Having to sell the BMW motorcycle. Really sad.

I'm the first owner. I bought this 2007 model around April 2008 new. It has about 14,300 miles on it (still riding, changes daily). It's blue metallic. I just had it in for it's 12k service at around 13k miles.

First owner selling 2007 BMW 2007. Factory/dealer additional options over base:

• Extended, transferable warranty until 2013 - unlimited miles
• Heated grips (left one replaced under warrantee this month)
• TPM - Tire Pressure monitoring - Tells you the tire pressure of front/rear tire
• ABS brakes (front dual disc, single disc rear)
• On board computer - Displays Avg MPH, Avg MPG, Instant MPG, miles until empty
• White turn indicator
• Center stand
• Rear, expandable, saddle bags.

Aftermarket upgrades:

• Soft trunk bag - BMW branded, top quality, bought at dealer.
• Rear LED light - brigher!! Safer.
• Rear LED turn signals - brighter than stock
• Corbin customized seat - bought at factory in Hollister
• Taller after market windscreen - California Scientific out of West Sacramento - bought at factory.
• Bar backs - move the bars 2" closer to you - more comfortable upright riding position

All service has been done at A&S in Roseville. New rear tire at around 7k miles. Registration is current, and paid through April 2010. Bike is paid off and clear title. Non-salvaged. I can show you the bike week nights after 6, or Saturday.

This bike has never been dropped/down. No scratches, except a few minor ones from normal wear near the false tank. Bike is in great shape.

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The Garmin GPS mount is on bike, as pictured, but will be removed prior to sale. It is not included with the bike - unless you want to pay for it.

Use the feedback to contact me if you're interested. I'm located in Sacramento, CA.

After all the frustration and time over the dead BMW F800ST, it came down to a bad battery. They warrantied out the battery, and the bike is running fine. They said I should plug the bike into the battery tender once a week or so to keep the battery topped off. The service guy said that the alternators cannot keep the battery charged - and that this is a problem for all BMW bikes. Think they would have fixed this on a "luxury" bike that is supposed to be the standard for reliability. Crazy electrical engineers at BMW.

Yesterday, I drove my bike to work. Then to lunch, and back to work. Afterwards, drove home then over to dinner at mom's place. After a lovely time visiting and eating some good food, I donned my gear and set out for my way home. Put the key in, let it do it's little diagnostic / boot-up sequence. then hit the starter and NOTHING. Everything died. Removed key, and reinsert. No diag.

Okay. So dead battery? Take out emergency tool kit, take off false tank, and jump start the battery. NOTHING. Called BMW roadside service at 8:30pm. Long story short, they scheduled a pick up today to get my bike to the nearest dealer (which is where I bought it).

The next morning, I called BMW roadside to activate the predetermined plan to get my bike towed while I was at work. They got the tow truck out to mom's and loaded up the bike and took it to the BMW dealer. I didn't have to talk to tow company, or supply anything other than my name and VIN number to BMW roadside assistance. They took care of everything.

The BMW dealer didn't get a chance to look at the bike today as they are still busy with high season. They scheduled a 2 hour service time for tomorrow - hopefully they can fix it in two hours, we'll see. My hopes are high, but my realization for this is low.

Just for the record, after 5 months or so the bike has a total of about 8200 miles.

As many of you know, I picked up some new wheels a few weeks ago. It's a new 2007 BMW F800ST. But wait, 2007 isn't new - what gives? It was a dealer demo unit with 1400 miles on it, not previously registered/owned.

After driving two variations of this model, and thinking it over for a night, I decided to buy it. It's a beautiful machine. I enjoy it so much that I've been putting about 700 miles a week on it, and absolutely love every mile of it. It's FAST too, much faster than any of my previous bikes.

I've done a few mods to it already. I rode down to the Corbin factory down in Hollister, CA with two buddies - Phoenix and Kevin. They kept me company as I had a custom seat made to fit me. WOW. That was definitely worth it as the stock BMW seat is horrible. I also replaced the brake light with LEDs as well as the rear turn signals. I did this so other drivers can see me better. I also added a Garmin ZUMO 550 GPS to the handle bars. Next on the list is a new wind screen as the stock one isn't very good at all.