BMW Reliability Ranks at the Bottom
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BMW Reliability Ranks at the Bottom
Well, at least their motorcycles. The May issue of Consumer Reports did their first motorcycle reliability survey of their subscribers. Here are the results –
Percentage of bikes with problems
Yamaha…..11%
Kawasaki……13%
Honda………...14%
Harley……………………………..24%
BMW…………………………………………30%
Suzuki and Triumph didn’t have enough responses to rate (and they didn’t even mention Moto Guzzi
). There were 4680 reviews submitted. They found that touring models were the most problematic (27%) while cruisers (16%) were the least.
Not surprisingly to me was that both Harley and BMW owners were the most satisfied with their bikes. That has been my experience in talking to riders over the years.
Percentage of bikes with problems
Yamaha…..11%
Kawasaki……13%
Honda………...14%
Harley……………………………..24%
BMW…………………………………………30%
Suzuki and Triumph didn’t have enough responses to rate (and they didn’t even mention Moto Guzzi
). There were 4680 reviews submitted. They found that touring models were the most problematic (27%) while cruisers (16%) were the least.Not surprisingly to me was that both Harley and BMW owners were the most satisfied with their bikes. That has been my experience in talking to riders over the years.
Glad Kawasaki is doing pretty good. Their new models look pretty nice. New ZX6R is a beast, it almost has the same power as old generation 1000cc. Maybe Honda and Yamaha should take notes.
Too bad they didn't include Suzuki and Ducati.
But considering that Ducati sells as many bikes in a year (44k bikes worldwide) as Honda does in a day (15.6 million powersport units a year)
, it would be difficult to have an accurate and large pool of reviewers to note a gross reliability of Ducati.
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