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Next year my wife and I will be on "fixed" incomes. Personally I like both the BMW scooter and the Burgman 650. I would be happy to ride either one of the scooters, not really favoring one over the other as I generally don't care how fast either of them can do on top end. I am happy going down the road at 65-75mph
Now here is my thought on maintenance of the two bikes. I don't want to spend a fortune on maintenance but I know many are concerned about CVT failures-well, I don't and here's why.
Lets say that my CVT will fail at 50,000 miles and costs about $3000 to repair.
Now look at the BMW scooter! According to the maintenance schedule from BMW. The belt is suppose to be replaced every 12,000 miles and both the BELT AND CHAIN is to be replaced at 24,000 miles. So if you follow the BMW recommended maintenance schedule, you will have 4 belt changes and 2 chain changes which will far exceed the cost of maintenance on the Burgman.
So I am sticking with what I know best, the Burgman 650. Now on the BMW forum, many of the riders said that this was just the cost of riding a BMW and one should not mind paying the cost. Compared to a CVT failure, I think just keeping the BMW in top shape is not worth it.
respectfully,
David Miller
Now here is my thought on maintenance of the two bikes. I don't want to spend a fortune on maintenance but I know many are concerned about CVT failures-well, I don't and here's why.
Lets say that my CVT will fail at 50,000 miles and costs about $3000 to repair.
Now look at the BMW scooter! According to the maintenance schedule from BMW. The belt is suppose to be replaced every 12,000 miles and both the BELT AND CHAIN is to be replaced at 24,000 miles. So if you follow the BMW recommended maintenance schedule, you will have 4 belt changes and 2 chain changes which will far exceed the cost of maintenance on the Burgman.
So I am sticking with what I know best, the Burgman 650. Now on the BMW forum, many of the riders said that this was just the cost of riding a BMW and one should not mind paying the cost. Compared to a CVT failure, I think just keeping the BMW in top shape is not worth it.
respectfully,
David Miller