Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim Cullis
I will never ever buy a bike within eighteen months of initial launch.
I will never ever buy a bike within eighteen months of initial launch.
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(should be 100 lines but you get the idea)
Tim
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Too right. See:
R1100R/GS shock corrosion
F650 stalling and surging
R1150 brake servo's
Moto Guzzi FI
R1200 security key antenna...
And so on and so on.
I'll hold my hands up and admitt I'll let others do my research. I too used to have more money than sense, but after a while you trade one for the other.
The other rule IMHO is to look for the manufacturer who had a poor reputation for quality and made a huge effort to improve rather than the one trading in past glory. I find my Triumph and my dads Guzzi way better built than any BMW I ever owned (Carbed F650's and R1100's) and hear post 2006 Urals are close to BM airhead indestructability. Time for BMW to get off their pedastal and start working at it again IMHO.
Andy
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