Conundrum

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Happy new Year from a UK Subscriber. 

I hope you can help advise me with a “conundrum”……

I have a 2016 Lupin Blue RS which I LOVE, have “made mine”, and tour on in Europe (EU). It came with a 2 year BMW UK Approved warranty - 2 years warranty and breakdown cover (worth buying from BMW for this alone - and it worked for me in rural Spain last year when I STUPIDLY filled with Diesel by mistake - back on the road within 3 hours). 

I bought the bike with 12k miles on it. It now has 20k (I have another bike for more “local’ stuff). My warranty runs out in early December and I’ll have 25-27k miles on it by then. I can extend the warranty for £400-ish, but the ESA shock is ONLY warrantied until 30k miles. As they DO FAIL, and I’m no mechanic and I would be worried about a potential £4k bill for a new one, as well as all the other things which can start to fail on a bike with over 30k miles on it (it is serviced by BMW). As the bike itself is probably only worth £4k-ish as a trade-in with that milage on, and I have a LOT of stuff I could easily shift over to an R1250 RS (bar-risers, exhaust, topbox, panniers, Nav 5, carbon bodywork etc) should I bite the bullet with a (low milage this time) 1250 BMW Approved and get the 2 year EU warranty again (I can afford this, I wouldn’t want to afford (or finance) a NEW ‘23 bike), or should I “take a chance” and continue on with the old bike hoping the worst doesn’t happen ?

I will post this question on the “other” forum as well.

Thank You so much for your input.
LJJ

To more directly address your conundrum, I'm reminded of the old saying:  Hope is not a strategy.  You have a popular color in a proven bike that is now 7 model years old and the depreciation curve just gets steeper from here.  If possible, sell is privately vs. trading it (after returning it to stock and keeping your impressive list of accessories) and seek a newer 1250.  Many here (and elsewhere) have attested to the improvements of the newer model, so I won't recite them.  It all involves time and the occasional inconvenience, but a '20/'21 with low miles and an add-on warranty should reward you well for the effort.
And, welcome to the forum!  Look forward to hearing how you resolve your dilemma.