Karlread
Registered user
I know that some of us on this forum use our bikes through the "colder" months here so I thought I would ask if anybody else had suffered these problems.
Purchased an RT in February this year from my local dealer, all bells and whistles and was their demonstrator. Picked it up with 3300 miles on it (reg sept 2014) and have put 700 miles on it.
On cleaning it a couple of weeks ago saw white bubbling around the final drive axle (where the black plastic ring is) and where the engine casings meet the cylinder heads the seems had bubbled. On taking it to the dealer, they also discovered bubbling on the trailing edge of the swing arm and on the fluid overflow hole which is on the near side of the engine.
Options are:
Get my money back and look for something else.
BMW will replace the parts but cannot guarantee it will not happen again, or let the dealer find me a low mileage bike.
I know I cannot legislate for the time it was used as a demo but has anyone else had similar problems with the new RT. I love the bike but think it may be worth just taking the money and getting something else.
Purchased an RT in February this year from my local dealer, all bells and whistles and was their demonstrator. Picked it up with 3300 miles on it (reg sept 2014) and have put 700 miles on it.
On cleaning it a couple of weeks ago saw white bubbling around the final drive axle (where the black plastic ring is) and where the engine casings meet the cylinder heads the seems had bubbled. On taking it to the dealer, they also discovered bubbling on the trailing edge of the swing arm and on the fluid overflow hole which is on the near side of the engine.
Options are:
Get my money back and look for something else.
BMW will replace the parts but cannot guarantee it will not happen again, or let the dealer find me a low mileage bike.
I know I cannot legislate for the time it was used as a demo but has anyone else had similar problems with the new RT. I love the bike but think it may be worth just taking the money and getting something else.