Update on the Conti:
A Healthy New Year all! There have been some developments. Due to Christmas and New year, the real action began this week. The laws in Australia do not provide mandatory safety re-calls. The onus is on the manufacturers. Heard that directly from the Government agency we spoke to. Quite extraordinary.
Whilst the Australian & New Zealand RE importers Urban Moto Imports (UMI) communication has been woeful, behind the scenes they have been very pro-active. Feel they, like us, want to know how this happened. When visiting the dealer (Noosa, QLD) last week we asked to follow GHG theories on "a back to front washer" (behind Sprag sprocket), having sent them all the relevant information including the specific page on the RE Service manual noting such. Much to our frustration they said no, they cited it was a forensic issue and further inspection would be done by the Importers in Melbourne or indeed RE India. It was a fair comment.
UMI have organised a brand new 2017 spec engine ex - India. Already at dealer (must have air freighted) and will be fitted next week. Full credit to them (UMI and Dealer) Warranty on the new engine has not been determined. Dealer have promised we will receive a full report on what caused the failure. Again not sure if that will be done in Melbourne or India. Once we have that, I will post here.
It has been 4 weeks since the bike and I went for a slide, plenty of time for both emotions and ego to subside. We have plenty of bikes in the family, no rush on getting the Conti back, more concerned about discovering the problem, alerting others, doing the correct thing. Once the Conti is home, we will inspect the primary chain and sprocket alignment, look at replacing with a HD Chain. Learn more about it's function, and check every 5000 or so. It will be nice to hear the thump, thump again, I do miss that:) more to follow, and again thank you. Pete