An interesting sidelight from the BMW Motorcycle side.

Many years ago, I think around the late 1980s, early 1990s, a lot of people that bought BMW motorcycles were having battery problems. BMW told them all the same thing... too many short trips, bad driving profile, you have to use a battery charger, it's not our fault, it's your fault for riding the bike wrong. It was so bad that for about 2-3 years BMW was giving a free battery charger with every motorcycle they sold (I've still got one of those in my garage). And it wasn't a cheapo trickle charger, but an automatic Schmacher manufactured 2-amp charger with an amperage meter. BMW never, ever admitted to a design flaw.

But guess what?

After a couple of years, BMW quit giving free battery chargers with every motorcycle and, miraculously, nobody was having battery problems any more, in spite of not using a battery charger.

Sound familiar?