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Originally Posted by Deans BMW
Never seen or have heard of it happining.
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I just remembered. I have seen a final drive failure during a race. When Nate got the R1200S, when it was still stock, and only had one race weekend on it.
When Nate Kern came to Heartland Park Topeka, in Topeka, KS (dur...) In June of '06. He was coming around turn 10, and his shaft broke... Come on, a two week old bike, and the damn shaft breaks.
Ohhh he was PISSED! I was too!
He was in 1st too, I forget what race it was.
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I remember he said he was going to tell everyone the clutch cable broke. But then I remembered, the R1200S doesn't have a cable. (This is why Nate does not work on his bikes
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Here is his post about HPT
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WELL, we led the first lap, battled hard for 2nd and on the white flag lap (last lap), the Buell rider that was 3 points behind me in the championship and thatI was battling with for the second spot, crashed in front of me. At that same moment he crashed, I was letting out my last down shift and the clutch desintegrated.... (silence). The desperatly needed podium that had been in sight was gone. I thought it was the vulcanized peice of rubber in the drive line... nope, the clutch. I have been beyond hard on the clutch to make up for the soft spring rates, and not being able to turn the bike effectively without the proper geometry. I would turn the bike with the clutch while trail braking.
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