crazy horse
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Add me to the growing list. My ring gear on my final drive is toast at 47,000 miles.
Many thanks to my local dealer Schlossman's BMW of Milwaukee who went to bat for me with BMW NA offering that I would pay half the price of a new FD and they would do the labor for free. { I did have it removed from the bike}. BMW has declined that idea of goodwill saying the bike is "too far out".
Back in the 70's I would have taken that as a compliment, now it just makes me want to disconnect from a motorcycle company that I would not long ago have boasted made the best long distance bike.
Now, when that conversation comes up I think I'll clam up.
By the way, I changed the "Forever fluid" in that drive at 27,000 miles and used BMW synthetic.
Many thanks to my local dealer Schlossman's BMW of Milwaukee who went to bat for me with BMW NA offering that I would pay half the price of a new FD and they would do the labor for free. { I did have it removed from the bike}. BMW has declined that idea of goodwill saying the bike is "too far out".
Back in the 70's I would have taken that as a compliment, now it just makes me want to disconnect from a motorcycle company that I would not long ago have boasted made the best long distance bike.
Now, when that conversation comes up I think I'll clam up.
By the way, I changed the "Forever fluid" in that drive at 27,000 miles and used BMW synthetic.