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* Badly sized battery, when temperature below zero she most like won't start (even if you have an fully loaded (but cold) battery) | * Badly sized battery, when temperature below zero she most like won't start (even if you have an fully loaded (but cold) battery) | ||
* Very comfortable | * Very comfortable | ||
* Very reliable<ref>besides the battery-, ABS-issue and the braking-issue, but that were ''minor'' | * Very reliable<ref>besides the battery-, ABS-issue and the braking-issue, but that were ''minor'' (Okay-not that minor. It's probably the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_distortion_field reality distortion field]) problems :-)</ref> | ||
* Yellow | * Yellow | ||
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Heikos motorcycles
199x-1998 Honda FT 500 '82
After I crashed my car, I bought this motorcycle (the one in front; Kampfbonsais GPz900 in the back).
What sums this bike up for me?
- had Koni back shock absorber
- bad front shock absorber
- oil leaking cylinder head
- something loose in the exhaust
- simple tech, easy to fix and maintain
- good handling
- Schuh mount, looking not very stable but never let me down
- pretty ugly :-)
1998-2001 Aprilia Pegaso '98
I rode this bike about 26Mm and sold it for the BMW.
What sums this bike up for me?
- a beauty
- badly designed ignition box, after "adjusting"[1] it, the hickup below 5000rpm was gone
- weak Sachs back shock absorber, died after 15Mm, exchanged it for one with handwheel for adjustment, luckily I could convince someone in italy[2] to get it on warranty
- Hepco and Becker sucks - those folks even denied that there is such thing as resonance frequency, which was in fact exactly at 4000rpm, wenn the whole mount began shaking and buzzing
- loosing screws
- a beauty[3]
2001-2008 BMW R1150GS '01
Bought in 2001...
...I rode it for nearly 8 years until I sold it 2008.
What sums this bike up for me?
- Badly designed ABS, if she was not moved for some days (especially winter), or it was below zero, ABS won't initialize for the next 100km[4]
- Badly designed rear brakes, when heavily breaking (f.e. when driving down hill like at Stefia Pass) the brakes fail
- Badly sized battery, when temperature below zero she most like won't start (even if you have an fully loaded (but cold) battery)
- Very comfortable
- Very reliable[5]
- Yellow
Footnotes:
- ↑ The garage removed some resistors
- ↑ Yes, if had to talk to some italian call center...
- ↑ again, yes
- ↑ You might think, that especially in winter ABS should work - I agree. BMW obviously doesn't.
- ↑ besides the battery-, ABS-issue and the braking-issue, but that were minor (Okay-not that minor. It's probably the reality distortion field) problems :-)