Hi All,
On Monday I was riding from Houston toward Oklahoma City no my trusty silver Frau, when I started noticing a kind of buzzy, un-natural vibration. At first I thought it was the road surface, but it slowly got worse and worse. At this point, I was almost to Bowie, TX, just south of the Red River. I pulled over, because I though it might be a bad tire. They were new, with about a thousand miles on them, and thought maybe one had started to shed a skin. Wrong, they looked perfect. I put the bike on the center stand, and spun the rear wheel, and it felt like there was gravel in the final drive (or gear box). Got back on the bike and limped into Bowie. Finally made arrangements with AAA to haul her over to the BMW shop in Ft. Worth, where she is resting, waiting for someone to check her out and determine the source of the problem.
Have any of my south central bros had any dealings with the Ft. Worth dealer? Any recommendations?
The BMW rep is supposed to be at the Ft. Worth shop tomorrow, and I asked the warranty lady to see if BMW will stand behind the problem.
The bike is a 2002, with 27500 miles. I got her used in Dec. 02 with 2000 miles. I've changed the gear and final drive lube, when I got her at 2000 miles, with BMW gear lube. Then I changed them again at 12000 miles with Amsoil full synthetic, and again at 24000 miles.
This shouldn't have happened.
At this point, since the shop hasn't even done anything yet, I plan to pick the bike up on Friday (if I can rent a pick up), and drive it home, where I can work on it myself.
On Monday I was riding from Houston toward Oklahoma City no my trusty silver Frau, when I started noticing a kind of buzzy, un-natural vibration. At first I thought it was the road surface, but it slowly got worse and worse. At this point, I was almost to Bowie, TX, just south of the Red River. I pulled over, because I though it might be a bad tire. They were new, with about a thousand miles on them, and thought maybe one had started to shed a skin. Wrong, they looked perfect. I put the bike on the center stand, and spun the rear wheel, and it felt like there was gravel in the final drive (or gear box). Got back on the bike and limped into Bowie. Finally made arrangements with AAA to haul her over to the BMW shop in Ft. Worth, where she is resting, waiting for someone to check her out and determine the source of the problem.
Have any of my south central bros had any dealings with the Ft. Worth dealer? Any recommendations?
The BMW rep is supposed to be at the Ft. Worth shop tomorrow, and I asked the warranty lady to see if BMW will stand behind the problem.
The bike is a 2002, with 27500 miles. I got her used in Dec. 02 with 2000 miles. I've changed the gear and final drive lube, when I got her at 2000 miles, with BMW gear lube. Then I changed them again at 12000 miles with Amsoil full synthetic, and again at 24000 miles.
This shouldn't have happened.
At this point, since the shop hasn't even done anything yet, I plan to pick the bike up on Friday (if I can rent a pick up), and drive it home, where I can work on it myself.