RE: Bouncy Ride - 2

Zitat von Tony101 im Beitrag #15

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Likewise, I went with the non ESA variant and am quite happy not to get involved with this 'one helmet or two' stuff. Did you have to take the bike down to Maxton or just provide weight and riding style etc?

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Zitat von Boxerboy55 im Beitrag #16

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Zitat von Tony101 im Beitrag #15

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Likewise, I went with the non ESA variant and am quite happy not to get involved with this 'one helmet or two' stuff. Did you have to take the bike down to Maxton or just provide weight and riding style etc?

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I took it to Maxton for a day. Complete rebuild and rode home. Old shocks were posted to my home address.

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I haven't really been out on the bike since the new rear shock absorber but as I reported, it still didn't feel right. Well, on the way to work it felt so bad I almost left it on the side of the road. Got home only to find the whole rear sub frame is loose !
I'm seriously having a bad time with BMW bikes.
Arranged for collection and they didn't turn up, said the job was cancelled but the BMW recovery had no request on their system to cancel the collection - so more wasted time.
They've promised collection this morning (24 hours later) so waiting again to see if it happens - personally, I don't want the bike back, I've made a number of enquiries for part exchange and it seems the dealers aren't interested as they have too many used RS's. The exchange prices are around 50% of the value I paid 11 months ago - WTF ! - Usually this is around 30% for this model & year. Only one dealer has shown interest but they don't have what I'm looking for.
I've had to write to the dealer asking what they propose as I'm a very unhappy customer - I'm not milking it but I'm looking for a good conclusion - The condition I've ridden in since they worked on it could have led to a fatal incident.

Crasher ,

That sounds like a terrible experience. The bike is a good bike, there are lots of very satisfied owners here and elsewhere, but your dealer service is the pits. I quite agree that the subframe issue was potentially life threatening.
Photos/video and threat of solicitors ? Sounds merited to me.
If the bike is under BMW warranty get it recovered to another dealer. I can guess why you aren't naming the dealer publicly but there are several dealers in our area .
I have had two RS from two different dealers Chandlers Brighton and Vines Guildford and had good experience at both. Good luck

Zitat von Crasher im Beitrag #1

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I've got the Z8 tyres on and I'm not sure about the ride I'm getting. After having a K1200s, 1200GS and so on, I'm finding the RS quite bouncy - not good. Wondered if it's the tyres. Tried different pressures - still not happy. Thought I might put the question out there about the "bouncy" ride.

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The RS was nice and smooth when I tried it but soon felt "something wasn't right" and assumed it was me growing into the bike, I'm sure you know what I mean. When I took the wife on the back she didn't like it at all and I defended the bike against her complaint that it must have been my riding that day - not so.

I bought a new k1200s from Vines of Guildford - complained about it within 500 metres of riding it - I had tried a few K's before but none crashed the gears like the one I had I put up with it for 8 years. Clutch failed at 23k miles then the gearbox finally went at 29k.
Coopers of Tunbridge Wells have not performed, said there's nothing wrong with the GS I had - took the sales guy out to show him how badly the clutch dragged and he agreed. That's when I got a part ex on the RS and since then - trouble again at a huge financial loss doing the part ex. Only had the GS for a year. Clutch started to drag after about 2k miles only to find out that the 2013 LC models were notorious for mechanical issues. When asked what did they do to it they said it was sent back to Germany ?

Zitat von Crasher im Beitrag #21

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The RS was nice and smooth when I tried it but soon felt "something wasn't right" and assumed it was me growing into the bike, I'm sure you know what I mean. When I took the wife on the back she didn't like it at all and I defended the bike against her complaint that it must have been my riding that day - not so.

I bought a new k1200s from Vines of Guildford - complained about it within 500 metres of riding it - I had tried a few K's before but none crashed the gears like the one I had I put up with it for 8 years. Clutch failed at 23k miles then the gearbox finally went at 29k.
Coopers of Tunbridge Wells have not performed, said there's nothing wrong with the GS I had - took the sales guy out to show him how badly the clutch dragged and he agreed. That's when I got a part ex on the RS and since then - trouble again at a huge financial loss doing the part ex. Only had the GS for a year. Clutch started to drag after about 2k miles only to find out that the 2013 LC models were notorious for mechanical issues. When asked what did they do to it they said it was sent back to Germany ?

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So I have not ridden my RS much more than when I posted due to ill health. However given the R1200RS SE 2015 had a harsh ride and my 2018 version has developed a double bounce as I described and given the ESA suspension is controlled by a computer, can the suspension be re-programmed much in the same way as the ECU?

Is that possible to firm up the damping by reprogramming and if so how best to go about it?