BMW service campaign for over 400,000 bikes

[tommymck]

I dunno. As I said before, this particular thing doesn't seem to be a big deal at all. The "recall" amounts to your next service taking an extra 5 minutes at the dealer. I can't speak to the F series, but I purchased a '98 new and sold it a year ago...never had any expenses other than scheduled maintenance, some of which I did myself. I regularly take my 1250GS off-road. Nothing super challenging, but real off-road, and not just a gravel trail. Seems pretty fit for the task to me. Also had an RNineT which was a super bike. Didn't have it long enough to really evaluate reliability, but it was three years of trouble free riding.

I did recently have a crankshaft let go on my '57 R60. Maybe you guys are right! Whoever at BMW designed that thing should be taken out back and slapped around! Oh wait... I'm guessing that the crank outlived the designer. Oh well...