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BMW have announced a recall...

Brake problems force BMW motorcycle recall


FRANKFURT —
German luxury auto and motorcycle manufacturer BMW on Tuesday launched a global recall of 122,000 motorcycles owing to front brake problems.

A BMW spokesman told AFP the company had uncovered a risk of leaks in the braking systems of its K 1200 GT motorcycles and other models built on the same base.

The recall concerns motorcycles built between August 2006 and May 2009, some of which have already been checked, the spokesman told AFP.

"Over time, it emerged that even corrected braking systems did not resolve the problem 100 percent," he said.

Vibration generated by the motorcycle's operation were found to cause leaks that affected the front brake, the company said, while rear brakes continued to function normally.

BMW has not heard of accidents linked to the problem but "would gladly have foregone having to make another recall," the spokesman said.

The group is the leading manufacturer of luxury cars in the world and also sold 87,306 of its upmarket motorcycles last year.

There you go. BMW nancy boy riders get a recall because there litle brakey, wakeys don't work properly. ZX10 riders just get told to HTFU

That's got to cost...........

Glen wrote:There you go. BMW nancy boy riders get a recall because there litle brakey, wakeys don't work properly. ZX10 riders just get told to HTFU

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I wish my lever would HTFU sometimes...

photomike666 wrote:

Glen wrote:There you go. BMW nancy boy riders get a recall because there litle brakey, wakeys don't work properly. ZX10 riders just get told to HTFU

...........

I wish my lever would HTFU sometimes...

huh?
you have 2 boyz...it had to work some time

Smitty wrote:

photomike666 wrote:

Glen wrote:There you go. BMW nancy boy riders get a recall because there litle brakey, wakeys don't work properly. ZX10 riders just get told to HTFU

...........

I wish my lever would HTFU sometimes...

huh?
you have 2 boyz...it had to work some time

I think he was referring to when he has his hand on it

fireyrob wrote:

Smitty wrote:

photomike666 wrote:There you go. BMW nancy boy riders get a recall because there litle brakey, wakeys don't work properly. ZX10 riders just get told to HTFU
..........
I wish my lever would HTFU sometimes...

huh?
you have 2 boyz...it had to work some time

I think he was referring to when he has his hand on it

phuck...you're dead if it doesnt then.....






pun intended

That's gotta go in someone's signature

fireyrob wrote:I think he was referring to when he has his hand on it

Hand on what?

mike-s wrote:

fireyrob wrote:I think he was referring to when he has his hand on it

Hand on what?

I believe he is a bit of a performance nut, and likes to get his crank stroked !

Gosling1 wrote:

mike-s wrote:

fireyrob wrote:I think he was referring to when he has his hand on it

Hand on what?

I believe he is a bit of a performance nut, and likes to get his crank stroked !

Who Doesn't?

It's all about matching cadence to crank lenght...

photomike666 wrote:It's all about matching cadence to crank lenght...

you been pushing too hard again Mike........?

Smitty wrote:

photomike666 wrote:It's all about matching cadence to crank lenght...

you been pushing too hard again Mike........?

I thought he'd blown a seal





....but apparently he'd just eaten an icecream

Ahhh, and there it is.