Swing arm cracked

[michaelmy]

After Tour of Portugal anyone had this?

 

[Spout]

Ouch

 

[Blue Sweeper]

That's going to be expensive to rectify. This photo prompted me to check mine, thankfully it looks OK.

 

[rocky burns]

Nasty.. don't see a reason whey it can't be cleaned up and re welded though by the right person

 

[litelfun]

Jeh if you can strip it your self £ 20 fix for a good welder

 

[michaelmy]

Was not repairable as warped in the process - a new part was £1100 now restored to health

 

[Blackal]

I don't think I would contemplate getting that welded up.

 

[rocky burns]

Bmw offered me a new swing arm on my xchallenge when I broke it, but by then i'd already got a second hand one and fixed it.

That's just shit quality in either the welding or the materials, so I would put a complaint in direct to Bmw and see if they will give you something back on it as its not fit for purpose

 

[Delboy777]

Unstoppable !!

 

[Blackal]

That's just shit quality in either the welding or the materials, so I would put a complaint in direct to Bmw and see if they will give you something back on it as its not fit for purpose

That's a bit of a bold statement.

Everything has a finite fracture criteria - and without knowing what it has had to endure - to cough up the "not fit for purpose" cliche is unfounded.

Al

 

[Bendy toy]

That's a bit of a bold statement.

Everything has a finite fracture criteria - and without knowing what it has had to endure - to cough up the "not fit for purpose" cliche is unfounded.

Al

The issue is not unheard of on plain ordinary BMW 1200s. How many bikes are known for having weak rear swing arms?
But to be fair they usually break on the actual shaft tunnel part of the arm.