Archive of BMW Motorrad Club Cape (2006 - 2019)

Many of you have read about my experience with a one year old red R1200RT. After a glorious two weeks, at 16000km the final drive bearing went, three days later the gearbox bearings went, the next day the final drive splines got tired and departed. By now I had lost all faith in it. Wayne, Dave, Marius and Shane were SO tired of my long face they offered me a full refund, a large discount and a brand new one. You can see it in photo D on the Check it out!! posting. I took delivery yesterday and watched the odometer go from 1 to 2km as I drove away. This might not be what you expect from BMW but it gives you great faith in the dealership. I have been driving BMW cars and bikes for over 30 years. Auto Atlantic has done all the work on my cars since 1990 and gladly, their excellent service is equalled (now maybe bettered) by Atlantic Motorrad. PS My new bike is now safely parked in my garage, so I have no need to suck up to anyone, just saying thank you for a wonderful DEALER experience! I hope I have no need to ever bother them again, except for routine servicing :-)