But that hammering can only happen when the rear suspension is fully compressed to the stop with no small degree of violence, repeatedly, which would tend to mean running the bike too heavy, too little preload dialed in, extremely bad roads, or abusive riding...or some combo thereof...
But that would be a pretty serious failure, and looking at the parts fiche I can think of several simple ways it could and should have been avoided in the design process. That's odd to leave such a critical point so vulnerable.
To their credit, in the past everything I read had Kaw being criticized (or praised, depending) for building their nakeds and hooligan bikes too robust at the expense of much more weight than their competitors' offerings.
