Overrated?
You bet!
I am selling my GS1200 for a Pan.... had enough of expensive hourly rates, the queues in the UK to get them serviced (2-3 weeks wait for booking, so if something is seriously wrong, you are looking at a month on the train), the shoddy cheapskate warranties, the actual mediocre quality of current bikes vs their ancestry.
From the mainstream makers: the japanese 4, BMW, Harley, Triumph, Ducati and referring to assembly, quality of finish (not design) and durability I reckon BMW are dead last on that group along with HD (sorry American chaps Harleys are horribly made bikes) and Suzuki, the latter of which have an excuse as one could get 3 Bandits for 1 GS here in the UK.
Triumph used to be sh*te, they are now def better than BM. Ducati used to occupy the last spot for decades, they are now in durability and product finish closer to the top and miles ahead of BM.
Even KTM make better quality bikes than BMW I reckon....
You bet!
I am selling my GS1200 for a Pan.... had enough of expensive hourly rates, the queues in the UK to get them serviced (2-3 weeks wait for booking, so if something is seriously wrong, you are looking at a month on the train), the shoddy cheapskate warranties, the actual mediocre quality of current bikes vs their ancestry.
From the mainstream makers: the japanese 4, BMW, Harley, Triumph, Ducati and referring to assembly, quality of finish (not design) and durability I reckon BMW are dead last on that group along with HD (sorry American chaps Harleys are horribly made bikes) and Suzuki, the latter of which have an excuse as one could get 3 Bandits for 1 GS here in the UK.
Triumph used to be sh*te, they are now def better than BM. Ducati used to occupy the last spot for decades, they are now in durability and product finish closer to the top and miles ahead of BM.
Even KTM make better quality bikes than BMW I reckon....