“I fairly loathe this bike but I realise I got exactly what I paid for . It s an absolute pig to run in, one cylinder and revs needed against trying to run it in gently. The gearbox is a clunky european. At 1000 miles it settled down. It overheats and cuts out in traffic , a recall by BMW, but still does it after 2 workshop visits.
For the same money , I d say buy a japanese bike ; I wish I had .”