| Author | Message | ||
     Ej1141 |
While washing my 07 XB9R, I noticed a small bend on my front rim. nothing major. I had to think about any bad bumps I had taken in the past week and can only think of pothole that I didn't think was that bad. Will Buell warranty this? I wouldn't think it should bend that bad on a normal city pothole? Anyone? | ||
| Slaughter |
Doubt it - kind of like cracked/scratched plastics after falling over. | ||
| Jaimec |
Do you have the Extended Warranty? Mine specifically does cover wheel/tire damage (which is why I opted for it)... | ||
| Thumper74 |
Maybe...Some extended warrantys do have a optional tire/wheel roadhazard protection... Damage to the wheel probably won't be covered under the factory warranty as a pothole isn't a manufacturers defect... | ||
| Ej1141 |
no extended warranty. I will give it a shot and see what happens! | ||
| Court |
My bet would be no simply based on the number of alloy rims I have to buy from Mercedes-Benz each year. NYC pays over $1B in claims each year and a group has "mapped" all the potholes in town to faciliate claims. The rims are pricey but I just bite the bullet. It's be a real long shot to get a mfg to pay. | ||
| Brad1445 |
I even bought the extra tire insurance on my Uly and they did not cover a dented rim | ||
| Rah7777777 |
Why would a manufacture warranty a rim? I'm all for the consumer, but lets be honest here, odds are it left the factory in perfect shape. and the wheel can't just bend on its own. although, you can get wheels repaired for pretty cheap now-a-days. Court, you said you buy lots of benz wheels, why not repair them? I work for benz and the repairs come out PERFECT!! (well most of the time) and its like 100 bucks a wheel versus, the $500 + for the wheel. (depending on model) I have seen lots of those road hazard policies that cover rims go into good use! Kind of a pain in the ass to deal with, but for the client its all good. | ||
| Fmaxwell |
Why would a manufacture warranty a rim? Because it bent under too low a force. Maybe they had a batch that where the alloy was not up to par. Maybe there was a heat treating problem. Maybe they changed the design due to this being a problem. I'm all for the consumer, but lets be honest here, odds are it left the factory in perfect shape. and the wheel can't just bend on its own. If a rider hits a small pothole with a properly inflated tire on a bike that's not over its carrying capacity, then the rim should not bend. If you hit something so major that your fillings fall out, then, yeah, expect it to bend. Let's not forget that Buell upgraded the wheels for the Ulysses so that they are stronger. Maybe the ones on the normal XBs are marginal. | ||
| Jaimec |
How do you KNOW it was too low a force? Have a G-meter on the wheel at the time? Sometimes the brunt of the impact doesn't make it's way all the way up to the handlebars. If the wheel bent, then it absorbed the shock rather than transmitting it where you'd feel it. Manufacturers have an interesting compromise when creating a cast wheel for road use. Make it too soft, and it bends too easily. Make it too hard, and instead of bending, it'll crack. I've bent my share of wheels in my time. Haven't in awhile because I AVOID traveling into New York City whenever possible. When it's unavoidable I keep a good following distance from the cars in front of me so I have plenty of time to react to the craters in the road that cars can hide from view until it's too late. | ||
| Court |
Now we're talking LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG shots. . . but if one of those things happened I'm betting Buell would resolve it in a hurry. The company has a record of going light years above and beyond and erring on the side of the customer. | ||
| Rah7777777 |
we might be overlooking something real small here. By chance EJ did your tire go flat or did you find the pressures real low at all in the past? i know sometimes we pick up a nail and it takes a while to notice, giving that bad boy plenty of time to go low. If you had a low tire and hit a pothole, or any big bumps the damage would greatly increase. just a thought............... |
