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Originally Posted by
mb4807
If you want to find scary stories of bike problems, come to a forum! But remember, all bikes have issues and for everyone who comes to a forum to post on an issue, there will be hundreds (maybe even thousands) that never even visit a forum. Basically, forums can give you a distorted view of problems since that is where they tend to get reported.
If you looked at the UKGSER forum you'd never buy a BMW. But thousands have and have been happy. But the forum makes it look like you are guaranteed a life of pain and sorrow.
If you take that view and then review this forum what you'll soon see is that XT ownership appears to be a pretty reliable and hassle free experience. Of course there are the odd problems. I've never seen a bike or car forum where that's not the case.
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+1 We have 9635 members here (at last count) and just a handful of cases of 3rd gear failure and two or three iffy main bearings, so let's say ten cases of engine failure for argument's sake. Now that equates to somewhere around 0.09%! (Alright, I know not all members have owned/do own an XT, but most do, or have done and it gives a reasonable illustration of pifflingly small the issue really is in numbers.)
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Originally Posted by
Bartosz
Mine was 2009 with 12000 miles when gearbox fall apart. Some offroad riding and some light jumps though.
I would not say bike was too much abused.
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Now if you had owned the bike from new, then I guess you could say this with some authority, but you bought it at 3 years old if I recall? So how can you be sure? You might service it fastidiously now, but anything could have happened before, regardless of "service history" too. The other recent 3rd gear failure (Chenko's) also relates to a previously owned bike.
I'm not really trying to suggest or infer anything other than it is impossible to be objective about engine/gearbox failures with a pre-owned motorcycle. Yes failures might be down to manufacturing/assembly faults, but they could be just as likely, if not more so, be down to a clumsy-shifting previous owner...