ballen262
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Im now into my 27th year of Auto Body & Paint and currently run and operate my own facility.
This may have been talked about already.
I currently am the one who posted pictures of my Turkey hit last weekend that did $4300 in damage.
My hope here is to share with others thinking about the insurance on your bikes and also those who work on your own bikes.
After inspection of my BMW I was very disgusted in the lack BMW put into its painted body panels, the parts that cost the most after a crash with a Turkey or similar animal.
The tabs that hold these panels on are 100% designed to break very easy, attached to the back side of these painted panels with only 1 mil of plastic. I do know based on the hit I was in where the headlamp took most of the hit the side panels next to headlight and panels with the BMW logo attached disgust me in how BMW designed them.
I am currently putting a letter together with pictures that clearly show BMW's attempt to make more money on light hit accidents. Places where BMW could clearly beef up these attachment areas they don't.
Also to all be very very very careful pulling side panels off where the BMW1200 logo is placed, you can easily break the tabs that slide into the black panel where radio controls are on both sides of bike the round rubber grommets make it very very easy to pull on painted panel so hard aiding in breaking those tabs, any time you take off these side panels apply some grease or silicone to these black rubber grommets for easy future removal.
For the money we pay the pure lack of respect given in these panels for us as consumers makes me sick not just with BMW but any company's over reach doing the same thing.
I hope to bring awareness to BMW to fix this STUPID design and save all of us insurance premium hikes.
Even my adjuster said he could not believe such an expensive bike showed that much disrespect to its dedicated customers.
I will keep everyone posted.
This may have been talked about already.
I currently am the one who posted pictures of my Turkey hit last weekend that did $4300 in damage.
My hope here is to share with others thinking about the insurance on your bikes and also those who work on your own bikes.
After inspection of my BMW I was very disgusted in the lack BMW put into its painted body panels, the parts that cost the most after a crash with a Turkey or similar animal.
The tabs that hold these panels on are 100% designed to break very easy, attached to the back side of these painted panels with only 1 mil of plastic. I do know based on the hit I was in where the headlamp took most of the hit the side panels next to headlight and panels with the BMW logo attached disgust me in how BMW designed them.
I am currently putting a letter together with pictures that clearly show BMW's attempt to make more money on light hit accidents. Places where BMW could clearly beef up these attachment areas they don't.
Also to all be very very very careful pulling side panels off where the BMW1200 logo is placed, you can easily break the tabs that slide into the black panel where radio controls are on both sides of bike the round rubber grommets make it very very easy to pull on painted panel so hard aiding in breaking those tabs, any time you take off these side panels apply some grease or silicone to these black rubber grommets for easy future removal.
For the money we pay the pure lack of respect given in these panels for us as consumers makes me sick not just with BMW but any company's over reach doing the same thing.
I hope to bring awareness to BMW to fix this STUPID design and save all of us insurance premium hikes.
Even my adjuster said he could not believe such an expensive bike showed that much disrespect to its dedicated customers.
I will keep everyone posted.