Picked up S 1000 R this morning

[black-k1]

trickywoo said:

LoonR1 said:

Then you'll never buy any vehicle ever. All of them have niggles on some bikes; a failing on one doesn't mean it's there on all of them.

Its pretty safe to say there are 100s of premature parts failures on the S1000 range.

Cush drive rubbers shouldn't disintegrate with just a few thousand on the clock neither should wheel bearings or as with the first model the switch gear.

Its a pattern is all I'm saying and points to something being fundamentally wrong with BMW QC.

If it was just niggles then fine but when you throw in the odd major engine issue it isn't.

When is the last time you saw a Japanese sports bike for sale saying new engine with less than 15k on the clocks? I could find you quite a few S1000 for sale now saying that the engine has been replaced with less miles.

I can’t comment on the S1000 range specifically but it appears from many of the other BMW bike ranges that their previous reputation for building quality bikes is no longer valid. BMW appear to have good build quality but poor component quality with component failure rates being at least as bad, if not worse, than most other mass production manufacturers, most of whom don’t imply they’re offering a “premium product”.

[LoonR1]

black-k1 said:

I can’t comment on the S1000 range specifically but it appears from many of the other BMW bike ranges that their previous reputation for building quality bikes is no longer valid. BMW appear to have good build quality but poor component quality with component failure rates being at least as bad, if not worse, than most other mass production manufacturers, most of whom don’t imply they’re offering a “premium product”.

It's not really a premium product is it though whether implied or not. The 3 series is one of the biggest selling UK cars, the bikes are similar now. I'm not defending them, I'm saying that all vehicles have niggles and to rule one model or make out due to a (often small) minority suffering these niggles will effectively rule out all vehicles.

MV and Ducati are the ones most often branded by themselves and their users as the true premium brands and look at the stories on here about them.

[steve954]

Well I noticed the fault late Monday evening so a call do the dealer tue morning at which point was agreed I drop the bike off after work so to late to be looked at tues! Anyway the bike was ready to be picked up this morning all fixed and washed.
I can't praise my local dealer enough it's service I haven't been used to with any other manufacturer of bike I have had.

[gwm]

Can't fault BMW for that. With it being a wheel bearing you'd think they'd say wear and tear and not accept it as a warranty claim.

In regards reliability, short of any statistics from warranty claim company or similar- it's all heresay really. BMWs biggest problem is their popularity.