I WAS RIDING MY MOTORCYCLE (2005 SUZUKI GSX-R750) AT ABOUT 25 MILES PER HOUR AND I CRASHED. IT WAS UNEXPECTED THERE WERE NO OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE ROAD, I WAS JUST RIDING AND NEXT THING I KNOW I'M ROLLING OVER. I GOT UP AND WENT OVER TO MY BIKE AND NOTICED THE TWO WELDS HAD CRACKED AND BROKEN ON BOTH S
... IDES OF THE FRAME, WHICH WAS ODD BECAUSE THE BIKE JUST SLID ON MY FRAME SLIDERS I HAD INSTALLED WHICH ARE JUST SOFT PLASTIC. THE DAMAGE TO THE BIKE WAS QUITE MINIMAL, MY MIRROR, BRAKE LEVER, BAR END, BRAKE PEDAL, FOOT PEG AND MUFFLER WERE ALL STILL INTACT, BUT BOTH SIDES OR MY FRAME HAD SPLIT RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN THE 2 WELDS. I HAD A CERTIFIED WELD INSPECTOR COME LOOK AT THE BIKE AND HIS REPORT STATED " VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE SAID WELD REVEALS LACK OF FUSION WHICH MY HAVE CAUSED WELD FAILURE" SO I TOOK THE BIKE TO THE DEALER AND THEIR HEAD MECHANIC TOOK PICTURES AND SENT THEM TO SUZUKI AND A SUZUKI REPRESENTATIVE FLEW UP FROM CALIFORNIA AND MET WITH US AND SAW THE BIKE AND SAID THAT THE BREAK SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED ANT THAT A 100 MPH CRASH SHOULDN'T EVEN DO THIS, SO HE SUBMITTED A REPORT TO SUZUKI AND STATED THAT WE SHOULD HEAR FROM A MAN NAMED " BRENT ROSS IN 4-5 DAYS, O I WAITED AND GOT NOTHING SO I CALLED THEIR CONSUMER DEPARTMENT AND TRACKED HI DOWN AND WAS TOLD THAT BASICALLY THAT I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING AND THAT SUZUKI HAS MANY ATTORNEYS. I HAVE AN ATTORNEY AND ARE LOOKING FOR A LAB THAT CAN PERFORM A RADIOLOGY OR X-RAY OR METALLURGICAL EXAM AND SAY WHETHER THE WELDS ARE FAULTY OR NOT. THE MOTORCYCLE IN QUESTION HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED AND IS SITTING IN A WAREHOUSE AT MY WORK UN REPAIRED AND IN IT'S SAME CONDITION ON THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT. *JBRead more