Quote Originally Posted by Burbler View Post
Seems that the welding attaching the nut to the casing can fail. This dumps all the oil which a) blows the engine and b) soaks the rear tyre.
so at 80mph in one fun-filled flash you go from carefree happy biker to no oil siezed engine locked up rear wheel thats been sprayed by nice hot slippery Oil!
Now that's an adventure I'm happy to pass up thank you very much.