2018 BMW K 1600 Gtl

I OWNED A 2012 MODEL OF THIS BIKE FEW YEARS BACK AND I HAD THE SAME SYMPTOMS ONLY APPARENT IN THIS MODEL OF BMW BRAND BIKES. THIS PROBLEM WELL KNOWN IN THE BMW RIDERS COMMUNITY AS "PULLING TOTHE LEFT" ISSUE ONLY ON K1600GTL MODEL BIKES SINCE YEARS. SOME PULLS EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE IN NATURE AND SOME MILDER. BMW IGNORES IT YET ALL SERVICE CENTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. AT LEAST HALF OF THE BIKES OF THIS MODELS ON THE ROADS ARE EFFECTED. BIKE REQUIRES CONSTANT PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE RIGHT IN ORDER TO TRACK A STRAIGHT LINE ON A STRAIGHT AWAY ROAD. IF PRESSURE EVEN SLIGHTLY RELEASE BIKE MOVES ON TO THE LEFT AND ON A SINGLE LANE ROADS IT MEANS TOWARDS TO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HOPE BMW IS NOT WAITING TO LOOK AT THIS ISSUE SERIOUSLY UNTIL SOMEONE GETS KILLED. IF ALL CURRENT AND PAST BMW K1600GTL OWNERS WERE SURVEYED I AM SURE YOU'LL FIND AT LEAST 50% OF THEM WILL SAY YES THEY HAVE THIS ISSUE. BUT NOT MANY ARE AWARE THAT THEY CAN NOTIFY AUTHORITIES LIKE YOU GUYS AND ONLY COMPLAIN IT TO THEIR SERVICE CENTERS AND WHEN BMW SAYS "TOUGH LUCK" THEY KEEP CONTINUE TO RIDE THEIR $30,000 BIKES THEY ARE STUCK WITH. NO OTHER SIMILARLY DESIGNED BMW TOURING BIKES HAVE THIS ISSUE. SO IT IS A MODEL SPECIFIC PROBLEM. SAME WAS ON A 2012 MODEL AND 6 YEARS LATER STILL SAME PROBLEM EXIST ON A 2018 MODEL. THIS SYMPTOM CAUSING FATIGUE ON LONG RIDES WHICH RESULTING LESS PRESSURE BEING APPLIED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HANDLE BAR AND AS A CHAIN REACTION BIKE BEGINS TO PULL LEFT MORE AND MORE AGGRESSIVELY.

BMW INTRODUCED THE K1600 MOTORCYCLE IN 2011. AT THAT TIME CLOSE TO 50% OF THE UNITS SURVEYED (210 OUT OF 424) WANT TO STEER LEFT (INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC), UNLESS YOU COUNTER STEER TO THE RIGHT. HERE IS A LINK TO THE ONLINE POLL AND SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSION BY THE OWNERS: HTTP://WWW.K1600FORUM.COM/FORUM/BMW-K1600-GENERAL-DISCUSSIONS/1425-BIKE-PULLS-ONE-SIDE-POLL.HTML I JUST PURCHASED A NEW 2018 K1600B BMW MOTORCYCLE AND IT TOO WANTS TO DRIFT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, UNLESS THE BIKE IS STEERED TO THE RIGHT. THIS REQUIRES CONSTANT PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT, SO ANY DISTRACTION CAN CAUSE THE BIKE TO VEER TO THE LEFT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. ADDITIONALLY, IT WILL CAUSE UNEVEN TIRE WEAR, INCREASING COSTS TO THE CONSUMER FOR NEW TIRES ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS. BMW HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE SINCE 2011 AND HAS DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT IT IN OVER 7 YEARS. BEFORE I PURCHASED THE BIKE, I SPECIFICALLY ASKED THE DEALER TO CHECK TO ENSURE THE BIKE DID NOT PULL TO THE LEFT AND WAS ASSURED IT WOULD BE DONE. AS IT WAS ONLY 20 DEGREES WHEN I PICKED UP THE BIKE I HAD TO TRAILER IT HOME. BUT, UPON DOING THE FIRST RIDE, SURE ENOUGH IT DRIFTS TO THE LEFT. I WOULD LIKE BMW TO ISSUE A RECALL TO FIX THE BIKES THAT PULL TO ONE SIDE.

MOTORCYCLE HAS A DELAY IN WIRELESS THROTTLE WHICH WILL NOT ENGAGE ENGINE CAUSING DELAYS IN TAKING OFF & CAUSING VEHICLE IN-OP & LAYING MOTORCYCLE DOWN FROM LACK OF POWER OR RUNNING, 1 ST TIME IN PARKING LOT WITH PASSENGER NO THROTTLE RESPONSE ,HURT LEFT KNEE & LEG TRYING TO KEEP MOTORCYCLE UP RIGHT WITHOUT GOING DOWN SINCE NO ENGINE RESPONSE, 2 ND TIME DELAY CAUSED ME ALMOST TO GO DOWN IN INNER SECTION & TO CAUSE ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO BAIL OUT & DO UNSAFE LANE CHANGE SO NOT TO HIT ME & MY WIFE,THEN TRIED TO USE REVERSE WITCH STUCK IN 3RD GEAR, & BROKE ,HAS BEEN IN DEALERS SERVICE DEPT SINCE JANUARY FOR NO PARTS AVAIL FOR REVERSE REPAIR