Investigation into final drive failures

[tanneman]

This happening over the pond

http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=761531

 

[Nice 'n' Fat]

In fairness tho Americans are all mental

 

[grin factor]

In fairness tho Americans are all mental

Thats true, They voted Bush back in for a second term after he screwed things up to give him another chance to totally ruin the place.

 

[Davy F]

In real fairness, the Americans will probably get some sort of result whereas people here will still walk blindly on hoping it won't happen to them and will too readily defend BMW because their dealers/warranty are reasonably obliging with faults.

 

[harry]

You are not seriously implying we should all switch to riding a certain Kawasaki, are you?

 

[Davy F]

You are not seriously implying we should all switch to riding a certain Kawasaki, are you?

Oh dear me no, I don't want to become just another member of the herd...

 

[Rasher]

About time!

I hope everyone who had to pay for a failure gets a refund, the only thing that ever gets a manufacturer to do something about their own cockups is to make it cheaper to sort it out.

Up to now it has paid BMW well as every time a unit goes pop out of warranty they make a bucket load of cash.

 

[Deleted account 190920001]

About time!


Up to now it has paid BMW well as every time a unit goes pop out of warranty they make a bucket load of cash.

Not really, most of the failures I have seen on here BMW have supplied a new FD even out of warranty. This leaves an hour or so of labour to be paid for so its the dealers that are making the money.

 

[tanneman]

Over there in the US of A the FD has got a 5 year warranty on bikes sold since 2007. Most of the failures were on the K1200LT.

 

[(RIP) Johno23]

Over there in the US of A the FD has got a 5 year warranty on bikes sold since 2007. Most of the failures were on the K1200LT.

And the 1150 gs that might be investigated too apparently