Lost Rider wrote:
You have a brand new R1200R and this is what you're concerned about?
That's pretty far fetched, you could just enjoy your new bike and quit worrying.
How is an alarm going to prevent it from getting nicked with the bike parked on the street and how/why on earth would the insurance try to prove that the alarm had disarmed?
Not going to happen.
Wow! Somebody in sunny California who knows about the risks and insurance gotchas in high crime Britain. I feel so relieved by your affirmation that this is a remote possibility and that I shouldn't worry.
Lost Rider wrote:
I can already clearly see what kind of R1200R owner you are on this forum considering this was your first post after finally getting your new bike, not a photo, not an introduction or questions about break in, nothing positive - just complaining about BMW already because you didn't do your homework about the crappy BMW alarm system that didn't fulfill your expectations, then whining they didn't have the foresight to anticipate you're ridiculous needs for solar panels built into your bike and finally accusing BMW of not taking bike security seriously because of your own seemingly large lack of knowledge on the subject.
Again, an amazing insight that is far beyond my expectations.
Not a photo? Maybe you don't know that it's been tipping down with rain in Britain for several days with no chance to take decent photos since collecting the bike. Yep, I don't happen to live in sunny California. As I get a chance (like a few people in this world, I work during the day), I was planning to take plenty of photos to show the various farkles I already have deployed covering hugger, extra lights, oil cooler guard and top case mounting. In fact, many working solutions to questions frequently raised in this forum. However, after reading your verbal diarrhoea, I really wonder if it's worth sharing such information on this forum if it's populated by trigger-happy people like you.
Why would I ask about break-in? In Britain we get user manuals supplied with new bikes and I happen to have read mine. If you want to know where to get a copy, I can advise you (but only if you ask nicely).
Nothing positive? I'm so sorry that I'm not writhing with endless orgasms through having taken delivery of a new BMW. Maybe I will become delirious once I've put a few miles on the bike but with just 38 miles recorded I don't feel experienced enough to convey a realistic opinion of long-term ownership. I do know enough about the alarm right now to know that it fails in its promise to be an effective security option. Yes, this is a real disappointment. The alarms on my last two bikes would hold up for at least two months and since these bikes were half the price of the BMW in the UK, I would have expected BMW to at least equal this as a minimum.
Lost Rider wrote:
I have a feeling if BMW didn't have the alarm setup as it is to disarm when the battery is low and you came home from your holiday to find a dead battery and your bike wouldn't start up you'd be complaining about BMW engineers some more instead of actually finding solutions to your own specialized problems.
At least I might have a bike to come home to!
Oh, and for the record, you seem to pour scorn on the idea of having a solar panel to trickle charge the battery. I suppose you said similar things to other people over the years when such things as electrically-adjustable suspension was proposed, or maybe sensors in the wheels that transmitted tyre pressures to a digital display between the instruments. Do you not have any sense of vision of how technology might be employed to make things even better? Or is your vision limited to the end of your nose?
Lost Rider wrote:
Have fun with your new bike.
Don't worry, I will. Even more so in the knowledge that I don't have you as a close neighbour.
