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<blockquote data-quote="Monkeypants" data-source="post: 116938" data-attributes="member: 2708"><p>BMW is one of the least reliable motorcycles produced today according to a huge Consumer survey of motorcycle brands , done a few years ago. Harley beat them quite badly.</p><p>Only Ducati fared slightly worse than BMW. Electronic failures were their biggest problem area but there are plenty of driveline failures as well.</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?86887-Another-driveshaft-failure-R1200RT[/URL]</p><p>Yamaha came out on top with the other Japanese brands close behind. If we are going to change out our esa, maybe one of these big Japanese MC manufacturers would be worth copying. Pretty sure they all use a big soft rear wheel cush drive. So maybe weld up the esa and start looking at the rear wheel.</p><p>Or just leave as is. Its not been a big problem area for me nor have I heard of others experiencing massive primary chain failures etc. It's good to put a new Primary chain on once in a long while.</p><p>The Vincent is a smooth bike to operate. The modern BMWs I've ridden were not.</p><p></p><p>Glen</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Monkeypants, post: 116938, member: 2708"] BMW is one of the least reliable motorcycles produced today according to a huge Consumer survey of motorcycle brands , done a few years ago. Harley beat them quite badly. Only Ducati fared slightly worse than BMW. Electronic failures were their biggest problem area but there are plenty of driveline failures as well. [URL unfurl="true"]https://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?86887-Another-driveshaft-failure-R1200RT[/URL] Yamaha came out on top with the other Japanese brands close behind. If we are going to change out our esa, maybe one of these big Japanese MC manufacturers would be worth copying. Pretty sure they all use a big soft rear wheel cush drive. So maybe weld up the esa and start looking at the rear wheel. Or just leave as is. Its not been a big problem area for me nor have I heard of others experiencing massive primary chain failures etc. It's good to put a new Primary chain on once in a long while. The Vincent is a smooth bike to operate. The modern BMWs I've ridden were not. Glen [/QUOTE]
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