Judge,
Good for you that you have experienced no problems. I never stated that I was going to buy a less capable bike. I have the means to purchase whatever bike I want. That is not the issue. I actually love the BMW, I have owned several BMW vehicles over the years. I do however question their reliability, based on speaking with owners waiting for service at BMW dealerships within my area. All had various problems of one type or another, but all loved their bikes. In three cases the stalling issue almost caused an accident. One owner with a K1200GT had a cam failure and was arguing with the dealership because BMW would not cover the repair under warranty. In various websites like K-Bikes, there seems to a trend, however small it is, with drive failures and other items. Even dealerships have told me that BMW can be hard to deal with and that I should buy a third party warranty. My current ST1300 has me very spoiled. In 50K+ miles, it has never failed once. It does not have the high speed wobble, nor a heat issue, and the thermostat has never stuck. But my Honda is getting older and I'm looking for the replacement. BMW is on the short list. When I'm not fighting Taliban, I take leave just to ride the country and enjoy. The lack of BMW dealers in CONUS is a concern to me. I just don't want to be out in the desert somewhere and have a failure because of some poorly designed switch or whatever. While neither one of us actually knows the percentage of failures, I still question reliability. That is not flawed logic, that's a simple opinion. I think the BMW is still an excellent bike, so don't get your panties twisted over it.