Yes.. I'm sure it was.. how many do they make a year.... maybe that cam just missed the process? Where are these parts made these days.. happen they nipped off for a bowl of rice or something?
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Yes.. I'm sure it was.. how many do they make a year.... maybe that cam just missed the process? Where are these parts made these days.. happen they nipped off for a bowl of rice or something?
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Well it aint hard to figure out the amount of complaints just here alone, about knocking and ticking and vibrations etc, IMHO they all come from the cams, now get ready for the next questions, say, explain, prove..........
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200 point check if they only started the engine and never gave it a ride out, which they hardly do, how long did it take you to feel it was not right...
As I drove out the car park. Funny how they offered me a different bike for a test ride.. I didn't go anyway as I know what a GS is like.... thought they did a test run after a service?
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If the test run after service is like the one over here in Germany, they go around the block, just try the brakes etc, and jump up and down on the pegs, time is money........
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Most of these bikes will never get big mileages,pcp has put paid to that.BMW are doing what car manufacturers did in 80's just getting the stuff made and out of the door...........Who remembers the "fields" in places like Jersey full of Ford Escorts and Fiestas you could pick up cheap at the car auctions. The term was "moving metal" and it makes the industry look more healthy.
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Now that is the real question, what feels better to one rider, will feel no so good to another, and because the rider does not like it, or cannot afford it, it suddenly becomes crap...........
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Well enjoy it, you are now not alone, Marks 1250 is throwing a wobbly like yours.
https://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php/512534-Rattling-engine-and-seizing-exhaust-flap
If a comparable OEM came out with shaft drive I think at least 20% of current owners who were replacing their bikes would give it a go. The quality of BMW motorcycles isn't what you'd imagine it would be. Great bikes, though.
I hope not to learn the hard way, but in 70,000 ish miles of BMW motorcycle owning, I’ve had two punctures, one drive bearing, one set of head race bearings, one switchgear. Only one breakdown when the K1300 had a flat battery due to the Garmin base drawing current, other issues picked up by the dealer, not bad.
I’ve three Ducati’s they never let me down at all, ST4, Multistrada and a Panigale.
Friends with other marques haven’t been as lucky.
So overall I’d say BMW were reliable and built well, certainly compared with Triumph and KTM, of course I may live to regret that.
I’ve three Ducati’s they never let me down at all, ST4, Multistrada and a Panigale.
Friends with other marques haven’t been as lucky.
So overall I’d say BMW were reliable and built well, certainly compared with Triumph and KTM, of course I may live to regret that.
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