# 2005 SUZUKI GSX-R750 — STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
> NHTSA complaint `630538` · 2007-07-15 · Suzuki Motor USA, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** SUZUKI
- **Model:** GSX-R750
- **Year:** 2005
- **Manufacturer:** Suzuki Motor USA, LLC
- **Component:** STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
- **Miles at failure:** 1,053
- **Speed:** 27 mph
## Narrative
I WAS RIDING  THE MOTORCYCLE WHICH I ONLY HAD FOR 10 DAYS AND GAVE IT SOME GAS AND THE FRONT END CAME UP THAN DOWN, NOTHING MAJOR THAN A FEW SECONDS LATER THE FRONT END JUST DOVE INTO THE GROUND.  IT  WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 25 - 30 MPH ON A PRIVATE ROAD AS THE SPEED LIMIT WAS  IS.  THE MOTORCYCLE  HAD FRAME SLIDERS TO PROTECT IT  IN EVENT OF A CRASH,  BUT AFTER THE CRASH I GOT UP TO PICK  UP THE MOTORCYCLE AND THE 2 WELDS ON THE NECK OF THE FRAME  SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE COMPLETELY. I CONTACTED SUZUKI , AND THEY SENT A REPRESENTATIVE,  WHO HAD RACED AND SAID HE'D NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE  THAT BEFORE HAPPENING SO HE SENT A REPORT TO SUZUKI HEADQUARTERS,  AND THEY CONTACTED ME AND WERE NOT NICE .  THEN,  I HAD A CERTIFIED WELD INSPECTOR DO AN VISUAL EVALUATION AND HIS REPORT STATED THAT VISUAL INSPECTION OF  WELDS REVEALED LACK OF FUSION WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED WELD FAILURE. AND  HE SAID THAT I SHOULD BE ABLE TO DROP THE MOTORCYCLE  FROM 4 STORIES AND THE WELDS SHOULD NOT BREAK, THE  MOTORCYCLE  MAYBE,  BUT THE WELDS SHOULD NEVER BREAK AND CERTAINLY NOT SPLIT. ALL THAT BROKE ON THE OTHER THAN THAT WAS ONE TURN SIGNAL, WHICH WAS PLASTIC. IT   WAS  THE ONLY OTHER DAMAGE, THE MOTORCYCLE  STILL STARTS AND RUNS, BUT 2 SPLIT WELDS ON BOTH SIDES, LEFT AND RIGHT,  BUT THE MOTORCYCLE  ONLY FELL ON THE RIGHT SIDE.*AK
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