Re: R1100RS mystery

[Bob Hadden <kbhadden@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rob,  I think you should think carefully about taking the deal on a new 
bike, if you feel the offer is fair.  The new RS is really the same 
bike you now have.  Alternatively,  I think the new 1200GS is pretty 
sharp.  You might want to test ride one.  Very smooth.

I would be very uncomfortable selling the bike privately.  You would 
have to explain all these problems or you wouldn't be able to sleep at 
night.  Let the dealer warranty the thing after you trade it in.

Bob Hadden '98RS  43k miles and holding my breath.  Still runs like a 
top.


On Oct 29, 2004, at 8:59 PM, rob wrote:

> 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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