bmac
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1500 miles is all my experience with BMW, and I knew I had already exceeded my patience with how they do business. This was back in 1991, so maybe things different now, but back then the owner manual was 150 pages long. 50 pages for info on how to ride, specs ect, 100 pages for dealer service visits where they document and place a dealer stamp. No place in the manual even showed where to drain the oil or do even the most basic work yourself. If you need to do these things, see your dealer. Dealer didn't have a tech that could tie his own shoes let alone check oil, change oil or even check tire pressure without injecting 3 problems.
Hope your experience is different. Looks like the dealer can drive 90 miles, which is promising. My dealer they would have got lost and gave up by 1.5 miles.
I had enough "excitement" in the 1600 miles I owned a BMW to satisfy my need for a long time to come.
Perhaps, it might be time to move on. Your brief experience of 30 years ago is hardly relevant today even though it clearly scarred you for life. I hope you aren't still complaining about the girl that dumped you in high school.Plus BMW and Harley are chock full of Chinese parts. I find Japanese far superior to Chinese, but maybe a lot of riders really lust for the Chinese stuff that breaks but is so much more exciting to own.
There are lots of good bikes available, some better than others. Different strokes for different folks. I always look to Yamaha first and have had 3 Super Tenere's with the last one replaced by a 1250GS. As good as the Super Tenere was the GS just ups the ante in several categories, at least for me. Many folks are happy with their S10 and that is great but BMW does sell a heck of a lot of GS's. Perhaps it is a bit more than an attraction to Chinese parts.
I will have a Tenere again sometime this summer, but it will be a 700.