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one thing to keep in mind, compared to a chain, these DO require little maintenance, periodic maintenace, perhaps but overall, not so much. reading things on this board might give you the impression that the problems that a few S owners have had, are relatively common. while I can't say whether or not the issues are indeed widespread, or isolated incidents, I can say that:
A. this is a technical forum, the best one for this model. when people have problems, they come here and discuss.
B. Most people with R1100S's aren't on this board. we merely a very vocal minority of the model ownership, so what you read here regarding maintenance/relaibility problems may or may not be representative of the model in general.
Your own results may vary. Mine certaninly have.
Lance