[MDairheads] --- BMW FD

[Mike Cecchini]

Lolololololololol

There's certainly something to be said for belt drive, that's for sure.
35k--50k miles out of a simple rubber belt?
And nice quiet hydraulic valves that need no adjustments?
That's pretty cool in my book.

On the other hand.......no road couch for me.

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From: <markh.singer at yahoo.com>


After reading this I???m going to look at my local Harley-Davidson dealership

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Jim Wilson wrote:
>
> the way I see this FDFailure is   ::
>
>   BMW NA    could care LESS about their failures and SUPPORT to customers
> who have
> ...   or    About to have a FDFailure.      the main reason the
> independent registurer was set up many years ago was so owner/ riders could
> get an idea as to just how many 'joined the FD club'
> but truly Only   BMWNA   knows the true failure rate,
>
> maybe they informed NTSB          or      maybe like   VW   they  just
> forgot to tell the whole truth  . it's still very much an issue  with past
> FDFailure owners wanting compensation for the factory   /engineering
> failures  they paid cold hard cash to fix.      i say   " bravo  finito "
> to management @ NA and germany  for not watching the owner's  6     & bmw
> new bikes a long time ago.
>
> that's why as my LongDistance 1000/day  Bike is a Honda
>
> we'll see ya on the road somewhere.....
>
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Mike wrote
 It's still a on-going issue Larry.