Rattling engine and seizing exhaust flap.

10tenmen said:

Very nice Mark I know which of my bikes get the glances and it isn’t the BMW lol

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Mark Hooton said:

Yes, sadly not good. The engine delivery date keeps on getting pushed back, three times so far.


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Arsey said:

There must be a thread about it then !

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Mark Hooton said:

Yes, sadly not good. The engine delivery date keeps on getting pushed back, three times so far.


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Mark Hooton said:

Well, long story ‘long’ the dealership were very keen to get me onto a loan bike, asking what I would like, so I said an R1250GSA. They said they would see what they could do. I then got a call from BMW customer services asking for my details and pointing out there would be an excess etc (nothing untowards) and then advising me I would get a call from the hire company. About 30 mins later Enterprise rings me and says that they can get me into a bloody Nissan Cashqui (excuse spelling) within two hours. I pointed out that I was hoping for a BMW R1250GSA - she actually didn’t know what one of those cars was hahaha but could get me into a 1 series later that day. At which point I lost the will to live and rang the dealer to tell them how funny it was! Dealer, who tried with nothing but good intent, was somewhat dismayed!


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beaver said:

thinking of my GPz 900 and 1100 now... great bikes in their day .... and no issues at all

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Mark Hooton said:

Let’s not forget the terrible fuelling on the GPz 1100 which saw many owners change from Fuel Injection to carbs. But, hey, we aren’t here to knock every make!

Let’s hope that my 1250 gets sorted and that the rattly engine and/or seizing zorst flap doesn’t become an issue for others!


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Mark Hooton said:

The futures so bright I’ve gotta wear shades.........


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Tractors are go said:

Gpz900;

Cylinder heads replaced and owners not told.

Cam shaft failures.

Black chrome peeled off exhausts, replaced under warranty.

Gpz1100 FI, control modules failing due to water ingress.

Rose tinted glasses !

During the early/mid 80's Honda and Yamaha were in a war to be no 1, new models were brought to market almost yearly.

How many years did the 1200 engine go for before it's first major upgrade ?

Now BMW are competing against Ducati and KTM for sales, along with triumph and soon HD too, in an overall saturated market.

"Upgrades" happen almost yearly now, history appears to be repeating itself.


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beaver said:

You forgot the 900 carb iceing up .. and the Hondas CX500.. great bike.. bought because my cb900 got nicked and we were off on a 3500 mile run into Europe.. bought the day before we went with 50K on it.. went like a dream (not super dream)... more CB900's... I loved them.. CB1100RC... and lets not forget, it all started on a SS50

yes, your right.. too much too quick without real life testing and development...

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red1 said:

I made good overtime money with the Kawasaki 1000J and GPZ1100 replacing sets of pistons under warranty.

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