Loved the bike the power was superb and the engine something else but in the first 2 months of ownership
Ready to Race Button failed (on holiday in Wales)
Fuel Gauge Failed
Heated Grips failed
I was lucky to have a warranty but they still showed me the cost if I had paid for them and it was close to 1k inc labour! The expensive Ready to Do Nothing button was replaced with the upgraded one which when I asked noone knew the upgrade so I took it apart. 1 extra dob of silicone was the upgrade!
Keep the MX Enduro bikes , and Main models and they may survive although the finances are so dire it would take a miracle to even make a profit.
Ready to Race Button failed - They all do that sir, I fitted the latest version to my MY2018 as I was concerned parts may be in short supply.
Fuel Gauge Failed - They all do that (eventually) my 1190 was a bit sticky at 4 years old, 1290 one failed at 5 years old, apparently it is on the 3rd version now.
Heated Grips failed - My 1190 ones were fine for 4 years, and my 1290 ones are coming up 7 years old.
Not too worried about PX values, paid £13k for bike & few extra's almost 7 years ago, WBAB offered me just under £5k a few weeks back, £8k in 6+ years - mate lost almost that much on his fully loaded GS in 2 years.
Another mate got a 1300GS a few months back and got a good WBAB prive for his 22 model 1290 - a gand more than the dealer offered him, at a low price I would of taken it off his hands, but the BMW offer was reasonable IMHO and WBAB very good.
Parts is the main concern for most bikes these days, I think BMW almost certainly do this best, but most manufacturers are quite crap by the time bikes have been out of production for a decade.
The modern electronics being the biggest problem, just rebulding m7 37 year old TZR 250 engine and was able to get a load of new / NOS parts for it, the clocks work fine after almost 4 decades (rev counter over-reads by 10%) all oringinal electronics were working except I had to fit a indicator flasher unit this year, I think it is still on the original rectifier. Being simpler other aftermarket bits are out there - I fitted a programmable ignitech ignition unit, I can get an aftermarket ignition unit - not that I can see much to go wrong with the mechanical one on it.....
...Imagine trying to get any of the ECU's for any modern Triumph / Yamaha / Ducati etc in 20-30 years time, or a new display, keyless igntion etc etc.
