Petition signed by residents of 74 countries
“There are few things more powerful than people united.” Vironika Tugaleva We thank everyone for signing the petition, which has been a big factor in applying pressure to BMW to bring about the global recall that has been announced...
Article in Sandton Chronicle
A number of BMW R 1200 GS motorbike owners are sending a warning to the public to beware of using this bike, which is thought to be the reason for a number of accidents resulting in serious injury. After surviving a serious accident while riding his BMW R1200 GS...
ITS OFFICIAL- BMW RECALLS R1200 GS and R1200 GSA (Nov 2013 – Jun 2017)
BMW AG has announced a global safety recall of the BMW R 1200 GS and R 1200 GS Adventure models (models K50 and K51) from the production period November 2013 to June 2017. This was done as a precautionary safety measure because the fixed fork...
Communication to BMW
Morning has come and gone and I have not heard a single word from BMW in response to my email below, other than Donford’s arriving at my home to collect the loan bike that you have instructed them to take back...
Upper Stanchion Crimping Failure
I was on a ride in SA in September with a group. Day 11 one of our guys went down. He is an extremely good rider. Travelling on a dead straight road, speed between 120 and 140KPH. He claims the front end just fell away and he went down. There was NOTHING to hit on the road and NO potholes...
Petitioning BMW Motorrad USA BMW Motorrad USA
More background on this failure can be found on the following sites. This is in no way a complete list but does show a number of people have had the issue and many of them have not previously dropped their motorcycle...
Do something about it
A company of BMW’s level should take safety issues much more seriously. Totally unacettable.
BMW do something
Being a BMW driver myself (without such accident) I still think you should take your responsibility in this case. It […]
I am another victim of the infamous BMW stanchion failure. Three surgeries on my right leg
I hit a pothole at about 40 kmph and after about a couple of kilometers ahead when I locked brakes […]
Crash in gs 2006 broken bar
I made a trip with my wife and we crashed when the bar and the crib my bike is from […]
replce the staichion
hi, i am living in mongolia, driving the LC 1200 Advt. the stainchoin start to leak aprox after 102.000 KM […]
GREECE IN LACK OF STANCHION CLAMPS
I AM AN OWNER OF AN R1200GS 2017 MODEL. IN NORTHERN GREECE THERE IS LACK OF STANCHION CLAMPS. ONLY 30 […]