new bike?

[kevtherev]

Grateful for some advice. Is it worth buying a new GSA before the new engined bike comes out next year? I've been offered a reasonable trade in for my 16 plate by Vines this weekend but I'm not sure whether i should wait for the new engine GSA. Vines say it will be out around March'19. I do about 15k miles a year so by then I would have put around 45k on the bike and will clearly take a drop in the trade in value but will the 1250 VV also affect the value of the currrent bike so in effect I could end up with a double drop?

 

[EVskiy]

I’m no expert, but why not take their offer now, new GS will be out in March with no doubt some teething issues (high miler like yourself can do without). Then if you are itching to get the latest and greatest trade in your ‘68 for a ‘69 next September. By that time hopefully “teething” issues will be sorted.


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[Deleted account 181015001]

Grateful for some advice. Is it worth buying a new GSA before the new engined bike comes out next year? I've been offered a reasonable trade in for my 16 plate by Vines this weekend but I'm not sure whether i should wait for the new engine GSA. Vines say it will be out around March'19. I do about 15k miles a year so by then I would have put around 45k on the bike and will clearly take a drop in the trade in value but will the 1250 VV also affect the value of the currrent bike so in effect I could end up with a double drop?

Its a tough choice if BMW get the new model right first time you will regret not waiting, if they get it wrong and you become a beta tester and you will wish you bought the out going model. Well do you feel lucky?

 

[Deleted account 220214001]

I posted this on a thread further up. You may have seen it but if not.....

"The Used Test article in the Aug Motorcylce magazine was on the Honda VFR. Like the GS, very tried, very tested, very popular in its day, many similarities. The intital model that got VVT (VTEC) was a disaster. I know it was some 16 years ago now but if anyone was ever expected to get things right straight off the bat, Honda was it. They didn't. They did, however, subsequently fix the problem but not for almost 4 years in 2006!!"

New models of anything, but vehicles especially, rarely enter the market without a hitch. Some vehicles are a disaster, some are less serious. Ducati and KTM recently had a recall for a little piece of plastic inside the brake master cylinder which rendered them useless. Dangerous fault but easily corrected. Plastic??? Hmm, yeah, I know!

I'm not a doomsayer, I can accept an argument that the VFR had litle or no (genuinely don't know) ECU control and any rough running, or step in the power delivery (which was the problem with the Honda) and that in the case of the 1250 might be easily solved with an ECU remap. But that is still conjecture at this stage, is it not?

What you do know is that the offer you have will provide you with a good, sorted, new bike....at a good price. In 3 years time, when the new one is also sorted, you will be able to get another.....new, good, sorted bike.

This is just my opinion and a conservative one at that.

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

new bike should i should I not.

 

[madmechanic]

Exactly the same position with my 2016 GSA 15500 miles on do i by the GS exclusive now or wait till new model comes out next year so let the deal decide for me . Got a good price for mine and after trying a few dealers got what i call a deal worth doing now so
pick up a new exclusive next Saturday,
Cons , yes a new model next year , but when a new model comes out old models to trade valued less ?? , Teething problems with new model where last of old model OK
Pro s , got a bike fully loaded with a very good part ex and deal ,

 

[kevtherev]

Thanks all. After a hard think decided to press ahead with deal and bought a GSA Rallye. Bird in the nad and all that stuff... And didn't feel that lucky Big BangR1.....

 

[Deleted account 190920002]

Now this is slightly off subject but maybe a lesson worth learning. Nice (very) guy my daughter’s partner has just been updating his BM collection, well cars this time he was hooked on getting a series 7 ( whatever that may be I’m ignorant when it come to cars) someone told him that they are either old guys runabouts or undertakers vehicles. He’s now looking at a Porsche. Moral of this story is think long and hard and don’t jump in with both feet the grass is sometimes not that green.