I'm surprised Lozzo hasn't got ouf of his hospital bed to post this

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10123403.stm

 

I laughed at that too

 

Oh. That's a bugger as my nearest BMW dealer is 65 miles away and I've
never been there.

Mind you, the brakes on the GS seem more reliable than those on our
GTR although the mileage is somewhat different. The discs have already
been replaced once under warranty and it's juddering like mad again
when pulling on the front brake at anything above 60 - enough that the
whole bike is vibrating and L can feel it on the pillion - so I'm
guessing they've gone again. If they haven't I've no idea what it is.

We have a fair distance to ride over the weekend so that's not going
to be much fun.

Kevin

 

At least they're not following the Yamaha path of waiting until the
owner points out the problem and then fixing it.

The latest one is a small issue with oil from the engine breather
collecting in the airbox and owners having to drain it regularly via a
tube with a plug in it. I wondered why I discovered about 1/4 litre of
oil in the bottom of the airbox but a quick check on the XT forum
showed it up as being something that Yamaha have addressed but you
only get it done if you ask. Bunch of cunts.

 

FFS, when are you finally gonna chuck a match on that thing?

You want a(nother) nice reliable Italian bike, you do!

 

I've already got an Italian bike tvm.

 

YTC.

 

It's a very strange day indeed when an Italian designed bike is more
reliable than a Japanese one.

Is the Yamaha actually manufactured and assembled in Italy or is it one
of these import restriction avoidance schemes where all the parts come
from Japan and are assembled in Europe ?

 

dunno about Andy's but my old SZR660 was designed, built, and shipped
by Yamaha Italia.

 

I assumed he was commenting on the oh so reliable 748 that I had a few
years ago.

 

Where's the amusement in that ?