[FullTilt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqoFFCvBwbc

This particular failure really sucked. Happened to a guy who had driven all night to get to us with a spectacular bike. The very first time he twisted the throttle in anger, immediate failure.

The Gilles Chain Adjuster is simple a nice looking piece of crap - a very poor design. And before you blame it on the washers used when installing or the prodigious output of the Velocity bike, consider I saw a similar failure on a stock-motored GSXR1000 I rode later on that trip.

 

[Best Bomb Tech]

I'm not a big Busa fan but both of those bikes were pretty nice. That failure sucks but like he says in the video, at least it didn't happen at 200 mph.

 

[TcJayLee]

That was interesting.

 

[...BUZZ...]

It common for the old style gilles chain adjusters to crack as there has been alot of threads about them on other gsxr sites in europe,i bought the pro mach/ cresent suzuki ones as they are a far better design and alot stronger....