| #1  29-Jun-2005, 17:21 | ||||
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| rear suspension link hi guys (any ST girls ?). I had a bit of a mishap at the weekend and wondered if any of you lot have ever encountered this. While two up with hard luggage we hit a bump in the road. We were doing the limit so not really going for it, and It was not a pothole, just a sodding big bump - big enough to make the wife land half way up my back !  Anyway, I became aware after this that the stand was touching down on fairly gentle lean angles, and felt like the suspension was bottoming out. The alloy drop link is now banana shaped, and is only stopped from bending any more because it now rubs on the rear of the crankcases !!  All of the other bikes with us hit the same bump at the same speed, and all came out undamaged. I'm hoping this will be covered under warranty as clearly this should not happen. We were not speeding, and were not overloaded (two panniers with enough clothes for a 4 day trip, no top box or rack). I have taken pictures but can't post them at present as I'm preparing for a business trip. So, anyone else had this happen ? what's the chances of the warranty covering this (bike is 14 months old) ? how much does a drop link cost ? Bike goes to the dealers next week for them to take a look. Cheers all, John.  |
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