Re: old design was oilheads-digest V1 #47

[Tpcutter@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 1/10/04 2:36:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, MinorB@xxxxxxxx 
writes:
<<Find one anecdote where a BMW owner with a bike less than 20 years old had 
to wait four months for a part. One incidence of such a wait is evidence 
enough for me that a Ducati does not qualify as a bike I would depend on for daily 
transportation.>>

    There are a lot of F650 owners who have had their bikes tied up in the 
dealerships for months. Also guys with transmission and rear drive failures on 
the R1150's and LT's have experienced some long waits. My R1100S sat in the 
shop for 5 weeks waiting for the approval of a transmission replacement, then 
waited for the trans to arrive, then the dealer tore the threads out of the 
swingarm and had to get another one. Total lost time almost two months. I missed a 
vacatioon and a paid-up track day with the bike. (a friend loaned me a bike 
for the track day.)

Tom Cutter

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