03-13-2018, 01:37 AM
While I agree that certain "failures" and/or repairs do come with higher mileage and use, I believe some BMW models are also prone to issues because of their relatively high level of complexity.
My only personal experience with a BMW was a 2008 F800ST. When I bought it, it was 3 years old with only 300 miles. Within the first week of ownership, I had to replace the injectors due to damage from sitting with ethanol fuel. I'm not sure if this is indicative of a problem with BMW's design/tuning on that Rotax parallel-twin, a defective part or poor maintenance from the original owner.... It is; however, the only bike I've owned that had to have what I would consider a major repair at low mileage.
My only personal experience with a BMW was a 2008 F800ST. When I bought it, it was 3 years old with only 300 miles. Within the first week of ownership, I had to replace the injectors due to damage from sitting with ethanol fuel. I'm not sure if this is indicative of a problem with BMW's design/tuning on that Rotax parallel-twin, a defective part or poor maintenance from the original owner.... It is; however, the only bike I've owned that had to have what I would consider a major repair at low mileage.