Warning to 2009 R1 owners…

[Radar]

Seems that fork legs can crack during wheel changing, be careful folks and invest in a torque wrench…

More details here…

https://www.nestreetriders.com/forum/bike-maintenance/52337-2009-10-r1-fork-bottoms-cracking.html

[imperialdata]

Ouch, that could be nasty.

[slim]

Another example of the quest for sales & profit overiding good engineering practice & the use of quality materials by some of the factory’s

we’ve seen similar to this & worse over the last 10 years or so & i’m beginning to wonder if all those good folk who can afford a new bike are being used as cheap crash test dummies ?

[Champs]

they will be giving out free airbag jackets soon if they keep swapping quantity from quality

[Digger]

Thanks Radar,will take note of this as I am in the process of changing my tyres.

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