Interesting photo of a BMW

[Poddy]

Now this brings a new meaning to Single Side Swing arm

[DaveM]

Poddy Beemer broken.

That looks rather catastrophic!

DaveM

[steventhechef]

I wonder if BMW are coming to tow it back to town??

[Raz2133]

Wow!

I'd be very interested in the story behind that pic. There doesn't appear to be too much damage, other than the rear-end.

Mark

[whoosh]

Originally Posted by Raz2133

Wow!

I'd be very interested in the story behind that pic. There doesn't appear to be too much damage, other than the rear-end.

Mark

If the info on the picture is right - then it may be past it's "tell by" date

[TRISPEED]

BMW's seem to be having many problems with the rear-ends. Many had failed during the past Iron Butt. A friend of mine had his transmission lock up on his while he was close to home and going at a slow speed. Thank God he was going slow at the time and not going around a corner.

[F4sSprintST]

nothing a couple hose clamps and some JB weld can't fix........

[adg44]

That's a Rockster, which is my old bike:



There is a lot of talk about the rear ends failing (especially the final drive) on BMWs, but I never had any issues. I just changed the final drive fluid every 6k miles and it was fine.

Obviously something had to hit the bike, or he hit something, to cause that damage.

- Anthony

[Hatchetman240]

didnt two of the three BMW's in "The Long Way Around" have subframe breakage right forward of the panniers?

[6_Myles]

They did but both were WAY overloaded with all the stuff they carried around.