General Question on Dealing with BMW as a company

[Grumpy Goat]

Problem with Beemer's is that the network is not as dense and you don't have as many choices -

That's true, most owners have to travel a couple hours to a dealer.

I guess I am lucky here in Houston - there are 4 BMW dealerships within 40 miles of my house, with the closest being 23 miles away. Within that same radius there are 6 HD dealerships. Beyond that it spreads out as well.

Maybe there is a greater need when it comes to service.

Went on a couple longer distance annual rides with a few friends, a couple of whom ride Harleys. On two occasions there were issues with the Harley of one of the riders and one with the other rider. The issues with the first one were oil leaking and breaking off of a shifter, the latter of which required a 3 hour stop at a Harley dealer in Texarkana. He also had an inner tube problem on a different trip that required a 70 mile tow and a trip to San Angelo and an overnight stay resulting in a new tire and tube, but that is not directly related to HD. The other bike started to have seemingly spontaneous oil leaking from the engine which the owner monitored for the rest of the trip, topping up as necessary.