48,000 mile service

[trrider]

Bike odometer reads 47,888 miles.
Left off at dealership (3 blocks away ) yesterday morning (3/11/08).  Rear tire might have had 400 miles of use left on it....but, I decided to change anyway as did not want to have to fool with it again for a while. Of course, the sales manager comes over to me to see if I am ready to trade.  The last input shaft failure was just at 24,000 miles ago.  Fixed? I think so. 
I see me keeping this bike for awhile, at least today .  Another input shaft failure might turn me off to the brand.....I don't know...we will see.

[geothepencil]

An inspection in another 12000 miles might be a good idea.

geo

[denkcjames]

 I am new to the forum and a new BMW owner of a used 2004 1150rt. I have always thought of BMW as making exceptional bikes. It seems though from reading these posts that have a number of problems that seem to be common with this brand of motorcycle. Compounding the problem are the outrageous costs for replacement parts and service. there is no reason a bearing should go out with only 24k on the bike not to mention the other issues related to this bike. I think that I should have bought a Honda.

[trrider]

I am new to the forum and a new BMW owner of a used 2004 1150rt. I have always thought of BMW as making exceptional bikes. It seems though from reading these posts that have a number of problems that seem to be common with this brand of motorcycle. Compounding the problem are the outrageous costs for replacement parts and service. there is no reason a bearing should go out with only 24k on the bike not to mention the other issues related to this bike. I think that I should have bought a Honda.

Well, in fairness, I just traded the RT for a very slightly used 2009 R1200R. The RT had just at 84,000 miles on it.  the last of the 3 input shafts was replaced at 24,000 miles.  Did I have any thing else to go "bad" on it...bad coil twice....wore out throttle body that was replace just a few weeks before it was traded..really not that bad....especially considering all the memories that were made with it.

Now, will the bearing in the final drive go bad on the R? ( ) the fuel bar already has....