List of checks to be done on collecting a 2014 GS WC

[Fanum]

My mother told me never hold a strange mans hand, there usually predators .....

You should've held your English teacher's hand more often though

 

[DING-DONG]

You should've held your English teacher's hand more often though

 

[dave hendy]

Seriously, Most things that get missed in a PDI (like under-inflated tyres, bolts not torqued up to spec on bit that the dealer has to assemble out of the crate etc) will only be missed because of a silly time pressure put on to their heads by silly "MUST HAVE IT NOW!" people.

More likely unrealistic labour times and badly thought out bonus schemes that make it hard for the mechanic to make any decent money!

 

[zoltan]

Back to the subject . Check the welding...

 

[Sooty09]

As amusing as the thread has been so far, and yes it does seem like a daft set of questions, but the fact is that there are obviously some crap dealers out there that don't perform the most basic of checks before putting a brand new bike on the road. Anyone that's taken delivery of a bike with loose bolts, or missing hoses should be having serious words with that dealer, and/ or BMW UK.

Most people on here would do their own checks on the bike, but there are some that aren't mechanically minded, and don't know one end of a spanner from the other (I don't quite fall into that category, before the comments).

So yes, what some consider as daft questions could actually help any non mechanically minded owners of a new motorcycle perform some basic safety measures, so I say keep asking the questions, even if they attract the odd piss take.

Well said Nutty.

I know people who dare not post comments on here in fear of asking a question which is old hat to the regulars, or so simple to the techno bods they fear ridicule.

Ask and post as you see fit. If you don't like it as a reader ignore it, there are no prizes for most posts.

 

[Fanum]

Well said Nutty.

I know people who dare not post comments on here in fear of asking a question which is old hat to the regulars, or so simple to the techno bods they fear ridicule.

Ask and post as you see fit. If you don't like it as a reader ignore it, there are no prizes for most posts.

There are actually...40 bottles of bubbly last week and a sloppy blow job from BHT (don't tell Lucy)

If someone GENUINELY does a search, they will find all of the answers that have been posted multiple times.

If they then post a genuine question, in a sensible way, they will rarely have the piss taken out of them.

If they are so scared to post regardless, what the fuck are they doing on a large motorcycle out in public in the big wide dangerous world in the first place

Tell ya what, get these imaginary friends of yours (I'm calling bullshit here by the way) to ask you the question, then you PM it to me and I'll post it as if it's (genuinely ) from me.......no tricks, no backstabbing, I'll post it straight up.

OK?

 

[pistole]

yup. My 1st new bike delivery came without any fuel and almost no air in the tyres. Learning to manouver a 3XX kgs machine for the first time around a petrol station forecourt to get fuel and air was unnerving to say the least.

.

 

[DING-DONG]

Tell ya what, get these friends of yours to ask you the question, then you PM it to me and I'll post it as if it's (genuinely ) from me.......no tricks, no backstabbing, I'll post it straight up.

OK?

You after Nutty's job or just

 

[twizzle]

It's funny I've been here a few years, know a few people and historically rode/ride old snotters........I enjoy my rusty old Harley for what its worth.... I have thick skin, don't really give a fuck and enjoy the banter....

But... I have a dirty secret..... I also own a 1200 GSA....oh the shame...

So I go about my business researching EWS failures, Servoectomys, hidden headstock power connectors and FD bearings by searching through the vast pool of knowledge here.... I have posted once in the 1200 section.. Serious question about a Kriega tank harness and got a great response with pictures... I know the pub is for bollix, but I do post bollix in the Harley section... We are a little special needs over there and like it that way...

To me, these variables make this the best forum on the internet....

 

[rampmonkey]

Make sure your dealer has checked the bike during building….

Recently taken delivery of my new GS which I was told was sat ready in the show room waiting for me to get up there. At the end of all of the paperwork and key handover… the salesman was called into the workshop and came back to get me a few mins later - the service manager wouldn't release the bike during to excessive movement in the rear shock. It took a further week to be resolved.

 

[roundincircles]

Check the vin against the invoice and your name and address on the V5. We all do that don't we?

 

[Fanum]

You after Nutty's job or just

Not at all.....just trying to keep things 'working'

I have no problems posting something that might make me look like a tit.....fekk knows I've done it before

When people say things like "A lot of people won't post here because they feel bullied" though, I call BS........but if I was wrong, I don't mind posting on their behalf

Nutty's job? fekk that, I don't know if I could lower my standards quite that far

 

[Nutty]

Nutty's job? fekk that, I don't know if I could lower my standards quite that far

Yep, only a madman would do this job, and you seem reasonably sane!

 

[Sooty09]

Tell ya what, get these imaginary friends of yours (I'm calling bullshit here by the way) to ask you the question, then you PM it to me and I'll post it as if it's (genuinely ) from me.......no tricks, no backstabbing, I'll post it straight up.

After discussing the forums with my friends, some are actually real, we all agree, The UKGSer site would be a better place if a few people (usually those who have no friends and spend all their time writing 10000+ posts yet have nothing useful to say) were asked to shut up once in a while.
Not funny, not useful, just seem to think what they have to say is important.

 

[Editor]

After discussing the forums with my friends, some are actually real, we all agree, The UKGSer site would be a better place if a few people (usually those who have no friends and spend all their time writing 10000+ posts yet have nothing useful to say) were asked to shut up once in a while.
Not funny, not useful, just seem to think what they have to say is important.

+1 Sooty.

Bunch of miserable cnuts on here a lot of the time. Same load of arrogant cantankerous old wank responses, when someone asks a simple question - and then Wapping, whoever the fuck he is, jumps around on the side like the kid who likes to put a shoe in to someone else's scrap, only to then come back a few posts later and say somesuch twatness like, "go easy on the OP, he's only asking... etc etc... blah blah" Did the same to the poor fucker who asked about bike covers a month or so ago.

Might have been a twatty newbie question - but doesn't deserve the arsehole responses.

 

[The Grey One]

Lets leave swearing like that to 13 year olds can we. If people can't make a point without profanities then maybe they have no point at all.

John

 

[Bengaz]

+1 Sooty.

Bunch of miserable cnuts on here a lot of the time. Same load of arrogant cantankerous old wank responses, when someone asks a simple question - and then Wapping, whoever the fuck he is, jumps around on the side like the kid who likes to put a shoe in to someone else's scrap, only to then come back a few posts later and say somesuch twatness like, "go easy on the OP, he's only asking... etc etc... blah blah" Did the same to the poor fucker who asked about bike covers a month or so ago.

Might have been a twatty newbie question - but doesn't deserve the arsehole responses.

I agree about some of them but Wapping has been very helpful with me the past so that bit is crap IMO.

 

[ebbo]

people who like to think of themselves a tough adventurous types but who won't venture further than the end of their road without consulting at least 4 weather websites and getting written permission from mum.

Well, that's about 95% of the readers here (including me)

 

[telbenj]

After reading so many stories on the potential faults, and i am collecting my bike this month (hopefully) maybe we can complied a list of checks for (others as well) when collecting a new 2014 GSWC.

I can only remember a few though:
- Check the distance of space between the fork and subframe. Possible unbalanced distance.
- Bolts at fork might be loose. Check bolts.
- Hose at radiator overflow top nipple. Possible missing hose.
- ESA Spring should be white according to press kits. But in some cases, the spring is black.
- Clutch and Shifting (mixed reports)
- Bad Switches issue (mixed reports)
- Speedometer in a impossible position.

Any thing else anyone might want to add to the list?

Yep your riding kit, assuming you have time after your checks, you will want to get on it and ride the bloody thing.

PS 9000 miles on mine and its perfect

Terry

 

[Wapping]

.....and then Wapping, whoever the fuck he is, jumps around on the side like the kid who likes to put a shoe in to someone else's scrap, only to then come back a few posts later and say somesuch twatness like, "go easy on the OP, he's only asking... etc etc... blah blah"

It was a joke, you humourless twit. A twist on the replies that pepper this part of the UKGSer site.

Read all the responses to the OP's question. Are there any that rise anywhere above pisstaking of the fellow and his list?

Tell you what, now's your chance to tell the OP and the world at large YOUR list of things to check, coupled to any other useful hints-and-tips, nuggets or pearls of wisdom you think worthwhile to impart. The floor's all yours and the limelight is on....