Hiya All,
THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE! On 10/02, I had the front right fork of my 2002 BMW F650GS fail. The lug that holds the axle to the fork casting catastrophically failed. See the picture attached to this thread. This apparently was know to happen by BMW and they redesigned the forks with more material at the lugs in 2003. If you own this bike in the years prior to 2003. PLEASE have your forks tested, I don't want others to suffer like I have due to this failure on a poorly designed fork.
I suffered a separated shoulder and massive dislocation. I am currently on medical leave after they reconstructed my shoulder by pulling my collar bone back into place. AGAIN, I hope no one else has to do go through this procedure or worse because they didn't know about these fork failures.
Thanks,
Craig
THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE! On 10/02, I had the front right fork of my 2002 BMW F650GS fail. The lug that holds the axle to the fork casting catastrophically failed. See the picture attached to this thread. This apparently was know to happen by BMW and they redesigned the forks with more material at the lugs in 2003. If you own this bike in the years prior to 2003. PLEASE have your forks tested, I don't want others to suffer like I have due to this failure on a poorly designed fork.
I suffered a separated shoulder and massive dislocation. I am currently on medical leave after they reconstructed my shoulder by pulling my collar bone back into place. AGAIN, I hope no one else has to do go through this procedure or worse because they didn't know about these fork failures.
Thanks,
Craig