Recall and Stop Sale
BMW has issued a Stop Sale order on all G310GS bikes. There are substantive reports, according to my mole and ADV, that side stands have been breaking. Worse, it’s not the side stand itself that fails, but rather part of the frame and/or the pivot tab that holds the stand. I’ve heard reports that, instead of snapping off at the frame, the failure is actually taking a part of the frame tube with it.
Bear in mind, apart from the Stop Sale, this is rumor mixed with what we think are facts
The failure are apparently caused by folks stirrup mounting and dismounting (placing the left foot on leftfootpeg and mounting or dismounting). Another cause would be spinning the bike in the garage by pivoting on the sidestand, or sitting on the Moto while it is on the sidestand.
Rumor has it that BMW may not honor warranty claims; the G310GS Motorcycle Owners Manual states that the sidestand is not intended to bear any weight apart from the motorcycle itself. Rumor has it that BMW has honored some claims, has replaced the entire frame of one bike, and replaced another owner’s bike entirely. Now they (rumor, remember) apparently state that they will not honor claims. They claim there is no fix or repair, apart from a new frame. I don’t know what the Stop Sale is intended to accomplish.
In any event, if one is stirrup-mounting or dismounting, one may wish to quit doing it until this matter is settled. I suspect that failures are occurring on machines that have the rear shock jacked up to provide high ground clearance or, mostly, to look cool; stirrup-mounting and dismounting a Moto that is leaned over, due to lots of rear stock/strut preload, makes for a big angle between bike, ground and sidestand and the big angles puts too much stress on the sidestand.
My $0.02
BMW has issued a Stop Sale order on all G310GS bikes. There are substantive reports, according to my mole and ADV, that side stands have been breaking. Worse, it’s not the side stand itself that fails, but rather part of the frame and/or the pivot tab that holds the stand. I’ve heard reports that, instead of snapping off at the frame, the failure is actually taking a part of the frame tube with it.
Bear in mind, apart from the Stop Sale, this is rumor mixed with what we think are facts
The failure are apparently caused by folks stirrup mounting and dismounting (placing the left foot on leftfootpeg and mounting or dismounting). Another cause would be spinning the bike in the garage by pivoting on the sidestand, or sitting on the Moto while it is on the sidestand.
Rumor has it that BMW may not honor warranty claims; the G310GS Motorcycle Owners Manual states that the sidestand is not intended to bear any weight apart from the motorcycle itself. Rumor has it that BMW has honored some claims, has replaced the entire frame of one bike, and replaced another owner’s bike entirely. Now they (rumor, remember) apparently state that they will not honor claims. They claim there is no fix or repair, apart from a new frame. I don’t know what the Stop Sale is intended to accomplish.
In any event, if one is stirrup-mounting or dismounting, one may wish to quit doing it until this matter is settled. I suspect that failures are occurring on machines that have the rear shock jacked up to provide high ground clearance or, mostly, to look cool; stirrup-mounting and dismounting a Moto that is leaned over, due to lots of rear stock/strut preload, makes for a big angle between bike, ground and sidestand and the big angles puts too much stress on the sidestand.
My $0.02