Thanks Xfiliate
Thanks Xfiliate. Right now I'm not reall pleased with my BMW but when I look back beyond the past three weeks it's actually been a reliable bike. I have cursed the oddball back tire size and the excessive weight of the bike since the start of my trip but the size and power has also been helpful at times.
The service at the Lima dealership has been good and they had the bike apart within 48 hours of arriving. I also had good service at the BMW shop in Rosario, Argentina but both shops simply didn't have parts and had to order then from Germany.
The Lima dealership told me BMW is opening a regional parts warehouse in Brazil next year to ease the problem but if a BMW fails in South America be prepare to go through a whole lot of trouble getting it fixed, including arrangement to have it shipped hundreds if not a thousand miles to the nearest shop, then waiting weeks to get back on the road.
I took advantage of the situation and flew to Iquitos for a week at an Amazon lodge.....
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