I'm sure you will feel better if you spend 5 minutes on the Explorer forum and read about the cylinder heads being replaced under warranty, this might help ease your pain. Just look under camshaft bucket service bulletin, you can't miss it's now up to 205 pages!
When the GS has been out a year BMW might issue some updates,
They need too! Have a look at some of the threads on this site! Clutches, switch gear, oil leaking, brake issues, panniers not fitting(how many washers have you got fitted?), traction control kicking in too early, etc,etc
Yes most of us agree that it's a good bike! But Imo the bike has been released to early ie not enough testing! Oh and the million miles before you start! Was done in the test cell! (From what i have been told by my dealer) Not real road riding in real conditions!
As it has all ready been stated in other posts, you pay for a top end product you expect to get a top end product, not being a beta tester for the sum of 14+k.
Welcome to the disease!
When the GS has been out a year BMW might issue some updates,
They need too! Have a look at some of the threads on this site! Clutches, switch gear, oil leaking, brake issues, panniers not fitting(how many washers have you got fitted?), traction control kicking in too early, etc,etc
Yes most of us agree that it's a good bike! But Imo the bike has been released to early ie not enough testing! Oh and the million miles before you start! Was done in the test cell! (From what i have been told by my dealer) Not real road riding in real conditions!
As it has all ready been stated in other posts, you pay for a top end product you expect to get a top end product, not being a beta tester for the sum of 14+k.
Welcome to the disease!
Mine's fine, ordered last October delivered March, done 4500 miles and all good, panniers arrived with bike and they fitted, gearbox fine, no oil leaks, just a damn good bike all round - mine must have one of the first in the country but it certainly doesn't feel like a pre-production or beta bike - seem like BMW made a special effort to give me a great bike, but I am on my third 1200GS so perhaps they pulled out all the stops just for me
Mine's fine, ordered last October delivered March, done 4500 miles and all good, panniers arrived with bike and they fitted, gearbox fine, no oil leaks, just a damn good bike all round - mine must have one of the first in the country but it certainly doesn't feel like a pre-production or beta bike - seem like BMW made a special effort to give me a great bike, but I am on my third 1200GS so perhaps they pulled out all the stops just for me
Ditto, though not one of the first in country mines been fine too, panniers and enduro seat all sorted when I picked it up.
I do feel for the people with issues tho as its a PITA to have to chase and travel back and fro to the dealers.....
Mine's fine, ordered last October delivered March, done 4500 miles and all good, panniers arrived with bike and they fitted, gearbox fine, no oil leaks, just a damn good bike all round - mine must have one of the first in the country but it certainly doesn't feel like a pre-production or beta bike - seem like BMW made a special effort to give me a great bike, but I am on my third 1200GS so perhaps they pulled out all the stops just for me
Same here.Other than replacement rear brake pads, mine's been spot on for the first 4000 miles.
On occasion, it's taken a couple of attempts to get into neutral, but I'm told "they all do that"
Mine's fine, ordered last October delivered March, done 4500 miles and all good, panniers arrived with bike and they fitted, gearbox fine, no oil leaks, just a damn good bike all round - mine must have one of the first in the country but it certainly doesn't feel like a pre-production or beta bike - seem like BMW made a special effort to give me a great bike, but I am on my third 1200GS so perhaps they pulled out all the stops just for me
Mine too, picked up same time, same place and all's well..
When the GS has been out a year BMW might issue some updates,
They need too! Have a look at some of the threads on this site! Clutches, switch gear, oil leaking, brake issues, panniers not fitting(how many washers have you got fitted?), traction control kicking in too early, etc,etc
Yes most of us agree that it's a good bike! But Imo the bike has been released to early ie not enough testing! Oh and the million miles before you start! Was done in the test cell! (From what i have been told by my dealer) Not real road riding in real conditions!
As it has all ready been stated in other posts, you pay for a top end product you expect to get a top end product, not being a beta tester for the sum of 14+k.
Welcome to the disease!
Not good enough, Dump it in for an S10
