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FriendlyEllis
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PostPosted: 21:14 - 09 Jun 2014    Post subject: BMW tells 2014 - R1200RT owners not to ride bikes Reply with quote
BMW HAS instructed owners of R1200RTs to stop riding their bikes, saying there is no guarantee a component in the rear suspension will not fail.

Read more: https://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news--general-news/bmw-tells-r1200rt-owners-not-to-ride-bikes/25102.html#ixzz34B9MktwW
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PostPosted: 06:35 - 10 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
It wasn't that long ago BMW was boasting about how their bikes were so durable that they could be ridden halfway across the world.

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PostPosted: 07:28 - 10 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes, they must be weeping into their mattresses stuffed full of Deutsche Marks.
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PostPosted: 07:32 - 10 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Vracktal wrote:
It wasn't that long ago BMW was boasting about how their bikes were so durable that they could be ridden halfway across the world.


They still can. It's the long walk home when the suspension fails and you have only made it halfway round that's the problem.
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PostPosted: 08:10 - 10 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thinking BMW source from China now?
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PostPosted: 08:13 - 10 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
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BMW source from China now


Yes fro the last few years

Serious advice don't not own one outside of warrentee they suffer from the Lotus syndrome

Lotus = lots or trouble mostly serious ! Razz
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PostPosted: 14:18 - 10 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Usually serious I believe
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PostPosted: 17:45 - 10 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
I bought a BMW.

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PostPosted: 21:24 - 10 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
davebike wrote:
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BMW source from China now


Yes fro the last few years

Serious advice don't not own one outside of warrentee they suffer from the Lotus syndrome

Lotus = lots or trouble mostly serious ! Razz


Lotms?

Surely - Lotus - Lots of trouble usually serious?
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PostPosted: 08:19 - 11 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
swot I said
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PostPosted: 07:29 - 20 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
No different from any other recall. Happen all the time across brands.

BMW are actually very good with their recalls, and any dealership will happily print out a vehicles history for you, even if you've just picked up a used of ebay.
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PostPosted: 07:50 - 20 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
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No different from any other recall. Happen all the time across brands..


It's different from the kind of recall that says 'Hi we've noticed a rather insignificant point of housekeeping wrong with your new bike and we'll replace it at the next service free of charge' type of recall.

This is a fairly serious 'Hi we've sold you a bike that's not fit for purpose and may kill you so, um,, don't use it, mmkay?' type recall
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PostPosted: 12:47 - 20 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
And? It's not like there has never been recalls over faulty brakes, throttles, fuel lines, fuel tanks etc.. They are all serious too.
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PostPosted: 13:07 - 20 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
c-m wrote:
And? It's not like there has never been recalls over faulty brakes, throttles, fuel lines, fuel tanks etc.. They are all serious too.


I suppose the issue is you are buying in many peoples eyes the Rolls Royce of motorcycles. I wonder if their building/sourcing from China is going to bite them in the balls.
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PostPosted: 13:49 - 20 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
It hasn't done yet, they're still selling like gangbusters.

Whatever that means.
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PostPosted: 14:07 - 20 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
I agree Roger, but I suspect 95% of people still think they are only built in Germany.
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PostPosted: 19:23 - 20 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
There seems to be an inverse correlation between sales, price and reliability for some motors. Range Rover constantly comes bottom of reliability surveys but still shifts hundreds of thousands of units. Same seems to be applying to BMW bikes as well now.
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