They've all had one and I think all bikes should have them. I'm situated this is still new to some familiar with this bike.
This bike is great in the right hands. Reason is that It's got certain quirks.
BMW tells you to fill the hole with grease, which is stupid and I'm convinced the engineers didn't come up with that one. So if the owner hasn't studied the bike or don't do their own maintenance you'll end up finding lots of complaints about this bike. Bearings, battery, pump, cooling. I'm not flipping here, but this is probably the most documented bike in history. It's got a comprehensive faq on a dedicated webpage including maintenance videos which cover everything down to full engine rebuilt. This bike should never end up in Ted's hands really. ;-)
It mainly leaks during cooling down due to the material contraction rates which are different between the seal and casing. Changing the seal takes 29 mins if you have prepped the bike for it with removing the solid oil line. The new ones came with flexible ones when BM finally pulled thru finger out.
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