READERS RITE
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KISSED BY ASSIST
Do you have roadside assist? If you don’t, give yourself an uppercut every day until you do. I just arrived back from Perth after visiting family, covering just over 9000km of which 1000km were extra.
Leaving Mandurah on Friday May 4, I camped at Norseman, which was close to 800km for the day with no indication of what was going to occur the next day.
The morning was cool, but not cold, and I soon settled into a good pace. My BMW K 1600 GT was giving me some vibration through the handlebars, which was coming and going, so I put it down to the road.
At Balladonia (10am) I stopped for fuel and, when I went to move off , the shudder through the bars was massive and the noise alarming. The issue? A collapsed front wheel bearing.
My assist is with BMW and after about 10 minutes they called back to let me know
