Well, my worst nightmare has come true.... I thought the whole transmission recall thing was behind me after a good 500 miles of riding after completion of the recall. Everything was running great.
But then, on mile 512, on a late night ride home my rear brake started to feel slippery. I figured my rear brake disk and pads got a little wet, condensation or something... I ignored it. After a fairly high speed ride home on freeway, I get off on my exit and stop at a red light. That is when I started to see and smell smoke. Oh great...
When I got it home, my bike was dripping oil. The oil had splattered all across the bottom right side of my bike, all the way back to my rear brakes, covering the disk and getting the pads oily. Oil covered the right side of my rear rim and tire (thank God I didn't low side any of the somewhat high speed right turns I made on the way home)...
That night, I just locked my bike in the garage and went to bed depressed. The pictures below were taken the next day. The oil on the tires dried up a little but you can still see it.
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You know, I always prefer buying new bikes instead of used ones because I worry less about stuff like this; mechanical failures. Because of this stupid recall, my bike feels like a used bike... I can't trust it anymore. I love the bike, but I want my 20k back. I want an untouched bike.
Let this be a warning to you all, don't trust your bike just yet. This issue / failure may not have presented itself to you yet. You may need to have > 500 miles after the recall, and open the bike up above speeds > 140 MPH multiple times before the failure occurs.
...and FFS inspect your bike before you ride! I know it's easy to think "its a new bike, 2015, I don't need to inspect it, its fine" but you can't trust it after the recall. This could have gone bad for me real quick since oil got all over my rear tire. Also who really knows what damage may have been done to the engine when oil started to spew out while under load and high RPM... What a disaster.
I circled areas were oil was dripping / collecting. Not sure where the oil is coming from. I already took the bike back to the shop that did the recall... Berts Mega Mall in Covina... just waiting for answers at this point.
Pics:
Not chicken strips... thats oil.
But then, on mile 512, on a late night ride home my rear brake started to feel slippery. I figured my rear brake disk and pads got a little wet, condensation or something... I ignored it. After a fairly high speed ride home on freeway, I get off on my exit and stop at a red light. That is when I started to see and smell smoke. Oh great...
When I got it home, my bike was dripping oil. The oil had splattered all across the bottom right side of my bike, all the way back to my rear brakes, covering the disk and getting the pads oily. Oil covered the right side of my rear rim and tire (thank God I didn't low side any of the somewhat high speed right turns I made on the way home)...
That night, I just locked my bike in the garage and went to bed depressed. The pictures below were taken the next day. The oil on the tires dried up a little but you can still see it.
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You know, I always prefer buying new bikes instead of used ones because I worry less about stuff like this; mechanical failures. Because of this stupid recall, my bike feels like a used bike... I can't trust it anymore. I love the bike, but I want my 20k back. I want an untouched bike.
Let this be a warning to you all, don't trust your bike just yet. This issue / failure may not have presented itself to you yet. You may need to have > 500 miles after the recall, and open the bike up above speeds > 140 MPH multiple times before the failure occurs.
...and FFS inspect your bike before you ride! I know it's easy to think "its a new bike, 2015, I don't need to inspect it, its fine" but you can't trust it after the recall. This could have gone bad for me real quick since oil got all over my rear tire. Also who really knows what damage may have been done to the engine when oil started to spew out while under load and high RPM... What a disaster.
I circled areas were oil was dripping / collecting. Not sure where the oil is coming from. I already took the bike back to the shop that did the recall... Berts Mega Mall in Covina... just waiting for answers at this point.
Pics:
Not chicken strips... thats oil.