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Originally Posted by markharf
I feel like I must be missing something. What I'm gathering (correct me if I'm wrong about all or part):
You got shitty advice from a shitty mechanic--maybe from several shitty mechanics.
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That is an assumption. And you could be very wrong. I'd suggest Mark you take a more moderate view of people you don't know nor circumstances that you also don't know. We only have one side, and that is shortened to fit the space, and filtered by time (memory).
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Originally Posted by markharf
I'm curious, though: are modern BMW's much more complex, more reliant on electronics, or more difficult to diagnose without fancy equipment than modern Japanese, Austrian, British or American bikes? I'm not asking whether they break down more often: I'm curious about the consequences when they do. If they really are much more difficult to diagnose and repair, your warning "I just want people to know what will happen if they have such a mishap on the road in a foreign country..." makes sense. If not, I'll remain dubious.
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The problem may well be that a person who trained for mechanical things is now faced with a complex electronic system. While they have sophisticated expensive tools to help, their aptitude may be more in line with gears, pistons and bearings not CPUs, MOSFETs and SCRs... They may be very good with the mechanical .. but less so with the electronics. So the employer keeps them on due to their excellence with mechanicals. And the have no one else better at the electronics. OR the 'urgency' of the requested repair ends up with the only person not doing something 'important'.
They are more complex than a basic primitive EFI system (like the old BMW K bikes). Or even the old F650. They do do more, what do you expect with the added complexity?
There are a number of reasons why I'd not have one of the newer large bm 'adventure' bikes - size, weight, cost, ease of repair are a few of 'em. Similar reasons can be used to exclude other bikes from various manufactures.
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