Got to say this post alone sums up my expirience of owning a new CCM many years ago and as much as I'd like the enfield to do well. No one no matter how much money they have wants a new bike expirience that means the bike spends more time at the dealers than with you riding and enjoying it.
I guess we'll have to see what they are like long term but I hope thats not tested on the first batch of new owners!
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Originally Posted by tonylester
I Run a service department here in Auckland that has the joys of being a RE authorised dealer so we get to see the worst of it.
Problems we have seen with the Himalayan so far
Clutch nuts coming loose leaving no drive to the gearbox
magnetos coming loose and sheering the woodruff keys out of the crank
Dashes failing
Countless oil leaks
The odd sensor failure
Fuel tank vent issues
This is all low kms like a few thousand at most, obviously covered by warranty but i can't imagine the sort of problems we will see at higher milage with no warranty.
Things we have noted from people crashing them (more than likely due to the useless tyres RE put on the bike from factory)
From the crashed bikes we have seen every one has needed a frame replacement and thus all but one so far has been writeoffs.
The handlebars are like cheese also
Don't get me wrong most people who buy them kinda know what to expect when they are buying the bike and are happy with them but a some of our customers are getting more and more frustrated with them with the constant issues and 6-8 week lead time on some parts.
Drop another $2000NZ and you are in KLR650 territory, i know what i would be doing.
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