Let's start with the thread title IN ALL CAPS!
***IMPORTANT PLEASE READ***
Then it gets pinned to the very top.
then some of the comments.
Should be a safety recall campaign in a sane world.
, "Pretty alarming to hear that Ollie has changed so many fronts out"
People in the US should report that here: https://www.nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem#index
plus other comments can lead people to worry more than needed, plus depreciate a motorcycle that many paid top dollar for. So my posts are to stop some of that and bring expertise into the thread before it gets out of hand.
I ask the simple question. HOW MANY MOTORCYCLES HAS THIS OCCURRED ON? WHAT YEAR? FRONT OR REAR? COUNTRY WOULD BE HELPFUL
A few have said Ollie has had 10. I would think with his expertise, he would have shared all that prior to this thread and maybe offered his opinion on the cause. Not calling out Ollie but people are using his name to say this is an issue so as a shop owner Id love to hear and see what examples he has, and I am sure so does anyone else who works on these motorcycles.
Our shop experience shows something different than what has been reported here, and to again make my point these have been on the road for a while now and over 10 YEARS LATER now something may or may not have happened.
Think about that from a simple point of view. People bought these motorcycles and rode them. Many are high mileage and yet where were the complaints of hubs cracking in the first year? Second year? Fifth year, etc? Maybe roads, where they happened, are rougher than US roads, does mileage have something to do with it? Was it earlier year bikes? Did any of the owners actually check spoke tension like you are supposed to via maintenance? Potholes? Riding with lower tire pressure?
As a shop, If I had 10 cracked hubs come through the door on any motorcycle, I would immediately tell every customer that owned a spoke wheel version to change their wheels regardless of cracks or not.
So until it's an issue this should just be a normal thread asking people if they have similar issues to report back. and then, ONLY THEN, does this need to get pinned or all capped etc.
