Do you really think they dont already have the factual evidence?
Couldn't have said it better myself.
BTW, there's 10 'everything's fine' posts on this thread and >50 reports of failures on the other...
Tim
I think it's a pity Tim's thread has been split, albeit it makes amusing reading to watch the two camps at each others' throats.
There is of course nothing wrong with Tim's investigation. Indeed, I applaud his endeavours, it being better to present some information (and I assume comment) to BuMW rather than simply moaning on a website. It's always better to write to an organisation explaining ones concerns, rather than just fume. There again, it's often easier to fume and threaten death and destruction....
However, as I am sure he realises, Tim's comment vis-a-vis the replies ratio shows how difficult it is to collate a sensible statistical reply.
For all Tim knows, 100% of the 'unhappy' camp have now replied but only 10%of the 'happy' campers.
If no more happy campers reply - either because they do not see the second thread or because they cannot be bothered - it will stay at 80% unhappy (or whatever the number is).
If the small number of 'happy' replies doubles, the ratio will suddenly drop to 40% (ie, now more happy than unhappy)
That's the problem with small surveys......pure and simple.....However, if the ratio grows in favour of the unghappy camp, it really doesn't matter, it will simply help Tim's case (or at least his belief in his case).
As Dahoum pointed out, BuMW will probably know the failure ratio to an incredible accuracy. Why? simply because they will know how many replacement fuel control units have gone through their hands. Data like this has to be tracked as, like most automotive manufacturers, BuMW operate on a 'Just in time' stocking / manufacturing process.
If BuMW make a change to the design of the component or to the bike (the vanilla 1200 has changed already, I believe) then BuMW will (quite rightly) simply say that it's in line with their continuous improvement programme....
If BuMW do a recall or campaign, as they seem to be doing for some units vis-a-vis the EWS problem, that will be good, too.
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What would, of course, be truly funny is if the problem is not water (as many suspect) but heat (as many others suspect).
Those that have blocked up the ingress of water -- thereby stopping heat escaping -- may have triggered (or speeded up) their controller's demise. This is something that may not show up on Tim's survey, adding to the survey's data's (probable) inaccuracy. As ever, the devil is in the detail.....
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