03-11-2015, 07:27 AM
(03-11-2015, 06:47 AM)NightRider_imp Wrote:(03-11-2015, 05:15 AM)furious_blue_imp Wrote:(03-11-2015, 03:32 AM)ClassicVW_imp Wrote: I hear ya, JPT, but not everyone has the desire, the talent, or the tools to do a rebuild.
BTW, What scared me off from BMW was the $2,000 final drive repairs and $4,000 clutch jobs. (Not joking)
I saved these photos that I encountered:
1. What it takes to get to the clutch of a Boxer so that a leaking oil seal can be replaced
2. catastrophic failure of an F model swingarm
3. catastrophic failure of an F model fork
I bought a BMW car in 2000, within a few months the paint was getting chips all over the front, I don't live in a gravel-ly area.. the paint on my old beater 1982 Nissan Sentra was far more durable than that...
I don't get it. BMW had (?) such a reputation for quality and durability ? (or am I seriously mistaken)...
I saved these photos that I encountered:
1. What it takes to get to the clutch of a Boxer so that a leaking oil seal can be replaced
2. catastrophic failure of an F model swingarm
3. catastrophic failure of an F model fork
I bought a BMW car in 2000, within a few months the paint was getting chips all over the front, I don't live in a gravel-ly area.. the paint on my old beater 1982 Nissan Sentra was far more durable than that...
I don't get it. BMW had (?) such a reputation for quality and durability ? (or am I seriously mistaken)...
Wow. I suppose the box engine has some advantages and disadvantages and one has to decide what is more important. The advantage is the straight shot from the crank to the transmission and driveshaft which has power delivery and efficiency advantages inherent to that design. The disadvantage is you must pull the engine to get to something on the back end that would be on the sides of our engine.
The busted members could be from some abuse rather than simply breaking so I would not be scared to buy a BMW if I wanted the advantages of having one over the problems the designs might have especially in the fix-it cost area. I like the boxer engine and it does have some fans and plenty of them.
I guess that's actually one advantage.. on that generation of boxer, there is no 'frame'..
to get to the rear, the entire back end was removed, but the front end could stay attached :-)
The newer GS model now has a real tubular steel frame (as I understand it from a picture anyway)...