Originally Posted by PC Dave

BMW's are durable bikes, but the Japanese have caught up with them in that respect, and exceeded them in pure reliability. BMW's taken up the role of technology innovator to justify the price premium, and that's led to problems. I'm still an obsessive fan (and have two right now), but I'm getting frustrated, so are a lot of other riders. BMW wants to push upmarket and revise the motorcycle brand image to reflect the cars; the bikes' design and technology justifies that, but the reliability issues don't.

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