brake pads fail again
to all you guys new to Gs
and its funny ways be warned
when you see that brake warning light go out
dont think for one min you are safe
your pads are not connected to any wiring what so ever
gs has 2 discs on front with sintered pads in
and 1 disk on the back with guess what
an organic set of pads in them
your brakes will be linked
pull on the front brake
and the single disk
with the super dooper organic pads will come on too
what happens next
the organic pads will wear out like lightning
BMW state that you must have the bike serviced
either every 6k miles or once a year
well
in Austria just 8 weeks after getting my bike serviced
and riding in torrential rain for 5 hours
my back brake organic pads just disintigrated
completly done in the disk
the BMW break down machine rolls into action
they pick up my back within 90mins
i go with them
they ask for and check my V5
mmmmmmmmmm just 9 months old
they check my service record
mmmmmmmmmmmmm 8 weeks ago
check bike has only 3450miles on the clock
arrrrrrrrrrrrrr
never mind
one new disc
yet another set of organic pads
and last but not least
after much head scratching and advising me
this should never happen
as the pads should last between 10K and 15k KMs
they present me with a bill for 370 euros
or in our own lingo £275.00
then they give me the old disc
old pads
and a smile
and say tatty bye go back home and get your dealer to sort it out
cos even though everything screams this is wrong
they just take the money
you have been warned
dont wait for the 6000 mile service
dont wait once a year
chuck a cusion on the floor
get a torch
and check your bloody expensive BMW your self
cos it will fail
it will cost you big time
it may even cost you your life
cos with no rear brakes
it dont like stopping in an emergency
and until some one
or a few of us get killed
this little gem will just get pushed under the carpet
and the money machine called MBW will just keep rollin
