This engine has been around for quite a while now, fitted to various brands and models.

As far as I know, the biggest km haul here is enough to max out the odo ie> 200,000km. I know that engine had some issues along the way, but I don't think the gearbox was one of them.

The problem is too much communication! Everyone knows the instant someone has a problem. And those who haven't had a problem sympathise. And we hope it doesn't happen to us or anyone else. Statistically, it probably won't.

But motorbikes are man-made, and thus are fallible. I know this for a fact. I will not buy another BMW . My problem, not anyone else's.