I got screwed!

Skutorr

Active member
Mine was 2014 and had 2nd gen tensioner mechanical. It started making noise and found out it was tensioner.
I had the shops call and fight to get mine replaced. They called for over 6 weeks and finally was shutdown by BWM Germany.
I paid $1200 for the hydraulic upgrade.
This was the 2nd one. The first scooter I had was 2015 and did what yours did to the motor. Complete loss and now selling for parts.
....and you still bought another one???
 

erionsh

New member
...and all this is why BMW no longer imports, makes or sells the C-Series Scooter anywhere on earth. They decided to just AXE the poor design permanently, rather than spend any more $ on trying to make it EURO-5 compliant. (Everyone else did though...)They even axed the C-Evolution electric scooter they had for a while.
I really had liked the 650 Sport style redesign, but the mechanical underpinnings were still fatally flawed.

If you still want a maxi twin, since the Tmax isn't sold here anymore, new plan! Sell your C-600/650's for whatever you can get and buy the still available Kymco AK550. Solid, reliable and NOT built in China to the lowest possible price point. (And again, the BMW's drivetrain was NOT a Kymco design, they just oversaw the Lonchin factory FOR BMW, as they know scooters and are Chinese (Taiwanese) themselves.)

It was worth a try at the beginning! A new Maxi from BMW? My brother and I were both onboard and excited, with him already riding his Big Burgman 650 and me on my Majesty 400. Then the problems and recalls hit. And kept coming for the entire product life. It could have and SHOULD have been a different story, but unfortunately it was what it was. The good news is that both KYMCO and SYM looked at it all and said "REALLY? Come on BMW, it's not Rocket Science " and developed their own Maxis which are really good.

And through it all, Yamaha and the Tmax just kept OWNING the market, and it even has cruise control. Maybe HONDA will change things with the Forza 750? Who can say.
BMW still makes C series. New C400 GT and the electric scooter.
in USA there are not that many choices for maxi scooters, only Yamaha XMAX 300CC, Burgman.
 
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