Archive of BMW Motorrad Club Cape (2006 - 2019)

Another problem with my RT, 05:30 cruising to work on empty N1, cruise control on, speed undisclosed, left hand fingers straight and resting on clutch lever, right hand on knee, lovely feeling. Going past Century City, VERY loud "clang" then a chirp as the back wheel locks for a split second, bike jerks to the right and engine revs to the limit, twist throttle down, not sure what happened, tap gear lever, 5 shows up with lots of noise and another chirp, pull in clutch and coast to left hand side. With shaking hands I sit and think. Stuck in 5th gear, heavy burning clutch smell. Get off, open seat and phone Motorrad-on-call at 05:44. Had to repeat myself several times as operator complained of background noise, (I could not get the cars and trucks to be quieter). Atlantic Motorrad called back at 6:10. I thought I could push the bike 200 metres to the Sable road offramp and save them driving to Vanguard Drive to turn around. Bike too heavy, started it and let clutch out slowly, bike moved forward about 2 metres and suddenly back wheel locked solid, pushed it backwards and it loosened up again. Shut the motor and tried pushing again, after two metres, with clutch in, back wheel locked, backwards and forwards I pushed about 50 metres. Help arrived at 7:35. Imagine two people pushing a R1200RT, with locking back wheel, up and down a ramp to finally get it on the back of the bakkie - ask Andrew, we sweated. When you are standing on the ground and the front wheel is on a bakkie, the bike looks huge and heavy. I found this on internet Recall ID # 06V104000 - POWER TRAIN: CLUTCH ASSEMBLY Recall Date APR 04, 2006 Model Affected 2006 BMW R1200 RT Summary ON CERTAIN MOTORCYCLES, THE CLUTCH COMPONENTS COULD BECOME LOOSE WHILE THE MOTORCYCLE IS BEING OPERATED. Consequence IF THIS HAPPENED, THE COMPONENTS COULD EXIT THROUGH THE ENGINE CASTING INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. Shane kept apologising as if it was his fault, relax Shane, I do not put any blame on you, your customer relations and service is always excellent. What upset me more during the two hour wait is that 6 Metro cars, a large number of bikers and ONE GS slowed and looked till I showed a thumbs-up. All the other BMW riders, more than 20, just went past, even a R1200RT went past in the left lane without even looking at me. Very Sad. How easy will it be to trust this bike again? It could have happened in a bend, leaning far down!