BMW K1300s So Far After 10000miles

The bike has now done just over 9000 miles and I’m, over all, happy with it, it’s comfy 2 up and there’s still plenty of power I’ve never used.

So far I’m on my third set of tyres, the first pair were the factory fitted Metzler M3 that lasted just over 4000k miles and became very squared off, they still had a few more miles left, but as we were going on a trip around Europe I thought fresh rubber would be needed. The next set where Mezlter M5 in the hope they would last a little longer, only to find out they only lasted the same and squared off just the same. At 8k I’ve just changed over to the new Michelin road pilot 3 which have a nice tread pattern for the wet and have had very good reviews so I’m hoping to get around 6k out these as tyres as are costing me a fortune.

The bike it’s self has been fine apart from using a little more then expected oil between services, and another thing, that has actually really wound me up, is a problem with the starter switch. In august 2010 it failed to start a couple of times, the dealer replaced the starter switch so I thought that be the end of it and then in March 2011, while in Belgium of all places, it happened again and with a lot of inconvenience had to be recovered back the the UK. After another trip to the dealers they have now replaced the starter button with the complete cluster so I’m really hoping this is the end of it – otherwise the bike will be sold!