Dear Mr BMW, I would like to make a complaint. I picked up my new GS TE yesterday and terrific bike that it is, I can't ride the fecker as it has a bloody puncture! I have only done around 180 miles and today I was heading over Royal Deeside in Aberdeenshire towards the Lecht ski centre and onwards to the Angus Glens. So some of the best motorcycling roads in these fair isles and this bike was made for them. Unfortunately your lack of tyre protection technology drastically limited this much anticipated trip.
My complaint centres around your choice tyre suppliers and the tyres that you fit. This bike has more electronic gizmos than a fekin fighter jet but god forbid you get a fekin puncture. The TPC kicked in to gloat about my rear tyre pressure and how it was rapidly decreasing, it was almost smirking, and causing me immediate palpitations..... and rapidly performing mental calculations on nearest garages in the Scottish countryside
2.7 bar, 2.6, 2.5, 2.4 etc......made it at 1.7 bar ........ pumped in 3.5 bar which by mental calculation meant that I had 20 mins to get to another garage. Now if I had my bloody panniers delivered with the bike, I would have had a temporary tyre repair kit in them wouldn't I
Anyway, please ensure that you speak to your tyre suppliers and tell them that this isn't good enough, I would expect un-penetratable titanium inner linings as a minimum on a bike like this, I cant be expected to have to have my important trips to Tesco and the library and such like interrupted by bloody punctures.
Yours Faithfully,
Jaz
PS. I am sure that it was the fekin slow 1150 rider that I blitzed past on the long right hander that threw the bolts on the road...... bastard!
A picture below.... bloody Annakee 3 might be good on the road but can't keep fekin bolts out
My complaint centres around your choice tyre suppliers and the tyres that you fit. This bike has more electronic gizmos than a fekin fighter jet but god forbid you get a fekin puncture. The TPC kicked in to gloat about my rear tyre pressure and how it was rapidly decreasing, it was almost smirking, and causing me immediate palpitations..... and rapidly performing mental calculations on nearest garages in the Scottish countryside
2.7 bar, 2.6, 2.5, 2.4 etc......made it at 1.7 bar ........ pumped in 3.5 bar which by mental calculation meant that I had 20 mins to get to another garage. Now if I had my bloody panniers delivered with the bike, I would have had a temporary tyre repair kit in them wouldn't IAnyway, please ensure that you speak to your tyre suppliers and tell them that this isn't good enough, I would expect un-penetratable titanium inner linings as a minimum on a bike like this, I cant be expected to have to have my important trips to Tesco and the library and such like interrupted by bloody punctures.
Yours Faithfully,
Jaz
PS. I am sure that it was the fekin slow 1150 rider that I blitzed past on the long right hander that threw the bolts on the road...... bastard!
A picture below.... bloody Annakee 3 might be good on the road but can't keep fekin bolts out
God bless that wee garage in Kincardine o'Neil the old folks that run it must be 90+ but always helpful 
