Today me and several of my friends were riding and one of those friends has a 1999 R1.I was riding beside him after leaving a red light when i heard a loud crashing sound,I looked and my friend was crashing all over the pavement.We were doing about 40 or 50 mph and had just left a red light .The cause of the wreck was his rear hub exploded and sent him and the bike flying.There are alot of witnesses even the drivers of cars stopped to say they had never seen anythig like that.Bike is still under warranty so I hope Yamaha does the right thing but if not I can see a real bad lawsuit coming.
In there quest to make the best and lightest motorcycle possible maybe they have overlooked saftey.I hope other owners of this bike will read this and demand there dealer check there bike because this is not the first hub to blow on those bikes.My friend is sore and scrapped but is pretty much ok and I'm thankfull but why should any of us have to worry about a defect like this.That could have been his life.
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Chris Blackman
If it is GREEN it has to be better!
In there quest to make the best and lightest motorcycle possible maybe they have overlooked saftey.I hope other owners of this bike will read this and demand there dealer check there bike because this is not the first hub to blow on those bikes.My friend is sore and scrapped but is pretty much ok and I'm thankfull but why should any of us have to worry about a defect like this.That could have been his life.
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Chris Blackman
If it is GREEN it has to be better!