Re: R1100RS mystery

[rob <obray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I wrote a while back about my RS burning the right cylinder exhaust 
valves,
and with an 80% leakage in the left cylinder; BMW has now officially 
denied
any coverage including any good will. The reps attitude is that they 
have no way
of knowing what I've done to the bike (though my maintenance record is 
on file
at my dealership), and that it's too far out of warranty. Though the 
bike has
44K on it, they might as well say that burned valves are the norm! 
Something
obviously went very wrong to have gone from 8% leakage in both to it's
current state in 10K miles.

A few questions are in order:

Have any of you burned valves, or had severe leakage in a cylinder, 
similar
to what I've described? Or heard of another bike similarly disposed?

Might anyone have a contact name or a more specific (preferably email) 
address
other than the generic N.A. address in NJ?

Has anyone sold there bike as in my bikes condition? I'm extremely 
leery after
5 transmissions, a sight glass blow out, fuel pump failure, and now the 
top end
problems, to keep this bike. The ONLY plus to this, IF one could call 
it that,
is that the dealer is willing to take my bike and knock off 5K on a new 
machine.
They want $1500 for a full valve job and I'm pretty sure I'd have a 
hard time selling
it with full disclosure of it's past. So, if someone's interested....
I obviously have some thinking to do, but am not impressed by the new 
models, and the
RS has changed enough that I'm not sure I'm interested.

Thanks for any and all suggestions!



Rob

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