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BYRNE SLAYS SNETTERTON BSB
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hane Byrne (Be Wiser Ducati)
clawed back vital ground in the
2017 British Superbike Champion-
ship by dominating both Snetterton
races held, July 1-2.
Byrne led home an identical
podium in races one and two, with
former champion Josh Brookes
taking second for Anvil Yamaha
and Jason O'Halloran joining his
Australian compatriot Brookes on
the podium with a pair of thirds for
Honda Racing.
John Hopkins (Moto Rapido
Ducati) had a far better weekend
than he's experienced so far in
2017, with an eighth place in race
one followed by fifth in race two.
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BMW CONCERNED OVER POSSIBLE FORK FLAWS
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MW Motorrad has issued a
service campaign that could
have far reaching consequences
for their flagship GS range.
The company says the top of
the GS and GS Adventure fork
may become damaged when
riding over "deep potholes or
driving over an obstacle."
That means every R 1200 GS
and GS Adventure manufactured
between November 2013 and
June 2017 is up for inspection,
however BMW Motorrad has
stopped short of calling the
service campaign a full blown
recall.
In a post on the official BMW
Motorrad Facebook page, the
company states, "As part of a
service campaign, BMW Motor-
rad is checking the fixed fork
tubes of the front forks on mo-
torcycles of the R 1200 GS and
R 1200 GS Adventure models
for the production period No-
vember 2013 – June 2017.
"BMW Motorrad has deter-
mined during ongoing field
observations that the fixed fork
tube of the specified models
can suffer preliminary damage
due to unusual incidents with
momentary high stress without
the user noticing the damage,
e.g. through changed drivability.
Such high stress can be caused
e.g. when driving over an
obstacle, during a fall or when
driving through deep potholes
with unvarying speed. Prelimi-
nary damage to the front wheel
rim is also not unusual in such
cases, but need not be neces-
sarily present.
"Potential preliminary damage
to the fixed fork tube manifests
itself through a gap between the
pipe and the pressed in top seal
plugs. For the check, the rubber
grommet mounted in this posi-
tion must be pushed down.
"BMW Motorrad has therefore
decided to check the above-
mentioned vehicles and repair
them if required. The owners
of the affected motorcycles will
be informed by BMW Motorrad.
The service campaign is free of
charge for customers."
Race One
Race Two
