A week ago I thought that I’d kill 2 birds with one stone, visit my Niece’s graduation party, but first stop by the dealership to have them clear out the Blinkin-wrench from the display from my 600mi oil change. All was good on the way from Duluth, MN to Lakeville, MN, mostly using cruise control on the long highway stretches. It was stop and go traffic through St. Paul and after I passed the downtown area I was able to set cruise again. I pulled off on my exit to the dealer and a lady changed lanes where I was and had to hit the brakes hard, and honk of course. All the ABS and traction control, engine lights came on.. I rode the couple blocks to the dealer and looked at the bike, the rear caliper blew out! It must have been seized for an extended amount of time since the rotor was tinged blue from heat. Luckily I was at the dealer so they can fix it under warranty (which is another story..) but I had to find my way home (200mi) and to the graduation party for my Niece (30mi) My brother picked me up to make the party for a few minutes, and my other brother brought me to the airport so I could catch a bus back to Duluth. My bike sits at the dealer awaiting parts from across the pond, once it’s fixed I’ll have to take a day to drive down with my trailer and pick it up. It was left with the dealer on 6/14…
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Bad luck mate. Hope you get your bike fixed quickly.
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Glad it’s getting sorted. Shame it’s happened but it could have been worse from the sounds of it.
On the positive side the bike will feel like a rocket now (without the back brake dragging) and your MPG will go up..!