Felix wrote: Mon Sep 22, 2025 8:00 pm
Is that Dalkeith? It must be like a bloody Tardis. Only ever glanced over when i drive past but never actually went in as it just looks small.
'Small' was the Cooper Reading bike showroom at their old site.
Enough space for three bikes, a desk, and wall shelves!
Turns out I did the right thing by calling up today.
Because I’m still in possession of the bike they can put it through as a warranty claim from BMW. I just had to sign a job sheet.
If I had waited till they picked it up and took it to the showroom it was then their problem and they can’t put in a warranty claim for a bike they own.
So it’s getting picked up Wednesday night when they drop off the new one.
Scotsrich wrote: Tue Sep 23, 2025 12:43 pm
Turns out I did the right thing by calling up today.
Because I’m still in possession of the bike they can put it through as a warranty claim from BMW. I just had to sign a job sheet.
If I had waited till they picked it up and took it to the showroom it was then their problem and they can’t put in a warranty claim for a bike they own.
So it’s getting picked up Wednesday night when they drop off the new one.
I hope they recognise your commitment to fair dealing. As you've, potentially, saved them money/hassle* I think a free topbox is the least they could chuck into the deal.
Scotsrich wrote: Tue Sep 23, 2025 12:43 pm
Turns out I did the right thing by calling up today.
Because I’m still in possession of the bike they can put it through as a warranty claim from BMW. I just had to sign a job sheet.
If I had waited till they picked it up and took it to the showroom it was then their problem and they can’t put in a warranty claim for a bike they own.
So it’s getting picked up Wednesday night when they drop off the new one.
I hope they recognise your commitment to fair dealing. As you've, potentially, saved them money/hassle* I think a free topbox is the least they could chuck into the deal.
* I'm assuming they'd rattle-can it.
If it was them fixing it they might rattle can it but they don’t seem that kind of place. A warranty claim is new barrels at the very least.
Hopefully they’re going to forget about the 2 k miles that I underestimated the mileage at when they gave me the trade in price.
You'd have thought that after a steady stream of new engines/barrels they'd just pay a little extra for better paint in the first place...or no paint at all!
Supermofo wrote: Tue Sep 23, 2025 2:24 pm
You'd have thought that after a steady stream of new engines/barrels they'd just pay a little extra for better paint in the first place...or no paint at all!
My R65 had 'corrosion resistant' paint on its wheels. Guess what ...
I was away for the weekend and pulled the bike out the shed Friday morning and pressed the ignition…nothing. Not a peep. I phoned my salesman mate at the dealer and he brought down a starter pack and it fired up no problem.
I took a pack with me in case it happened again but 400 miles and it’s been fine. Hopefully just one of these things, I don’t know if it was the bike draining the battery or the lithium battery shutting down.
ILast month I watched a YT upload by The Superbike Surgery on a BMW GS with a parasitic draw problem.It turned out that the owner had fitted a tracker & it was draining the battery.Has your GS got a tracker fitted?
Wife and i went down to Melrose today on the bike for lunch. Road down and home was full of bikes and we noticed the least likely rider to give a nod or a cheery wave was Adventure bike riders.
£256 for a service, basically just an engine and rear drive oil change. Oh well, such is life.
Got to back in in a couple of weeks because the hill start isn’t working and it sometimes has trouble shifting up from second to third. Warranty work if anything is wrong hopefully.
I serviced my 2016 GS LC a couple of weeks back. I did everything but the FD oil. I bought it all from the Motorworks Ebay shop, which strangely was cheaper than buying it from their own webshite. The kit included the FD filler and drain washer/seals, just not the oil.
Air filter, oil filter, two plugs, 4l of Silkolene and all the washers and even a new oil filler cap o-ring for £99... but ebay were offering a discount on certain vendors, so it actually cost £81 iirc.
Of course I had to do the work myself. Removing the crash bars to change the plugs is a chore!
I've also got a decent ODBC dongle and a fully paid up MotoScan app so I can reset the service light.
£256 sounds pretty good for a dealer to change the Engine/FD oil. Their hourly rate must be going on £100p/h.
is the least they could chuck into the deal.
