Foot steps problems

[Arak-Hayabusa3rd]

Hi. Just find out a new bad design in the 2021 hayabusa. 2 kids who were too stupid trying to sit on my bike and fall on the left side. When they pick him up, it was too heavey for them and it falls again on the right side. Both foot steps break at the same spot. My friend had the same bike and had the same thing. He broke the foot step after falling in the garage. It seems SUZUKI make a mistake with the "foot sensors" and the angle of them makes them break the top of the foot step after falling without movement. Did anyone had the same ?

 

[Zerks]

Hi. Just find out a new bad design in the 2021 hayabusa. 2 kids who were too stupid trying to sit on my bike and fall on the left side. When they pick him up, it was too heavey for them and it falls again on the right side. Both foot steps break at the same spot. My friend had the same bike and had the same thing. He broke the foot step after falling in the garage. It seems SUZUKI make a mistake with the "foot sensors" and the angle of them makes them break the top of the foot step after falling without movement. Did anyone had the same ?

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Maybe Suzuki designed it to be the weakest link instead of of something else breaking in the footpeg assembly.

Personally speaking... having kids around that climb on 500 lb motorcycles is probably a bigger hazard.

 

[pcs]

pegs are cheap to replace. if the pegs are too strong then the forced of the impact moves towards the rearsets or the frame mount.

 

[Bumblebee]

Don't need them anyway and usually one of the first things people take off.

 

[Kiwi Rider]

On a more interesting and curious note… did the “kids” get injured or maimed for their foolishness?
I had a similar thing happen 25 years ago, my girlfriend’s son (9year old) climbed up on my GPZ400 Kawasaki (parked on the side stand in the back yard while we were in the house) and it fell on its side… the boy’s foot was crushed and had bruising and was sore for weeks, he was lucky he jumped as it was going down! Could’ve been a lot worse.

 

[murrayjest]

my girlfriend’s son (9year old) climbed up Speed Test on my GPZ400 Kawasaki (parked on the side stand in the back yard while we were in the house) and it fell on its side…

 

[VIPER]

they are designed to be the point of failure. cheap easy repair.

 

[sixpack577]

Chicken strip sensors

 

[Exciter]

To me the jiffy stand on a HD is superior to other kick stands. Going from HD all my adult life I got spoiled with their stands. I almost dropped my Gen 2 a few times until I learned to make sure it’s in gear when you get off.

 

[sixpack577]

Well, Hardly-Ableson has had 120 years to perfect Something on a motorcycle...maybe it's the kickstand??
lmao