TPadden
Tom Padden
So's BMW; annual improvements, mostly unannounced, and complete redesigns every 5 or so years ...... with multiple colors .But... Honda is pretty much as predictable as they've always been.
So's BMW; annual improvements, mostly unannounced, and complete redesigns every 5 or so years ...... with multiple colors .But... Honda is pretty much as predictable as they've always been.
I agree... hey, I love seeing all the stuff they come out with. I'm far from a bmw-hater, love the bikes. I looked really hard at the GS before getting the Tenere and decided to take a chance w/Yamaha.So's BMW ...... .
Well....my view is where there is smoke, there is fire. It's too simple to state everyone with a failure congregates in the same place to complain about it. I have a coworker who had his FD replaced and never had a clue there were places you could go share notes about it. Likewise, I think half of my friends with the paralever had their FD replaced. I could simply state that must be 50% rate, but I know better. My guess is it's somewhere in the low double digits. I've heard some just carry a FD spare now because they know their day is coming.2. Acknowledge that even on internet forums where people with issues tend to gather the failures are not even in the double digits on percentage on member polls.
4. The overwhelming majority on percentage of owners have not had FD failures.
The bottom line is that most owners never have FD issues, yet some here rather glibly will tell anyone that mentions a BMW that it is destined to puke an FD. Yeah...that's a pragmatic perspective.
I trust my dealer's numbers, he says they are directly from BMWNA, at 4%. Everything else is a guess. My guess, based on experience, is the road departure rate of this group is much higher and more of a worry .Well....I could simply state that must be 50% rate, but I know better. My guess is it's somewhere in the low double digits......
Yeah, well how many dealers tell us that "Honda has no record of stuck thermostats"?I trust my dealer's numbers, he says they are directly from BMWNA, at 4%. Everything else is a guess. My guess, based on experience, is the road departure rate of this group is much higher and more of a worry .
1st off... it's a man-made product and will never, now or in the future, be perfect... even with the computers doing the manufacturing, they are man-made computers programed my humans... so, it's a loose loose scenario as far as that's concerned.BTW, before anyone accuses me of BMW bashing, let me remind you that I have occasionally ragged on Honda over their thermostats, water pump seals and motorized windscreen. It gets back to corporate business plans that calculate out a cushion for poor design and manufacturing issues.
..... and they did fix the weave / wobble problem, at least in the US, by not allowing the top box option to be sold ....I would think Honda is going to at the very least initiate a safety recall of ST1300s due to the SMC design, it was changed in 2008 but I don't think it was a perfect cure, just a little better design.
..... and they did fix the weave / wobble problem, at least in the US, by not allowing the top box option to be sold .
"One giant step for man, one small leap backwards for humanity!"1st off... it's a man-made product and will never, now or in the future, be perfect...
:crackup Funniest thing I've read all day!.... Again, being a man-made product (apologies to women but I'm smart enough to never refer to women and defects in the same sentence... ah... oops) they will never be perfect.
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Jeff may be a certified mental capacity analysis professional, but I'm an editor.being a man...I'm smart... women...defects......they will never be perfect.
To me 4% is pretty high. I know we can all do the maths, but that's 1 in 25 final drives that fail.I trust my dealer's numbers, he says they are directly from BMWNA, at 4%. Everything else is a guess. My guess, based on experience, is the road departure rate of this group is much higher and more of a worry .
I have over 300,000 miles on BMW's with one FD failure (at 106,000 miles). Hardly a problem, I easily pulled to the side of the road. Fix was a trailer and a little money; I can live with 96% good......A couple of little anecdotes from me....These were the only 3 problems we had, 3 too many if you ask me!
Astute observation ....... A+ !Was the leader of the group on a beemer with a leaking FD? That would explain it!!
BMW precognition too????Was the leader of the group on a BMW with a leaking FD?