The reason the main dealer 'found nothing wrong with the bike' was, I suspect, because they liked charging me for a new clutch every 5k
Wont name the 'specialist' because I cannot prove anything, and libel laws exist. However, I am happy to name the main dealer as Sawbridgeworth - I traded the K75 in against the GS, and then nearly 10 years later was taken to court by DVLC for selling the bike without informing them. When I traded it in (2001) it was standard practice for the dealer not to register it in their name (kept one owner off logbook, if they needed to ride it then that's what trade plates were for). Only they then sold it without registering the new owner, so someone rode it around for circa 8 years with me still listed as the legal owner. Then when that person sold it on, the new owner registered it with DVLC, and of course the law had changed by that point, and as it was a legal requirement for the seller of a vehicle to inform DVLA on the new owner, and as I (obviously) hadn't, I found myself in a series of very nasty court cases. BMW UK were uninterested, Sawbridge's was uninterested, well actually, their position was 'we have changed owners, nothing to do with us, piss off'. Fortunately, I finally found the original (handwritten) deposit slip for the GS which listed the K as the part ex. If I hadn't, I would have been fucked. One of those laws where the onus of proof is on you.
I will never buy another bike new from BMW. Partly because of the above, and partly because of the qualilty of the subsequent servicing. I'll consider their bikes s/h (and indeed, have bought an 'S' since) so long as I have BGM on my doorstep to service them. But next new bike will be a KTM or a Honda. Even though I hate conventional forks.
Forgive my ignorance but are you as the current owner supposed to send off the V5, giving the slip to the dealer?
