My toilet on the recovery van ....
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Yellow Peril
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All these problems seem to be with you "new" owners. If like myself, engineer, probably Nutty and few others, you'd all stopped fanny'in around with test rides and just got one on day 1 (March 2nd) you'd have none of these problems. Ours were all probably assembled under strick observation from BM QC and double checked by QA....... Come to end of May, they had lost interest and any old Heinrich or Jurgen could chuck one together while the QA and QC chaps were in the bierkeller !!!
You only have yourselves to blame!!!!!
You could regret saying that
I know how this feels my 990adv let me down within the first 1000k
Mine lasted till 629 miles till it spat its oil all over...that was about 10 miles after its 600 service..M,mmmm...
My 1150 GSA on the other hand lasted 14500 miles before engine rebuild....and in all that time it only used about 16lts of oil.
N dont get me started about the 1200GSA I had.....had to keep filling the feker with petrol every 300mile.....
jonnyp
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Piaf
Registered user
''My toilet on the recovery van ....''
Can these now be classed as ' Portaloos' ?
Not nice, hope you manage it get sorted soon.
Can these now be classed as ' Portaloos' ?
Not nice, hope you manage it get sorted soon.
Mark Hooton
Cymarcbikeparts
''My toilet on the recovery van ....''
Can these now be classed as ' Portaloos' ?
Not nice, hope you manage it get sorted soon.
Ha `portaloos`
funny
but anyway I hope it gets sorted
Look .... (sigh)
I know the OP must be pretty pissed off, but find me a make, model, manufacturer that hasn't had 100% ... 100% reliability straight out the factory.
I bet there are dozens of Honda VFR's going back to the dealer for some relatively minor glitch - a slipping clutch.. duff battery .. damaged head gasket ..
Feck me, look at Toyota with their brake recalls on new cars.
Law of averages and all that, not every bike is going to be perfect ...
(24 hours to go ... oh feck ....)
I understand , I just consider myself lucky that no oil went on the back tyre .
Shit happens . Good luck with your new ride
.I still believe it is the best BM at the moment ,no more sleeps for me
Head gasket leaked on my R100GS before it's 1st service.
Good old days, granddad was complaining that his was leaking all the time
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sdh2020
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I thought with the 'supposed' million miles of testing before launch then these glitches would have been a thing of the past
Well that was what "one world" was about! I know one of the riders and they had some "glitches". What you didn't see in the videos was the support truck in the back ground and stuff being done to the bikes every night!
Bet it came off production line on a Friday afternoon
Perspicacious
Registered user
And the answer is...
A buggered fuel pump. New one being air freighted from Germany.
Great night last night: bike would to start. WOULD NOT START. Kicked the starter over fine and computer reported 12.1v from battery. Check engine light on.
BMW road side assistance not much good but can't blame them really: all the electronics mean these things can't be fixed on the side of the road. The best road side assistance could do was disconnect the battery, reconnect it and try to start it again.
3 hours later, loaded in the van. Waiting to see what Monday brings.
A buggered fuel pump. New one being air freighted from Germany.
Result
As of Mon. I am no longer the owner of the bike . I have a new bike delivered in the second week of July.
I must thank BMW NOG for the super fast way the matter was taken care off .
The issue with bike is investigated and in progress. I was promised that I will be told of the outcome...
As these 'Faults' have cropped within a ridiculously short time, what are you guys saying to the dealers?
Are you simply allowing them to repair the faults or are you rejecting the bike and demanding a new replacement?
Serious question as I have rejected two cars in the past when faults occurred within less than 100 miles. The Dealers had to agree and gave us new replacements.
The last thing I would want is a brand new motor taking to bits with the potential can of worms that can lead to...
As of Mon. I am no longer the owner of the bike . I have a new bike delivered in the second week of July.
I must thank BMW NOG for the super fast way the matter was taken care off .
The issue with bike is investigated and in progress. I was promised that I will be told of the outcome...
Fanum
Toubab
That's good
Presumably they've given you a loaner in the interim?
No loaner ( I was offered ) , but I am satisfied with the outcome
Yellow Peril
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Do you think BMW have learnt easier to replace to avoid bad press on the net?
Glad you are sorted, I assume they will be giving you the first service for free as you have done that one once..
GSMartin
Registered user
I wonder where your bike is going to end up
Do you think BMW have learnt easier to replace to avoid bad press on the net?
Glad you are sorted, I assume they will be giving you the first service for free as you have done that one once..
Well there are 2 sides to the coin . BMW ( dealer ) took care of me
. So in a way is good press But remember my contract was with the dealer
Well there are 2 sides to the coin . BMW ( dealer ) took care of me
Well done & hats off to BMW
I assume they will be giving you the first service for free as you have done that one once..
The bike had only done 50 miles, so not serviced yet
Congrats on the outcome though.
I doubt they had any choice, it wasn't fit for purpose.....
