I don't know if i'll go bmw after the last report giving them 33% failure rate even worse than HD at 25%. The report didn't go into detail but the trend is clear, buy cheap, sell cheap, make money now. suzuki and triumph came in at the bottom of the list but were to small a sample to confirm. Yamaha had the highest reliability with honda and kawasaki right there. I would like to consider retirement but at 55 will actually embarking on a 2nd career. wanna play gotta pay. When I do retire it will most likely be a GW I end up on.
I bought a bosch 1170 vsr hammer drill 25 years ago used at a flea market and it still works, I can't count how many other "quality brand tools" that ancient 'pos' has survived.