deliverd a one month old b.m.w 1200rt to the b.m.w dealers today for a warranty claim. while I was there, thought I would I've a closer look at the 1600GTL model. must admit, it's very impressive :rolleyes: but the technician told me there having trouble with electrics on them. water is entering around the seat area and causing serious expensive damaged, at up £20,000 big one's for the top of the range, this as got to have a few owners :sweatdrop: ing..!
2 simple ways to remedy that ... A large dose of ACF50 and don't take it out in the rain ! :rolleyes:
third option....
BUY A GTR
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deffo :agree: get the gtr all day,,,,any day! lol
If you can't use it in the rain it might as well be a Ducati :mfr_lol:
Take it out in what........?
I remember that there were a number of 'disgruntled' 1600 customers on the BMW forum, complaining about electrical problems, bike going onto "get you home mode" loose components and a number of Sat Nav problems, which surprisingly were because of the old software that had been used :wacko:
Winston would be able to comment more accurately :yes:
Don't know about the sat-nav issues but the limp home mode effected the test bike last year when I was riding it back from the Pyrenees.
100miles at 100mph braked for the Peage and all of a sudden went to limp home mode - overheating warning etc. Turned engine off, restarted and it was OK!!
Drank oil too!
Winny ... I understand the K1600 has to have "special oil" ... obviously ! .... the figure of £27 a litre has been put about ... :eek: It's horrendous but I am still drawn to them ... no test ride till I retire so by then it should be sorted !! :cool: :mfr_lol:
Dream on :sorcerer: :whistling:
Quote from: Rusty on March 17, 2012, 06:16:07 PM
Winny ... I understand the K1600 has to have "special oil" ... obviously ! .... the figure of £27 a litre has been put about ... :eek: It's horrendous but I am still drawn to them ... no test ride till I retire so by then it should be sorted !! :cool: :mfr_lol:
The fleet bike got fed Castrol or Silkolene or whatever was the right grade in the services off the peage!
kiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnn elllllllllll------£27 per litre!!!
Again, there were severaL posts on the BMW forum about how riders were being told that they must use BMW recommended oils ~ available from BMW dealers (of course), or else their warranty could be adversly affected.
Yeah right ....I don't smell a rat....do you :huh:
Quote from: olde coney on March 18, 2012, 08:08:29 AM
Again, there were severaL posts on the BMW forum about how riders were being told that they must use BMW recommended oils ~ available from BMW dealers (of course), or else their warranty could be adversly affected.
Yeah right ....I don't smell a rat....do you :huh:
What !!!! :angry: they will be telling us to use only "special" air in tyres next or only to wash it with there own blended shampoo ,
It's a wind up!
Here's the thing: the oil recommendation in my manual was not exclusive; buy by the bucket in Halfords. Then, a few years ago. BMW thought up this marketing wheeze with Castrol and lo.......Ye shall henceforth, however old your bike, use our new wonderformulation at 18squid a litre. The bottle actually quotes K1200RS, just in case I tried to squiggle out.
I phoned Castrol for advice on which oil would best suit my bike. The nice man said that according to the data base...... and quoted the oil I had used since day one and continue(d) so to do.
Now; if there was an oily solution to the recurrent gear box failures, I would not be looking to a 1400 GTR.
Moral: It's an ill wind.....