RIDE BIKE SURVEY

[dogman]

Motorcycle magazine, Ride, has published their survey results amongst 10,000 motorcyclists in the United Kingdom in this month's publication.

The motorcyclists were asked how reliable their motorcycle is. Results:

1. BMW (90%)
2. Honda (89.2%)
3. Yamaha (85.5%)
4. Triumph (84%)
5. Suzuki (83.2%)
6. Kawasaki (82.8%)
7. MZ (81.3%)
8. Harley-Davidson (80.1%)
9. Aprilia (77.1%)
10. KTM (74%)
11. Buell (72.2%)
12. Cagiva (70.5%)
13. Ducati (69.1%)
14. Moto Guzzi (68.8%)
15. CCM (63.8%)

Interesting.....

 

[Davy F]

Yet in this weeks comic (MCN), BMW comes top of the list for most recalls.

 

[tonedef]

Yet in this weeks comic (MCN), BMW comes top of the list for most recalls.

But maybe these two statistics imply that owners perceive BMW are addressing their issues and coming away with more satisfied customers

 

[AlanWM]

Italian bikes unreliable??? Surely not...

 

[jimbogs1200]

Oviously didn't survey a lot of GS riders!
I had a 97 R850R and it was faultless.....got an 06 GS and the FPC went the next day!!!!!

 

[Ross Dean]

Italian bikes unreliable??? Surely not...

Mine is reliable ... and just brilliant

 

[Gonzo]

Is this about perception of reliability or actual reliability? If Honda owners have a much higher expectation, maybe the lower mark represents perceived satisfaction rather than actual reliability, even if in absolute terms Hondas are more reliable?

Whereas, after reading this forum, BMW owners have bugger-all expectation, so when the 12GS starts two days in a row their expectations have been exceeded........

 

[ELIMINATOR]

Gonzo summed it up.

The trouble with surveys are the questions, how leading are they? There is a big difference between someone saying there bike is totally reliable, then finding out that they ride 2,000 summer miles per annum. Compared to someone having an unreliable bike that is 10 years old and covered 100,000 miles in all seasons with no maintenance.

Then there is the question of what type of person bothers to answer surveys, the vagueries of surveys that cannot be substansiated by hard facts are in all probability worthless.

Well this is what I found out when I did a survey at work anyway.

 

[~Stef~]

Oviously didn't survey a lot of 1200GS riders!

Fixed it for ya