BMW S1000RR, Project Carbon Overload.

[UnspeedySam]

That does look very very nice. Although I personally prefer a satin black finish over the carbon one.
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[EXC-Rider]

so in total how much did it cost you to get the bike fully carbon ???
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[BigDan1190]

I'm gonna estimate 2k including exhaust.

[EXC-Rider]

I would say between 2 and 3k
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[moppy]

If you paint over this, I will personally come round to your house, in the middle of the night, and strip the paint.

Looks gaaawjus.

[lllN30lll]

Well.... Bikes was looking good, managed a nice 5000 miles on the clock and BANG, gone.

Roll on engine #2.

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decided rather than take the head off and miss Summer it would be easier to get another engine.

bloke who I PX'd my engine with took the head off it and text me 'Found the problem in your old engine pal,just a valve clip come off,done a little bit of damage but nothing of serious note,clip went into bore and duffed the head and piston up a little' Not worth repairing in his opinion so he's stripping it. Can't believe I only managed 5000 miles out of it lol

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[Supermoto_Fan]

I'm confused, did it go bang because of something you did? Surely thats not right. I would be kicking off to BMW if my £10000+ bike lasted a meagre 5k miles.
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[bunglebubs]

Wasn't there quite a few that have had engines fail and were replaced by BMW?
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[P.]

+1 for a BMW WTF is going on question

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[Supermoto_Fan]

And that's that? Unbelievable really.
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[P.]

Out of warranty or not, I'd be pissed and head straight down BMW's dealership asking what the hell do they think they are playing at.

Fine if you have the cash to replace, but damn

[Hetzer]

The "reasonable expectation" outweighs the expiration of the warranty in law. You should have gone after BMW over this, that kind of failure is totally unacceptable.
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[Kris]

BMWs have gone to shit.

F800GSs have lunched their suspension off road, the new GS1200s tankslap enough to smash their lockstops off and S1000RRs have engines that were never built properly and grenade after 5k miles...
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[1198]

I've only just caught up with this thread, so I'm a tad late!
That was a cracking job you have done. It looks very well, and as far as the engine snag goes I'd be asking BMW how a bike (3 year old or there abouts?) well serviced has shat it's engine. Hardly fit for purpose!

oh, and incidentally,
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Hope the wife doesn't discover about the girlfriend....

[Walloper]

[1198]

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If the OP had returned the machine to a BMW dealer there 'may' have been goodwill on repairs. BMW are keen to lavish care on their superbike.

As typical, there are always those who state hate facts due to a jealousy matter.

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As said here, I would not surprised in the slightest to see BMW keen to help in some way, assuming it's been serviced as per their requests.
They are very keen to preserve their image!

[P.]

Not jealous of the BMW, if I wanted one, I'd buy one

I would expect an engine with 5,000 miles to keep working, serviced or not. I thrash the fuck out of my 74k Varadero 125..and its still alive and shows no signs of dying. 5k from a top of the range all singing and dancing supersports is just pitiful

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[Walloper]