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Trigger:
Always get the beer in first, keeps the landlord happy  ;)

Had two local mates who planed to go to the IOM this year, both are mechanics and have never been. One on a BMW RS and the other on a BMW RT, both very new bikes with under 16,000 miles.
The went to set of and the RT starter motor would not engage so, they thought no problem we will just bump start it, five miles down the road the same bike ran out of fuel ( though the Gauge said it was half full ). They pushed the half a mile to the fuel station but, had to wait some time for it to open. By the time they fueled up, they realized  that they were running late for the ferry but, at least they were on there way.

A quick blast across the county and got to the ferry just in time. A couple of miles off the ferry on the IOM and the RS lost all drive. Pushed it to a farm and left it in a barn. Then they went to and frow with luggage to the B&B they were booked in at. Went back the next day with some tools to strip the rear end down and found that the drive shaft splines had gone. Ordered another drive shaft from the UK which turned up two days later and got it all working again.

On the way home the RT ran out of fuel again as he had forgot that the gauge was not working correctly  ???

They said, they had a nice time apart from all the break downs and sodding about  :) :) :)     

Matt_Harrington:

--- Quote from: Trigger on June 24, 2023, 08:35:43 AM ---....They pushed the half a mile to the fuel station but, had to wait some time for it to open.....

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We pushed the RT in the IoM to the ferry terminal - that was knackering!

Johnny4428:
Not a good ad for the BMW brand! Or maybe just highlights that anything can and does happen with any make or age of bike.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
If it's anything like post 2005 Mercs the over complication of electronic equipment that does not like water can lead to breakdowns on even relatively new vehicles.

Certainly with Mercs the accountants put pressure on costs to parts suppliers that resulted in significant failures on diesel 4 cylinder injectors circa 2013/4 iirc.
In one instance the injector suppliers had changed the type of adhesive used to secure the coils in the injector body to save on cost as they had won the contract on a tender that was not really good business. (Instead of opening/closing the injector the coils just moved up/down inside the sealed housing at the top of the injectors!)

We had dozens of Mercs that had an injector failures within a few hundred miles of delivery or even during the PDI. Early victims had new injectors fitted that failed again within weeks of replacement.

As a result of the recalls it pushed the supplier to the brink of insolvency - Merc could not find an alternative supplier so they ended up buying the debt laden company returning the adhesive to the original MB specification.

A fear expressed here is that replacing the point based ignition system on a sohc unit with electronic might not always be a roadside fix.

alexdecker:
This was marvellous tips gentlemen! Thank you very much :)

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