Fork Stanchion Issue... some perspective?
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That's one can of San Miguel spat all over my lap top 
And yes I have checked for any gaps on mine (and will continue to do so) and they are as tight as your wallet.
That's not a surprise considering the concrete has now set hard
Hairyweasel
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2017 gsa, 3 k miles. Mainly 2 up scratching on B roads. Neither myself nor the wife are small people and the witnesses mark on the stantions show that I use the full travel available and the bike has bottomed out with a thud on quite a few occasions.
No gap and all is good.
No gap and all is good.
That's not a surprise considering the concrete has now set hard
And BM double V should be paying me to fix (or mix) this problem.
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I blame the riders they should ride to protect their forks from pot holes like this guy
Hope you kept the receipt! We want a refundThanks but I take no credit, it's a gift
Sorry you didn't pay by credit card.
Tripleblack13
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Another perspective - R1200RT's LC have exactly the same design ( press fit with crimps) - I looked at one yesterday. I'm not aware of mass recall's etc and failures of RT's unless someone knows otherwise ? 
Different angles, lengths, forces??
Sent from a OnePlusX.
Sent from a OnePlusX.
Another perspective - R1200RT's LC have exactly the same design ( press fit with crimps) - I looked at one yesterday. I'm not aware of mass recall's etc and failures of RT's unless someone knows otherwise ?
Because the problem has only occurred with extreme off-road use on just a few bikes.
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Edmund Kean
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But that's not so. Did you not read Roamer's post earlier?
How many road only use bikes have been affected?
How many hard use off-road bikes have been effected?
And what were the exact use conditions that produced the 'problem'.
Numbers of bikes and details with corroborating evidence please?
fred_jb
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That's a completely unrealistic request as I'm sure you know, but the fact that even one bike has developed the problem with only moderate on road use should be enough, together with the scale and expense of BMW's response, to convince anybody that there is an issue with the design and/or construction of this part.
BMW obviously fear that many more bikes will eventually suffer this problem without the program of remedial action they have now launched. If they believed that only a few bikes exposed to extreme off-road incidents have or will develop the problem, then I would not have expected the scale of the response, albeit it seems to have taken BMW a long time to come to this conclusion. Possibly it has taken them some time to negotiate a cost contribution from the fork suppliers.
Another perspective - R1200RT's LC have exactly the same design ( press fit with crimps) - I looked at one yesterday. I'm not aware of mass recall's etc and failures of RT's unless someone knows otherwise ?
No they're fine ... it was the rear shocks that were collapsing on those ...
fred_jb
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No they're fine ... it was the rear shocks that were collapsing on those ...
Maybe it's the longer travel of the GS forks that is causing the issue, as presumably that would create a greater range of movement at the top of the fork compared with the RT.
roamer
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The facts i have posted are as stated,
I dont give a toss whether anyone believes me,
bmw are providing something i consider suitable, my bike is a keeper regardless,
The forks are an issue for the manufacturer to do a campaign on virtually all wc gs model bikes,
I dont give a toss whether anyone believes me,
bmw are providing something i consider suitable, my bike is a keeper regardless,
The forks are an issue for the manufacturer to do a campaign on virtually all wc gs model bikes,
As the bikes become older the number of reported incidents could increase
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