My Rock decided to throw its starter after 3700 miles. I have owned the bike for three years now and was suprised that the starter gave up the ghost so early.
I have a few other bikes (hence the low low mileage).
Anyway, took the bike to the dealer and was out of warrently by 2 months... LOL. Good thing I decided on the extended warrenty with zero ded.
Dealer replaced the starter and inspected the values and such and I am back on the road with it again.
Just kind of suprised the starter went with soo few starts
MrSlug wrote:My Rock decided to throw its starter after 3700 miles. I have owned the bike for three years now and was suprised that the starter gave up the ghost so early.
I have a few other bikes (hence the low low mileage).
Anyway, took the bike to the dealer and was out of warrently by 2 months... LOL. Good thing I decided on the extended warrenty with zero ded.
Dealer replaced the starter and inspected the values and such and I am back on the road with it again.
Just kind of suprised the starter went with soo few starts
Where did you get an extended warranty ? I didn't think BMW sold those for bikes or is it some other company selling the warranty. Sounds like you made the right choice in getting it.
MrSlug wrote:My Rock decided to throw its starter after 3700 miles. I have owned the bike for three years now and was suprised that the starter gave up the ghost so early.
I have a few other bikes (hence the low low mileage).
Anyway, took the bike to the dealer and was out of warrently by 2 months... LOL. Good thing I decided on the extended warrenty with zero ded.
Dealer replaced the starter and inspected the values and such and I am back on the road with it again.
Just kind of suprised the starter went with soo few starts
That's about 1233 miles a year ......sounds like you're living up to your name.
2003 R1150R (SOLD 8/07)
(9/07) 05 FJR1300
1986 R80RT
1974 R90s antique (on the road again)
Maybe the low mileage IS the problem? The bike may have low mileage but your rides were shorter and you had to start & stop more often? I'm just guessing here. But then who knows why some things happen.
Cogito Ergo Vroom - I think therefore I ride.
03 Rockster, 07 Aprilia Tuono R, 07 KTM 990 Adventure
How does a bad starter behave? I just replaced my battery ('04 Rock, 18K miles) because it started cranking slowly even though I keep it connected to a tender whenever it's parked. Still after a new battery it cranks slow and won't start. The voltage on the battery shows almost 13V and the system is charging @ 14V so I'm beginning to suspect the starter ($400!). It's making a slow grinding sound which doesn't sound too abnormal but it starts clicking after not too much effort. I guess I could pull it off and test it but I was hoping for a simpler (and cheaper) solution.
Ed. 80 #0478/2004 (Rowdy)
Fern Prairie, WA
"Not all who wander are lost" - J.R.R. Tolkien
That was some kinda spambot... we've been infiltrated here on the board lately.
As far as Mr. Slug goes, nobody can accuse the Slug of non-riding: please recall his great postings of "slugporn" onboard video, along with an excellent trackday report and 636 description.
......sounds like you're living up to your name.
