Rear shock link plate failure!
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Badger
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FF, now that is why i have fitted these, how is Scott anyway's
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BB1000
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Been a few reports of this on AF1 forum,.......all seem to be Rsv Factory's
I got some SS plates after the first 2 reports
You can buy some after market ones here..... http://www.af1racing.com/store/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=5467
I got some SS plates after the first 2 reports
You can buy some after market ones here..... http://www.af1racing.com/store/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=5467
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Should these not be replaced under warranty if it is a common problem, if so I might just still be within my warrenty period.:confused
Do the factorys use a different linkage than the standard?
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Surley a design fault :dunno and should be replaced :roll
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spoonz
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There have been 4 cases of this worldwide 3 of which I have pics of and they all snap at the narrow link at the back of the linkage.
Scott was lucky in as much as he had 2 lawyers who were witnesses to the accident and offered to persue Aprilia for the cost of Scott's bike and the general issue of the links. His bike just colapsed mid corner as did 2 of the others.
We have had the links tested and we know what they are made of and what their strength is. Aprilia paid for an accident investigator to also look into the circumstances.
The outcome of those tests have been passed to Aprilia Spa via the NZ importer and evidence from the other cases has been scrutinised as well.
There now can't be any more details than that because it has reached a point where any new info has to be off the record but it looks positive.
The link Badger has i got made by MPL and sold them through rsvr.net and there are pics and info there if you want it. Too much stuff to re write it all here. (when site is up later today, maintenance)
The general point is that statistically 4 cases from thousands of bikes means your are unlikely to be a victim. But there is an apparant risk and me personally thought £40 a small price to pay for peace of mind and also hence why AF1 made links also. I currently have some 6/4 Ti links being made for myself and a few others but pretty much all pre sold.
Affected bikes are all new shape RSV's from 04 on and Tuono's from 06.
Checking the links won't help you because all of the cases so far have been instant catastrophic link failures with no pre failure stress cracks or defects in evidence.
I'll update this post when Scott indicates i can say more but for now you have to make up your own minds as to whether you feel the risk justifies the need to do anything about it until Aprilia do or don't.
Scott was lucky in as much as he had 2 lawyers who were witnesses to the accident and offered to persue Aprilia for the cost of Scott's bike and the general issue of the links. His bike just colapsed mid corner as did 2 of the others.
We have had the links tested and we know what they are made of and what their strength is. Aprilia paid for an accident investigator to also look into the circumstances.
The outcome of those tests have been passed to Aprilia Spa via the NZ importer and evidence from the other cases has been scrutinised as well.
There now can't be any more details than that because it has reached a point where any new info has to be off the record but it looks positive.
The link Badger has i got made by MPL and sold them through rsvr.net and there are pics and info there if you want it. Too much stuff to re write it all here. (when site is up later today, maintenance)
The general point is that statistically 4 cases from thousands of bikes means your are unlikely to be a victim. But there is an apparant risk and me personally thought £40 a small price to pay for peace of mind and also hence why AF1 made links also. I currently have some 6/4 Ti links being made for myself and a few others but pretty much all pre sold.
Affected bikes are all new shape RSV's from 04 on and Tuono's from 06.
Checking the links won't help you because all of the cases so far have been instant catastrophic link failures with no pre failure stress cracks or defects in evidence.
I'll update this post when Scott indicates i can say more but for now you have to make up your own minds as to whether you feel the risk justifies the need to do anything about it until Aprilia do or don't.
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spoonz
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No probs Sergi
Badger - Scott is fine. He walked away unscathed, just missed an oncoming car as he slid. Bike is totalled.
Now he is currently up to his eyes in new born baby sick etc.
Badger - Scott is fine. He walked away unscathed, just missed an oncoming car as he slid. Bike is totalled.
Now he is currently up to his eyes in new born baby sick etc.
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spoonz
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Just to say we have another possible linkage failure. Rider crashed in unexplained circumstances. Accident investigation say he made no attempt to brake or steer, the bike appears to have just crashed down onto the road.
The linkage is broken but no close witnesses to say if it happened to cause the crash or was as a result. He is now in a Coma so no first hand account of what happened. Police say speed is not really an issue due to fairly straight sweeping road.
Latest on the Aprilia investigation on the issue in general is that Aprilia are having the linkages tested in Italy as they wanted their own engineers to confirm what the engineer in NZ said about them.
The linkage is broken but no close witnesses to say if it happened to cause the crash or was as a result. He is now in a Coma so no first hand account of what happened. Police say speed is not really an issue due to fairly straight sweeping road.
Latest on the Aprilia investigation on the issue in general is that Aprilia are having the linkages tested in Italy as they wanted their own engineers to confirm what the engineer in NZ said about them.
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spoonz
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New Zealand again.
It would probably have gone un noticed generally but a friend of Scott's who knew what happened to his bike asked the police for more info as he was suspicious of the circumstances. The police were baffled as to what had happened and said the accident scene made no sense for a general loss of control issue.
When he asked them to check the linkage they confirmed it was broken. The unkown is whether it was cause or effect.
Makes you wonder how many other accidents have passed un noticed because cause was unkown. If you didn't suspect a general linkage issue would a police investigator just write of the link damage as part of the general crash damage.
It would probably have gone un noticed generally but a friend of Scott's who knew what happened to his bike asked the police for more info as he was suspicious of the circumstances. The police were baffled as to what had happened and said the accident scene made no sense for a general loss of control issue.
When he asked them to check the linkage they confirmed it was broken. The unkown is whether it was cause or effect.
Makes you wonder how many other accidents have passed un noticed because cause was unkown. If you didn't suspect a general linkage issue would a police investigator just write of the link damage as part of the general crash damage.
