Does ANYONE Like Their M8??
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Joined: Jan 2013
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From: Vermont
From my perspective it's less that there are issues and more that they've been around for some 2 years now with multiple"fixes" from the maker that haven't fixed much at all.
A lot of vehicles have problems.. but then they fix the brake lines or the cruise control or the fly-by-wire accelerator and it's fixed... not "try this", nope, "try that", nope...
It's great, for sure, that many people have a brilliant bike... but there are also people who throw down their $$$ and end up with a two-wheeled-turd need four engines and still sumping.
It just feels a little too hit-an-miss.
For me, I'm going to wait to buy, not in a super hurry... I'll wait until the '19 bikes arrive and let the early adopters find any flaws. If the fluid transfer and sumping are still there I'll walk away entirely.
Bear in mind that, in Australia, my desired bike is either $45 000 or $52 000 depending on which one I decide to get - I'll buy a lotto ticket for $2... but 50 grand lottery? No thanks.
And, at the end of it all, it's my money, my choice. Their loss if they can't get it fixed right.
A lot of vehicles have problems.. but then they fix the brake lines or the cruise control or the fly-by-wire accelerator and it's fixed... not "try this", nope, "try that", nope...
It's great, for sure, that many people have a brilliant bike... but there are also people who throw down their $$$ and end up with a two-wheeled-turd need four engines and still sumping.
It just feels a little too hit-an-miss.
For me, I'm going to wait to buy, not in a super hurry... I'll wait until the '19 bikes arrive and let the early adopters find any flaws. If the fluid transfer and sumping are still there I'll walk away entirely.
Bear in mind that, in Australia, my desired bike is either $45 000 or $52 000 depending on which one I decide to get - I'll buy a lotto ticket for $2... but 50 grand lottery? No thanks.
And, at the end of it all, it's my money, my choice. Their loss if they can't get it fixed right.
Last edited by Bumpandrun; Jul 20, 2018 at 04:08 PM.
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From my perspective it's less that there are issues and more that they've been around for some 2 years now with multiple"fixes" from the maker that haven't fixed much at all.
A lot of vehicles have problems.. but then they fix the brake lines or the cruise control or the fly-by-wire accelerator and it's fixed... not "try this", nope, "try that", nope...
It's great, for sure, that many people have a brilliant bike... but there are also people who throw down their $$$ and end up with a two-wheeled-turd need four engines and still sumping.
It just feels a little too hit-an-miss.
For me, I'm going to wait to buy, not in a super hurry... I'll wait until the '19 bikes arrive and let the early adopters find any flaws. If the fluid transfer and sumping are still there I'll walk away entirely.
Bear in mind that, in Australia, my desired bike is either $45 000 or $52 000 depending on which one I decide to get - I'll buy a lotto ticket for $2... but 50 grand lottery? No thanks.
And, at the end of it all, it's my money, my choice. Their loss if they can't get it fixed right.
A lot of vehicles have problems.. but then they fix the brake lines or the cruise control or the fly-by-wire accelerator and it's fixed... not "try this", nope, "try that", nope...
It's great, for sure, that many people have a brilliant bike... but there are also people who throw down their $$$ and end up with a two-wheeled-turd need four engines and still sumping.
It just feels a little too hit-an-miss.
For me, I'm going to wait to buy, not in a super hurry... I'll wait until the '19 bikes arrive and let the early adopters find any flaws. If the fluid transfer and sumping are still there I'll walk away entirely.
Bear in mind that, in Australia, my desired bike is either $45 000 or $52 000 depending on which one I decide to get - I'll buy a lotto ticket for $2... but 50 grand lottery? No thanks.
And, at the end of it all, it's my money, my choice. Their loss if they can't get it fixed right.
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From: Mandurah, West Oz
If you have a great bike and I end up with a sumper, what do you care anyway? It's my problem, my loss... my choice.
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From: Vermont
like I said...you don't own one so why comment? Nothing helpful? Again just noise....you know nothing but what a few gold chainer warranty queens post ever day ....... But on the price ...holy crap....think I would still be running my 80s EVO. 45-50 k is crazy and I understand that.
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From: Location location.
I just traveled the Eastern seaboard of Australia and couldn't find an owner or a HD shop that had had an M8 bike sump or have the transfer thing happen.
Most of it is BS.
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From: Okmulgee
Three dealers in my area have sumpers and transferring bikes. And all the real police work is now done on BMW's. The HD's are parade and public support/marketing bikes in Oklahoma.
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