Bikerboy108
Registered user
I understand there is a issue in UK also so Will try to keep it short ..I'm on advrider a lot and of course you take all the comments as they relate to issues with the bikes we ride with a grain of salt.. although some turn out as big deals like the fork recall. So read some things about loose spokes on the latest GSA's but didn't think too much of it as I got only 3,000 + miles on the bike ( mostly back roads) and had a break in service done at 910 miles
Just a little backstory I was washing the bike and was going to do an oil change so I put it up on the Centerstand and remembered reading the thread on the loose spokes...but really wasn't even thinking about it when I kneeled down and happened to put my hand on the rear wheel -it moved Laterally.. - WTF .. at first I thought maybe the wheel bolts were loose, or worse .. I rocked the wheel back and forth again and saw the spokes wiggle. went around the whole rim and wiggled all the spokes , some even seemed slightly bent as you can actually spin some between your fingers and see it wobble. ..Really couldn't believe it. Went back in garage and wheel rocks back and forth enough to make noise BUT every spoke is out of tension. NONE of the spokes are in tension and most of the 40 you can wiggle. None make a ping. So how long has it been like this I have no idea... Just glad that I caught it before a catastrophe happened.. As an aside this is my 3rd 1200 GS (2005, 2014) and close to 100,000 miles with ever having something even remotely like this happen..
So obviously have a lot of concerns.
1. How long have the spokes been loose and putting forces on the rear of the MC not intended
2. Has it compromised the Hub where the grub screw are loose
3. Has it compromised the rim
4. Has it compromised the tire
5. Any undue stresses on the rear , swing arm bearings etc.
6. Are the spokes or grub screws compromised, stretched, stripped etc.
My first inclination was to try to tighten them BUT everything I read is they are a bear to get under the right tension and are any items spokes, wheel tires etc. compromised So on thinking about it I didn't want to "Muddy the waters"
Pat from Jersey
Just a little backstory I was washing the bike and was going to do an oil change so I put it up on the Centerstand and remembered reading the thread on the loose spokes...but really wasn't even thinking about it when I kneeled down and happened to put my hand on the rear wheel -it moved Laterally.. - WTF .. at first I thought maybe the wheel bolts were loose, or worse .. I rocked the wheel back and forth again and saw the spokes wiggle. went around the whole rim and wiggled all the spokes , some even seemed slightly bent as you can actually spin some between your fingers and see it wobble. ..Really couldn't believe it. Went back in garage and wheel rocks back and forth enough to make noise BUT every spoke is out of tension. NONE of the spokes are in tension and most of the 40 you can wiggle. None make a ping. So how long has it been like this I have no idea... Just glad that I caught it before a catastrophe happened.. As an aside this is my 3rd 1200 GS (2005, 2014) and close to 100,000 miles with ever having something even remotely like this happen..
So obviously have a lot of concerns.
1. How long have the spokes been loose and putting forces on the rear of the MC not intended
2. Has it compromised the Hub where the grub screw are loose
3. Has it compromised the rim
4. Has it compromised the tire
5. Any undue stresses on the rear , swing arm bearings etc.
6. Are the spokes or grub screws compromised, stretched, stripped etc.
My first inclination was to try to tighten them BUT everything I read is they are a bear to get under the right tension and are any items spokes, wheel tires etc. compromised So on thinking about it I didn't want to "Muddy the waters"
Pat from Jersey
but it's just one thing after another with BM. 
