nigel5 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Owned 2 BMW's 800s and 800gs, won't own another one! Cost of servicing and faults, steering head bearings, wheel bearings, lambda sensors, peeling engine paint etc,etc. I will stick with the GT and that engine😃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 So, what I'm seeing here is that BMW has given up on designing a final drive that won't spill it's guts on the highway regularly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member keithu Posted April 6, 2020 Premium Member Share Posted April 6, 2020 15 hours ago, Coop said: So, what I'm seeing here is that BMW has given up on designing a final drive that won't spill it's guts on the highway regularly. To be fair, more than one member of this forum has snapped a chain which then punched a big nasty hole in the engine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel5 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 33 minutes ago, keithu said: To be fair, more than one member of this forum has snapped a chain which then punched a big nasty hole in the engine. True but at least with a chain you can see what's going on, unlike shaft! and trust me the original chain on my 800gs was the cheapest crap I have ever seen! Scotoiler and meticulous maintenance and it was scrap at 12,000 miles, replacement 30,000 miles and still ok when I sold it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 I mostly just use BMW's to tease Harley riders. I see some guys at breakfast wearing Harley gear and I have to ask them if they are riding those beautiful BMW's outside. I also like to offer them ear plugs, but they are good natured folk and we all get a grin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripletrouble Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 BMW s the nice girl. Tracers the ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wintersdark Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 They look like such nice machines, and I know *lots* of guys with them (particularly 1200GS's around these parts) but... So, so spendy to buy and maintain. So spendy.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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