it won't have had all the faults knocked out of it , high mileage bikes HAVE to be reliable to get there. I'd be more worried about how many owners it has had ? lots of owners usually means it is troublesome.
get me the reg number and I'll talk to someone who works there , to see what he knows about it.
The only GS I’ve ever bought with less than 30,000 miles was the brand new one I bought in November last year. It’s been in the garage twice already!!!
(600 mile service and 6000 mile service
).I’ve never had an GS break down other than my dads old r100Gs, but to be fair, she had covered 150,000+ miles and been around the world twice.
It comes with the 2 yr BMW warranty...happy days.
If you do very little miles, in a few years time the total mileage will 'normalise'. If you do big miles and use it as intended...30k in 3 yrs will be your average and wont matter...so either way, IMHO, it is fine. (Loads of Americans with proper mileage on GSs...doubt they go down the PCP 4k a year route that so many here do)
If you do very little miles, in a few years time the total mileage will 'normalise'. If you do big miles and use it as intended...30k in 3 yrs will be your average and wont matter...so either way, IMHO, it is fine. (Loads of Americans with proper mileage on GSs...doubt they go down the PCP 4k a year route that so many here do)
30k high mileage? For many of us who have owned GS for years would consider that just run in.
I'd rather have something which has been ridden regularly that some of the current crop of garage queens which only get ridden to Tesco and back.
I'd rather have something which has been ridden regularly that some of the current crop of garage queens which only get ridden to Tesco and back.
I paid a little over a grand more than that for an approved-used 2019 R1250GSA TE Rallye from a Motorrad dealer with less than half those miles and lots of bling and accessories including a top box, it cost me 11 Grand to change up from my old 2009 1200GSA.........yours doesn't sound that good a deal unless it comes with Luggage, Nav etc included ?
As Bilco says, the things are built to do mileage.
As Bilco says, the things are built to do mileage.
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Really? It's impossible to say how many times the bike has been repaired, recovered or otherwise fettled. Surely the more miles you do, the greater the chance that some component will fail?
Triggers Broom comes to mind.
My 2004 1200GS had three final drives under warranty. Needed an updated FPC. Otherwise 100% reliable. Was fine when I sold it.
My 2009 GSA needed a new alternator, full gearbox rebuild, new driveshaft, two clutches, all within 50k. Again fine when I sold it.
Its how they are looked after that counts. Issues will happen.
With a warranty what are you scared of?
I agree that on the face of it there isn't anything to worry about if a warranty is in place apart from the inconvenience of trailing back and forth to the dealer, the (currently) endless wait for parts and the worry/uncertainty of when the next time will be. That said, I accept that the same can be said of a brand new or low mileage bike
I would not worry, if it looks in good condition, i.e. looked after by the previous owner (no corrosion, clean etc) and has been used regularly and serviced it will be fine.
U.K. riders and dealers are obsessed with “low mileage”, ffs, bikes are made to ridden not mollycoddled in a centrally heated garage! If it comes with the BMW 2 year warranty, then you are covered!
all the time the bike is off the road , it isn't accruing mileage. a serviced and ridden bike will just keep going. a shitter won't get ridden cos you know it might break down.
if you ride your bike alot , you know when something is going wrong, very quickly , you just get a feel for it. i think I've put 8 bikes round the clock , what finished the work bikes, was old age , usually wiring problems that were to costly to fix , rarely a mechanical problem ( apart from the one where the crank died , and that was my fault).
I've been a professional mechanical engineer all my working life, coming up for 40 years experience on some of the hardest working machinery in some of the most extreme operating conditions. All of it has needed care and attention at some point in its life, from replacing worn parts through to regular adjustment and tuning. Apart from a few rare cases where machinery has failed through neglect or being pushed beyond its limits, stuff just keeps on running well with regular maintenance.
A motorcycle is no different. Look after it and it will keep going.
A motorcycle is no different. Look after it and it will keep going.
It could just as easily mean that the perfectly good bike had been owned by bods who just sold it on.
I might be part exchanging my 850 GSA next week. That will show two owners (I’m the second) since October 2021. The bike is perfectly good.
Leaving aside sudden and unforeseen catastrophic failures, that is exactly right.
And that, Dear Richard, is exactly why we have a manufacturers warranty, to provide confidence for the purchaser that should it happen they have little worry.. Chances are that if said machinery makes it through the warranty period through normal use, an unforeseen/catastrophic event is extremely unlikely.
Taking that to its logical conclusion, a bike that has more miles on it has been 'tested' better than a seldom used machine and thus makes a safer bet to buy as a used machine than a low-miler of the same age and conditon. QED.
(I appreciate that being a wheel in the world of big Insurance, you knew all the above already).
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I've got a 2018 GSA TE. I have now got 58,000 on clock having just finished a tour of Wales, Eire, N Ireland, Scotland and England, well the lakes part anyway. It runs like a dream, hopefully not doomed it now. a very large percentage if this, is touring miles. I have had the GSAP replaced 16,000, rear wheel bearing 20,000 and obviously the rear ESA at 32,000. I am firm believer that the high mileage bikes will have most if not all major problems sorted. I would like to hope I am going to get quite few more miles out of mine yet.
It may well be worth an enquiry to the dealer if the ESA's are original, wallet bendingly expensive replacements if not, perhaps persuade dealers to replace them before buying.
It may well be worth an enquiry to the dealer if the ESA's are original, wallet bendingly expensive replacements if not, perhaps persuade dealers to replace them before buying.
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