Mine came back clean too... As they have the count of bikes effected, I would hope they have updated the website by now, the recall is about a week old..
Good winter work to keep techs busy if they can get it spun up quickly. I assume bike techs are like car techs and January is Kraft Dinner month as people only do emergency repairs in January as they fight their way through xmas bills.And we all thought 2020 couldn't possibly get worse... LOL
I'm hopeful my '16 somehow escapes this, but oh well... It's a machine designed by humans. Faults/problems are to be expected.
From what i'm told by a VERY qualified and experienced friend... The remedy will involve complete removal of the engine from the frame in order to install the new transmission... The German announcement/info pegs it as a 14 hour job.
Lets hope it's a simple job the "average" dealership can handle without messing up your bike
Normally yes. But a dealership with a bunch to do should have the techs beating the 14 hour flat rate by quite a lot as they figure out time efficiencies. Also low rate work is better than no work. I know some auto-mechanics that have to go to work for their standard week but only get <10 hours of flat rate work through the week (dealership wants all hands on deck in case of a rush that never comes).
The dealerships will want these dealt with before the spring rush. A bunch of long warranty repairs in the busy season (that are urgent to keep the riders alive) would suck.
As do I, before spring.
I have locked the rear before, but just momentarily. The first few seconds will be the interesting part, after that you will either be stable down to zero or crashed. Also drifting bikes isn't my thing. I haven't locked the rear in a corner and had to chase it.
