This is just typical for BMW and I continue to wonder why they can't get the basics right.
I crossed the Sahara on a Yamaha RD350 in 1978, closely followed by 4 BMWs (2 * R90/6 and 2 * R90/S).
My Yamaha came out intact with no damage to forks or subframe.
Of the 4 BMs, 3 snapped their front forks off at the base of the lower triple clamp and all 4 snapped subframes.
30 years later and I watch "wrong way round" to see snapped subframes on GS12s, and now I read here about snapped forks on GS650s.
When, oh when will the BMW factory ever learn, and when oh when, will the poor suckers who keep buying their crap ever see the light.
Garry from Oz.
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