2k5 gixxer crash
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Ohlias said:
Well, while shopping, I heard some horror stories on Kawasaki loose front wheels. I heard horror stories on Honda CBR faulty suspension, now we hear GSX-R1000 frame problems... I think as someone said that all bikes have their own problems, just in different places...
30-40mph: yeah right!!!:|
well a friend drop his 2k5 after a car push him on the shoulder of an entries on the 132(tunnel)
and yes the frame snapped(the impact was pretty violent!)
He got nothing since the bike hit the guardrail alone(lucky him)
anyways it's not an isolated problem!
A lot of bike got similar reaction!
2000 kawasaki ZX-9R was the exact same thing but the split in the frame was at the neck of the tripple clamp!
nowadays: frame bent or tear appart before the forks bent! that's all!
well a friend drop his 2k5 after a car push him on the shoulder of an entries on the 132(tunnel)
and yes the frame snapped(the impact was pretty violent!)
He got nothing since the bike hit the guardrail alone(lucky him)
anyways it's not an isolated problem!
A lot of bike got similar reaction!
2000 kawasaki ZX-9R was the exact same thing but the split in the frame was at the neck of the tripple clamp!
nowadays: frame bent or tear appart before the forks bent! that's all!
CoOlSlY
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There was a comment from a guy who made sense...
Maybe it's "by design" that the frame split... Like the newer car, all the front of the car that is moving almost to the driver position when a crash occur to absorb part of the impact. I could see the same situation for the 05 GSX-R1000 that by design, when a impact occurs, it splits in two. Not useful for the driver of the bike but if the bike hit another car, the impact is absorbed part by the frame of the bike then split in two and that way, a bit of the impact is already absorbed.
Just to let you know, car companies never say "We've made our car that part of the impact is absorbed by the front of the car if you hit a wall" nor Suzuki will say it's a safety concern **BUT**, *I* think that if it was a safety flaw, they would have to recall all the bikes.
One person said "Doing wheelies, my frame broke in two" but who knows the whole story, lot's of details were missing...
Maybe it's "by design" that the frame split... Like the newer car, all the front of the car that is moving almost to the driver position when a crash occur to absorb part of the impact. I could see the same situation for the 05 GSX-R1000 that by design, when a impact occurs, it splits in two. Not useful for the driver of the bike but if the bike hit another car, the impact is absorbed part by the frame of the bike then split in two and that way, a bit of the impact is already absorbed.
Just to let you know, car companies never say "We've made our car that part of the impact is absorbed by the front of the car if you hit a wall" nor Suzuki will say it's a safety concern **BUT**, *I* think that if it was a safety flaw, they would have to recall all the bikes.
One person said "Doing wheelies, my frame broke in two" but who knows the whole story, lot's of details were missing...
les motos sport actuelles de 1ltre (166kg vide, dans ce cas-ci) sont plus légeres qu un gs 500 de v la 10 ans...personnel j suis pas vraiement surpris que ca ai l air de ca lors d un petit impact.pour combien de plastique pis de l aluminium pensez-vous qu il en coute, pour fabriquer un gix 1000? :dunno: On paye pour une technologie(pis on en a en CR$%?SS pour notre ca$h :bigup: ), pas pour une qualité des composantes ni une durée de vie éternelle...
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600rr said:
Comme je dis, je serais très très curieux de savoir la vraie affaire dans tout ça... malheureusement, on le sera jamais sauf s'il y a vraiment 1000 accidents avec des morts à cause de ça (Un peu comme les pneus Firestone qui équippaient les Explorer depuis genre 10-12 ans!!! Ça l'a pris ça, 10-12 ans avant qu'ils avouent qu'ils avaient un problème)
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