Re: [ST] wheel bearing toughts

[Rupert Galea <rgalea@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/13/05, triumph1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <triumph1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> guys,
> 
> I have an 00 RS which has the double sided swing arm and have never had
> to change the wheel bearings, as of yet.  Are there any concerns for
> long distances at constant speed with the bearing in a SSSA compared to
> the DSSA.  I am just curious because I want to buy a new bike next year
> and need to have a long distance reliable bike in every aspect and what
> little common sense thinking I am capable of tells me a double would be
> better than a single.  This is just meant to bring out opinions, not as
> a slam to the SSSA or ST reliability.  I am leaning towards a new ST or
>  a new tiger.
> 
> TimE

My 99 ST has 38K on it. The rear bearings are fine. One of the front
wheel bearings failed at 23K. I am the second owner (bought it with
13K).

I friend of mine just had the front wheel bearings fail on his Ducati
ST4S with 35K on it. He bought it new.

No-one reported a problem with the rear hub bearings in the survey I did
http://www.rgalea.com/bikes/st/reliability.html

The people that I know personally who had rear hub bearings seize had
bikes with VIN's that fell within the recall
http://www.sprint-st.org/recalls.html#Rear%20Wheel%20Bearing

Draw your own conclusions but I think the choice between a Tiger and
an ST should have nothing to do with a concern about rear hub bearing
reliability.
Rupert
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