front end knock

[Paddy01]

Sorry for late reply. The bike is kept in a dry garage every night. Maintenance is as per schedule even though it’s way past warranty period (4 years, 26,000 miles). I suspect the roads in Canada, due to extreme weather conditions, are better maintained than those in so-called “temperate” UK. We get freezing winters and melting roads in the summer. The issue is too many vehicles in a small landmass. Canada: 38 million and 10 million sq kms. UK: 67 million and 243,000 sq kms. Honestly, the state of British roads is an embarrassment and the government should be ashamed.  A recent holiday in France reminded me that we Brits are the poor relations of Europe because the roads were smooth. I didn’t encounter a single pothole in 2,000 miles of driving.