AF Rayspeed have issued a new statement on the use of their 5-speed Clo5e Ratio gearbox today. The gearbox was released in January but after a race track, gear selector failure in pre-season testing the company swiftly warned customers they had a potential issue. Since then they’ve been waiting for an updated, stronger gear selector design to be manufactured. The company expect a sample of the upgraded selector on June 7th and it will be tested on track by the same rider who experienced the original failure.
In the statement (full statement below), Ben warns that they’ve since had two customers reporting road-going failures whilst using the gearboxes and that…
This changes the level of risk we believe running the original presents”.
Ben goes on to recommend that it would be better not to run the clo5e Ratio Gearbox until the new selector is fitted. AF Rayspeed will still be replacing the selector once the new one is available and will still warranty any gearboxes that customers choose to continue using.
A statement from AF Rayspeed
Clo5e Ratio Update 2-6-18
As promised I have an update on the Clo5e Ratio Gearboxes to share with you.
Thank you for your patience with us to this point. Today’s update is unfortunately not to let you know we have the selectors. We are still waiting for them.
We are applying pressure to try to speed up the process, but the manufacturer is taking longer than we anticipated. They have insisted on a production sample check of the new design, which we should receive on the 7th of June. This sample will be fitted straight in to one of the race engines that had the original failure with the same rider for harsh testing. Assuming that has no issues, they will then supply selectors to replace all the current design. We will of course update you as soon as this happens.
We have been made aware of two selector failures in road going scooters. This changes the level of risk we believe running the original design presents. Currently I would recommend that it would be better not to run the Clo5e Ratio Gearbox until the new selector is fitted. I’m very sorry for the obvious inconvenience this will cause. We are still happy to offer a full refund for those who wish to return the gearbox, and we will still warranty gearboxes people choose to continue to run. Otherwise we will be working hard to solve this problem as quickly as we can.
We’ll provide another update as we get the information.
Thank you
Best regards
Ben
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AF Rayspeed have issued a new statement on the use of their 5-speed Clo5e Ratio gearbox today. The gearbox was released in January but after a race track, gear selector failure in pre-season testing the company swiftly warned customers they had a potential issue. Since then they’ve been waiting for an updated, stronger gear selector design to be manufactured. The company expect a sample of the upgraded selector on June 7th and it will be tested on track by the same rider who experienced the original failure.
In the statement (full statement below), Ben warns that they’ve since had two customers reporting road-going failures whilst using the gearboxes and that…
This changes the level of risk we believe running the original presents”.
Ben goes on to recommend that it would be better not to run the clo5e Ratio Gearbox until the new selector is fitted. AF Rayspeed will still be replacing the selector once the new one is available and will still warranty any gearboxes that customers choose to continue using.
A statement from AF Rayspeed
Clo5e Ratio Update 2-6-18
As promised I have an update on the Clo5e Ratio Gearboxes to share with you.
Thank you for your patience with us to this point. Today’s update is unfortunately not to let you know we have the selectors. We are still waiting for them.
We are applying pressure to try to speed up the process, but the manufacturer is taking longer than we anticipated. They have insisted on a production sample check of the new design, which we should receive on the 7th of June. This sample will be fitted straight in to one of the race engines that had the original failure with the same rider for harsh testing. Assuming that has no issues, they will then supply selectors to replace all the current design. We will of course update you as soon as this happens.
We have been made aware of two selector failures in road going scooters. This changes the level of risk we believe running the original design presents. Currently I would recommend that it would be better not to run the Clo5e Ratio Gearbox until the new selector is fitted. I’m very sorry for the obvious inconvenience this will cause. We are still happy to offer a full refund for those who wish to return the gearbox, and we will still warranty gearboxes people choose to continue to run. Otherwise we will be working hard to solve this problem as quickly as we can.
We’ll provide another update as we get the information.
Thank you
Best regards
Ben
New products always in development…
