Jack,
mine broke on Aug 28 06. I was doing about 120kph on a straight road at the time. I heard a "pting" noise (like a stone puncturing the rear tyre), the bike "sat" or dropped down on it's suspension. I did a ***? And pulled over to the side of the road. I couldn't put the side stand down because the bike had dropped about 1" to 1 1/2" so I had to get a spot with more road camber to help.
I limped the bike the 20k to the nearest town not doing over 40kph (took over 40 mins on a hot day). Besides dropping an inch the whole rear end geometry changes.
I'm heavy about 120kg and do hard riding on all sorts of surfaces. This may have made my failure more likely than that for someone else. That said there ARE assembly and design problems with this setup. Assembly - some weren't sufficiently greased. Design - Triumph are changing the collar/spacer system as part of the recall.
Mine went @ 19000km, I have since done another 13000km on the replacement bolt (but not the recall as this was done in AUg/Sep before the recall), and the bike is still going strong.
Here's a link to the original thread:
Link to thread
Here's a link to my pictures of the failed area:
Goto to bottom of page for pics on drop link bolt
At a MINIMUM I'd recommend you have the whole drop link assembly, dissassembled, inspected and appropriately greased. If you're doing that AND can get a a dealer to ship the warranty parts, given your distance, then why not do the fix?
Good luck
Russ
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