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The first Hayabusa owner to sue Suzuki over the breaking frames on the worlds fastest motorcycle is seeking other riders in the UK who have had broken frames to build a multiple case against Suzuki.
Mr Michael Fellows suffered broken ribs, damaged spleen, fractured shoulder, consussion and bruised kidneys, resulting in 3 weeks in hospital and a further 2 weeks recuperating. Mr Fellows was riding through a gentle left hander at about 40 mph in France in July when he believes the frames broke - the seat dropped on to it and jammed the rear wheel, which resulted in a high side.
Mr Fellows has no direct memory of the crash and found the broken subframe after the crash. He is awaiting an engineers report to see if was broken before or after the crash.
There have been multiple frame breakage\'s of Hayabusa frames in the UK and Europe. The Suzuki factory has designed a new steel subframe - but has not recalled the motorcycles - indeed it is now selling the subframe to owners as an extra option.
Mr Fellows has been offered a new sub frame for free by his Suzuki dealer when he buys a new Hayabusa.
Initial attempts to get Suzuki to look at pictures of the crash and inspect the bike were ignored by Suzuki. When the motorcycle was returned to the UK Suzuki sent engineers to check it over.
Mr Fellows is disappointed by Suzuki\'s response and has got his lawyers involved And now they are attempting to link all instances of broken frames together to get a collective case against Suzuki.
If you own a Hayabusa it may pay to get the frame checked they appear to crack on the subframe- just behind the battery, which results in the seat dropping onto the rear wheel. Most of the reported cases have not resulted in injury.
Suzuki believes the problem is created by luggage being fitted to the bikes. Although not all crashed bikes have had luggage fitted at the time of failure.
