I saw this thread over on advrider.com , and thought it appropriate for the gang here to see.
This was a 2011 BMW g650 gs model, with only 95 miles on it.It was a new purchase and being ridden by a grandmother. She was scraped up, but no broken bones, so she was very lucky. You might think it was just an isolated incident, but its not the first fork failure for that model.
I don't want this to become a BMW bashing thread. I'm just posting this as information of bad things that can happen, even to new motorcycles.
I believe BMW builds quality products, so this must be a design weakness. I hope BMW pays attention and makes corrections, before someone is seriously hurt.
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=700385
This was a 2011 BMW g650 gs model, with only 95 miles on it.It was a new purchase and being ridden by a grandmother. She was scraped up, but no broken bones, so she was very lucky. You might think it was just an isolated incident, but its not the first fork failure for that model.
I don't want this to become a BMW bashing thread. I'm just posting this as information of bad things that can happen, even to new motorcycles.
I believe BMW builds quality products, so this must be a design weakness. I hope BMW pays attention and makes corrections, before someone is seriously hurt.
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=700385