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Hi,
Yes the "customer care" of bmw was very bad to me too. I got a nice trowses for christmas (i would have got one at louis for a fraction of the price) but later the strings were it was sewed together opened and the trowses started to fall apart, in my eyes a factory foult. I wrote many emails and also went to a bmw dealer personaly but only got the answer as long as i dont have a receipt i dont get warrenty.
Anyway im wondering why people take such expensive bikes on trips while there are so many cheaper alternatives. The Honda Transalp i used to ride around africa no problem was worth less then $1000 when i bought it. The bike i used to ride around Southamerica too. Both were easily sold at the end to also save the shiping cost:
http://afrikamotorrad.eu/?report=en_transafrika
I hold thumbs for you, Tobi
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Originally Posted by ta-rider
Hi,
Anyway im wondering why people take such expensive bikes on trips while there are so many cheaper alternatives. The Honda Transalp i used to ride around africa no problem was worth less then $1000 when i bought it.
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I don´t think it´s a matter of being expensive or not. The Transalp was expensive when it came on the market in the Eighties, and folks used it for rtw back then, too, same with the Africa Twin, the Teneré, the 80G/S and lots of other bikes. I have an AT and whilst I have ridden it for 50.000km around Europe and like it very much, I´m at some point fed up with missing ABS, about 40 additional HP and a nice, comfy seat. Reading this thread whilst considering purchasing a GSA at season´s end this year does make me wonder whether to keep the AT then, however why in the world would I not take a comfy, modern, powerful bike rtw and choose a 20 year old, solid but uncomfy workhorse to do the trip of a lifetime?
I guess I should get myself a KTM LC8 990, which I just found out yesterday was discontinued in late 2012. Bugger.
Cheers
Chris
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