I wish I would have kept my 99 Tiger. Except for the dealers it served me well and that howl with the off-road pipe is to die for!
+1 What he said!HoebSTer said:If i could have afforded the price range of the BMW and the Tenere was at that level and or even slightly above, I would have gone with the Tenere. German stuff isn't my thing compared to Japanese durability.
Twray said:A Definite yes
That is the reason I would not buy a BMW even at KLR650 prices. Reliability is everything to me, and the reason I own a Yamaha.Rasher said:I do not trust my BMW not to blow up the FPC at any time (I carry a spare) and I am worried about long trips in case the FD fails and ruins a holiday - fear of impending breakdown is no fun, and the reason the BMW will be going, at 11k I set off for a 3k tour, by the end both fork seals were leaking, the clutch had a problem and both front discs were warped...
Don't worry they will plummet again once the new "everything is fixed, press junketed, no need to worry anymore, we've finally figured out how to do water cooled, and it';s got 6 way ESA now" 1250GS comes out in 2013. You watch ;DBundu said:S10 sales in Germany up quite a bit
http://www.motorradonline.de/de/bmw-spezial/zulassungszahlen-2011-die-top-10-der-motorrad-modelle/357355?mrdkampagne=rss_homepage
Or so he says, many BMW owners consider a few roadside recoveries a year normal and "no problem" I cam across a guy who has done 75k in 5 years and his bike has now had 4 final drive failures (plus other breakdowns) and he is delighted and thinks it is a brilliant bike and nothing else could be as reliable as this BMW.RonH said:but I know a guy who rides a 2008 BMW R1200GSA with over 110,000 miles on it and he has had not one problem with it.
simmons1 said:If the S10 cost as much as a GS I wouldn't buy either one of them.
If the GS cost as little as an S10 I would have still bought the S10.
::026::simmons1 said:If the S10 cost as much as a GS I wouldn't buy either one of them.
If the GS cost as little as an S10 I would have still bought the S10.