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03-08-09, 08:53 AM

From experience I wouldn't buy another BMW bike.

Nothing was simple/easy/straightforward to replace on the Dakar i.e. Changing the oil required draining oil from 3 separate areas, which required taking off lots of trim/plastics and remembering where you put all the screws.

To replace th headlight, by the manual, required removing lots of trim/plastics & the dash board-thing.

The sparks were fiddly too.

The air filter was easy as that only required the removal of 1 piece of plasitc & the front indicator.

Another consideration was that bike was more expensive than similar alternatives (i.e. Yamaha 660) and replacement parts were similarily slightly more expensive.

03-08-09, 08:53 AM	#9
Kinvig Guest Posts: n/a	Re: BMW finance an option, hmmmmm... From experience I wouldn't buy another BMW bike. Nothing was simple/easy/straightforward to replace on the Dakar i.e. Changing the oil required draining oil from 3 separate areas, which required taking off lots of trim/plastics and remembering where you put all the screws. To replace th headlight, by the manual, required removing lots of trim/plastics & the dash board-thing. The sparks were fiddly too. The air filter was easy as that only required the removal of 1 piece of plasitc & the front indicator. Another consideration was that bike was more expensive than similar alternatives (i.e. Yamaha 660) and replacement parts were similarily slightly more expensive.