I purchased a brand new rig on 19 January 2013 (see my post elsewhere).
I have done just over 4,500 km's of which about 4,000 km's were with the side car attached.
The bike has had it's services as specified. The 500 km service at 481 km's and the 3000 km service at 3037 km's.
I have not ridden on dirt (gravel) roads or been off road. I don't wheelie (lift the front wheel on pull away), do wheel spins. I'm 59 years old and have no reason to prove myself.
On 6 April I discovered eight broken spokes on the sidecar wheel and three on the rear wheel of the bike.
On the sidecar six spoke were broken on the outer side of the wheel fairly evenly spaced around the wheel. Two were broken on the inner wheel on the same side of the wheel. In every case the head (the end that attaches to the hub) had sheared off. There is no visible damage to the rim itself.
On the rear wheel of the bike two spokes were broken on one side of the wheel and almost directly opposite the third spoke was broken. Again the head of the spokes had sheared off. All three were detached on the same side of the hub. Again there is no visible damage to the rim.
Our local distributors are puzzled by this and so am I.
Any comments, advice or remedies will be most welcome
See photo's