motorcyclesin... L Plate Warrior
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Posted: 03:36 - 29 Jan 2021 Post subject: BMW 2021 R - 18 Issues |
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Hey guys, I wanted to post something that has been hidden within the BMW community.
A client of mine recently purchased the New 2021 BMW R-18, First Edition. My client was excited to finally receive his bike and immediately put a 100 miles on it. However, to our disbelief, we noticed that the left exhaust pipe started to blow blue smoke. We sent the bike back to the BMW dealership that we purchased it from and they had BMW mechanics evaluate the engine.
BMW deemed that the engine had catastrophic failure. After a few weeks, we were told that BMW would only replace the left cylinder head. My client was not happy with the news, as an engine with “catastrophic failure“ should have fully been replaced.
After doing some research, we noticed that not many criticisms/issues have been reported on the these bikes. It seems that BMW is trying to keep negative reviewers silent. However, another manufacturing issue that came up in the motorcycle community is that the fork head screw is not torqued correctly. I have link a video below for you guys, leave a comment and let us know your thoughts!
https://youtu.be/Tmac8Y6U3uQ |
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motorcyclesin... L Plate Warrior
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RhynoCZ Super Spammer
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Posted: 00:02 - 30 Jan 2021 Post subject: |
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I watched the video. They got a brand new bike, did 100 miles on it, noticed blue smoke out of the left exhaust, demanded BMW to replace the whole engine...
And some bikes have lose steering nut, aparently.
Telling us only one side of the story, I could also assume that your mate just revved the tits out of it for the first 100 miles and didn't follow the manufacturer's recommendation concerning the run-in process.
By the way, why would you replace the whole engine for a faulty valve stem seal or the head gasket?
EDIT: Next time tell your mate to buy a used bike that's done all the warranty checks and the run-in process already. ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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