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Wow, some of the comments here make me laugh. Let me clear this up and make a point here.
There are over 10 years of these being on the road, and just now this pops up. If it was such a major defect as all the people who don't own one but yet come here and post their "expertise" on the subject then why wasn't it discovered years ago? If someone came into the shop with a cracked hub and there are just a couple of anecdotal posts except like Cliffa who has photos of "actual" cracks then I would first look at other factors before I start with the sky is falling routine. Again, cracked hubs happen all the time.
So let's do this to stop the guessing game. Let's have a show of hands of who has cracks on their hubs. Please put the year and front or rear and please post your photos. Maybe start a new thread and pin it under something so it doesn't get cluttered.
Some also said Ollie had something like 10, but he hasn't chimed in yet.
Only a few people work on these motorcycles regularly, and my shop is one of them. I get bikes shipped to me from a dozen different states and have seen every model that has come to the USA. I have not seen any cracking on early bikes or on later bikes. We have repaired these wheels and replaced damaged rims, and not one has had a cracked hub, even after one bike had a taco'd rim from a pothole that should have eaten the whole bike. We had one carbon rim crack but that's it. I suspect that was from low tire pressure and a pothole. I also posted earlier that I had three bikes currently in the shop and again, nothing. I have a set of wheels from an early run bike that was raced and again nothing.
I've also talked to a few of the mechanics who worked at a couple of dealers, and again not one has heard or seen anything about hubs cracking. I do have some cases that have had the main bearings spin if you want to start that thread as well.
So again, before everyone starts a panic, let's see how many there actually are and, if so, see if we can truly narrow down the build year or years.
There are over 10 years of these being on the road, and just now this pops up. If it was such a major defect as all the people who don't own one but yet come here and post their "expertise" on the subject then why wasn't it discovered years ago? If someone came into the shop with a cracked hub and there are just a couple of anecdotal posts except like Cliffa who has photos of "actual" cracks then I would first look at other factors before I start with the sky is falling routine. Again, cracked hubs happen all the time.
So let's do this to stop the guessing game. Let's have a show of hands of who has cracks on their hubs. Please put the year and front or rear and please post your photos. Maybe start a new thread and pin it under something so it doesn't get cluttered.
Some also said Ollie had something like 10, but he hasn't chimed in yet.
Only a few people work on these motorcycles regularly, and my shop is one of them. I get bikes shipped to me from a dozen different states and have seen every model that has come to the USA. I have not seen any cracking on early bikes or on later bikes. We have repaired these wheels and replaced damaged rims, and not one has had a cracked hub, even after one bike had a taco'd rim from a pothole that should have eaten the whole bike. We had one carbon rim crack but that's it. I suspect that was from low tire pressure and a pothole. I also posted earlier that I had three bikes currently in the shop and again, nothing. I have a set of wheels from an early run bike that was raced and again nothing.
I've also talked to a few of the mechanics who worked at a couple of dealers, and again not one has heard or seen anything about hubs cracking. I do have some cases that have had the main bearings spin if you want to start that thread as well.
So again, before everyone starts a panic, let's see how many there actually are and, if so, see if we can truly narrow down the build year or years.
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