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Bought in 2001...<br> | Bought in 2001...<br> | ||
[[Image:KuhGanzNeu.jpeg]]<br> | [[Image:KuhGanzNeu.jpeg]]<br> | ||
...I rode it for nearly 8 years until I sold it 2008. | ...I rode it for nearly 8 years until I sold it 2008.<br> | ||
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<ref>You might think, that especially in winter ABS should work - I agree. BMW obviously doesn't.</ref> | |||
* Badly designed rear brakes, when heavily breaking (f.e. when driving down hill like at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stelvio_Pass 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<ref>besides the battery-, ABS-issue and the braking-issue, but that were ''minor''<ref>Okay-not that minor. It's probably the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_distortion_field reality distortion filed] problems :-)</ref> | |||
* Yellow | |||
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Revision as of 00:53, 8 June 2010
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 reliableCite error: Closing
</ref>missing for<ref>tag - Yellow
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