Consumer Reports rates Yahmaha the best brand. Six times more reliable than BMW

[Zeus36]

"...Long a recognized authority on automotive quality and value for your money in cars, Consumer Reports began branching out to reviewing motorcycles last year, publishing its first-ever report on the most reliable motorcycles from five of the biggest brands -- Harley, BMW (NASDAQOTH:BAMXY), Honda (NYSE:HMC), Kawasaki, and Yamaha. (Polaris' (NYSEII) Victory and Indian brands had apparently not made enough of a dent in the market to attract CR's attention by the time of the survey.) What CR discovered from its research is that quality varies "significantly" among brands -- and the best brand, Yamaha, is about six times more reliable than the worst, BMW.
Only about one Yamaha bike in 10 has experienced a major problem or required a serious repair over the past four years, according to the 4,424 motorcycle owners surveyed by CR. In contrast, about one BMW motorcycle in three has suffered from such a complaint -- and one Harley in four..."


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[caseyjones955]

Nice to see our makes at the top. Having some BMW experience in both bikes and cars I can say that they do tend to be finicky and require coddling now and then. Another noteworthy aspect of the BMW motorcycle (and car) is that given an attentive owner they will last an absurdly long time, they perform admirably and build quality is excellent. I have already gotten rid of all my American stuff and more reluctantly my German stuff to enjoy the reliability of Japanese vehicles.
Money being no object I would have a GS1200adv sitting next to my Vmax today, a good runner up would be that BMW GT1600, the BMW inline six is truly a jewel.

Germans tend to over-engineer and unscheduled maintenance is not shocking, nor cheap if you have a dealership perform the work. IMHO you cant really go wrong with any Japanese motorcycle make and it's nice to see Yamaha at the top. HD seems to have all the drawbacks (including price) of over-engineering without any of the perks. I guess there are a lot of different criteria involved in choice of steed.

 

[dannymax]

Nice to see our makes at the top. Having some BMW experience in both bikes and cars I can say that they do tend to be finicky and require coddling now and then. Another noteworthy aspect of the BMW motorcycle (and car) is that given an attentive owner they will last an absurdly long time, they perform admirably and build quality is excellent. I have already gotten rid of all my American stuff and more reluctantly my German stuff to enjoy the reliability of Japanese vehicles.
Money being no object I would have a GS1200adv sitting next to my Vmax today, a good runner up would be that BMW GT1600, the BMW inline six is truly a jewel.

Germans tend to over-engineer and unscheduled maintenance is not shocking, nor cheap if you have a dealership perform the work. IMHO you cant really go wrong with any Japanese motorcycle make and it's nice to see Yamaha at the top. HD seems to have all the drawbacks (including price) of over-engineering without any of the perks. I guess there are a lot of different criteria involved in choice of steed.

Don't overlook the BMW S1000XR if you want a real surprise! :rofl_200:

 

[rusty]

I bought my Vmax brand new 13 years ago & Yamaha never sent me any kind of survey :a014:

 

[Zeus36]

I bought my Vmax brand new 13 years ago & Yamaha never sent me any kind of survey :a014:

The survey was by Consumer Reports: "... 4,424 motorcycle owners surveyed by CR..."