Like a good soldier, I took my Tenere for its 6k service. Arriving to collect it, to be told that the suspension bearings had collapsed and I would be walking home.

It's a warranty job and the engineer will be putting in a technical report.

The bearing collapse can be diagnosed by putting the bike on its centre stand and lifting the back wheel. If there is significant vertical movement, then the bearings are probably f**ked.

On the whole, not a good day. But it is better to find out now rather than somewhere out in the boonies with limited cell coverage.

Si