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G234146
| Posted on Monday, September 22, 2008 - 06:28 pm: |
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doing 5mph in the lot of my apt. building. The driveway was coned off because of paint or some such nonsense. Me, not paying attention, tried to make a 90 degree turn and slooowly tipped. When I knew I could'nt stop it I just stepped off the bike. Some pics: Besides replacing Brake and Peg, I don't see any other damage/wear. Guess that's a good thing. |
Froggy
| Posted on Monday, September 22, 2008 - 06:33 pm: |
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Framepucks + sliders = saved bike! Looks like you got off lucky. Get some sliders on there, look at that little knick from small slide, just imagine the damage if the bike was really moving. But yea the bikes are tanks, it was a good week if my Uly didn't hit the ground |
G234146
| Posted on Monday, September 22, 2008 - 06:43 pm: |
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Yeah, I've been meaning to get sliders. Already have the pucks. |
Iamarchangel
| Posted on Monday, September 22, 2008 - 06:45 pm: |
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Take brake lever off. Find a solid place where you can put it down so that the new curve is facing up. Make sure it has room to move out and, preferably, on a smooth surface. Give it a couple of love taps with a hammer on the curve until it is back to the right curve. Save a couple of bucks. |
Moosestang
| Posted on Monday, September 22, 2008 - 07:07 pm: |
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You needed to sand and polish those pipes anyway. |
Dennista15
| Posted on Monday, September 22, 2008 - 09:31 pm: |
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Don't feel bad, I did the same thing 2 weeks ago. |
Barnyard
| Posted on Monday, September 22, 2008 - 09:45 pm: |
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WAR WOUNDS that is what i call it! |
Iamarchangel
| Posted on Monday, September 22, 2008 - 11:08 pm: |
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I'm probably going to do it next week. There's a corner I keep missing the rhythm on. |
P3newbie
| Posted on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 12:33 am: |
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use a block of wood and a c-clamp. board from mount to end of lever, tighten c-clamp til straight. worked for me. |
Swordsman
| Posted on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 08:46 am: |
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"Take brake lever off. Find a solid place where you can put it down so that the new curve is facing up. Make sure it has room to move out and, preferably, on a smooth surface. Give it a couple of love taps with a hammer on the curve until it is back to the right curve. Save a couple of bucks." Er... save $50. Outrageous price for such a crappy piece. I had to replace mine this past weekend due to a tipover. Snapped it clean off. |
Brandontrek
| Posted on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 08:55 am: |
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i have done the same thing twice... i agree with moose...time ti polish those headers |
U4euh
| Posted on Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 12:37 pm: |
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It is all good now that you have that over with!! |
Xl1200r
| Posted on Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 12:59 pm: |
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I don't think your supposed to bend aluminum back once it's been bent - it gets very weak and prone to breaking. |
Swordsman
| Posted on Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 01:52 pm: |
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I think you should leave it curved. Very Rococo. ~SM |
Boltrider
| Posted on Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 05:35 pm: |
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Yeah, I've been meaning to get sliders. Already have the pucks. G234 - You might want pull your hand lever off and check to see that it's not cracked where you can't see it. Mine tipped over and cracked the lever where it sits in the bracket. It's held in by that pivot bolt and takes 5 seconds to pull it off. |
Prof_stack
| Posted on Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 08:52 pm: |
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Ouch! Been there, done that almost in the exact manner you described! My brake level looked just like yours. $50 for the new one, yup. Tip: take a Sharpie black pen for a good temporary repainting of the swingarm gash. Then put on some axle sliders. |
Brumbear
| Posted on Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 09:07 pm: |
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They should have a little snot on em it makes for more GERRR baby GEERRRRR |
Xgengirl
| Posted on Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 11:04 pm: |
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It just happened to me tonight at a stop sign. My husband took off ahead of me and I stopped myself realizing I didn't pay attention to the traffic. Grabbed by break lost my balance and down it went. I hopped off the bike and let it fall. Hubby didn't realize what had happened and I ended up trying to pick that 400lb bike up by myself with, thank goodness, success and with no help from the shite sitting behind me in their car. Same damage occurred as yours. At least I wasn't in the middle of traffic. My adrenalin went through the roof, but I got back on the bike and rode it back to the house to assess the damage. |
Cycleaddict
| Posted on Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 11:53 pm: |
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soo... the person in the car behind you was "supposed" to get out of the car & help you right your bike ?? interesting. |
Froggy
| Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 - 12:23 am: |
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Well last spring I lost it on black ice. I was fine and everything, a guy hopped out of his truck to help me, not sure where he came from. I had the bike almost back up when he got to me. I told him i was ok and thanked him stopping. Kept riding to work with a bruised ass. |
G234146
| Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 - 01:27 am: |
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Thanks for the advice and the stories. Guess my ego has healed, now that I know I'm not the only one. When I was standing there, getting my bearings, some folks (not very neighborly) drove past and around me and the bike! Jeez... I tried the whole re-bending thing, but the levers range of motion was off. It wouldnt travel right. Didnt want to risk it so I got new parts. Total cost: $77 clams for the Lever and Peg |
Phoi
| Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 - 06:14 am: |
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soo... the person in the car behind you was "supposed" to get out of the car & help you right your bike ?? interesting. Eh, mebe it's sorta rude to expect it... but when I see someone in distress (however mild) I stop and help, unless someone else is already assisting. In this particular situation, it would have also saved me time to help the lady with the bike, rather than just wait for her to figure out how to solo-heft it. Maybe its not totally reasonable to expect people to be polite and helpful, but maybe it should be. |
Xgengirl
| Posted on Saturday, September 27, 2008 - 06:18 pm: |
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Maybe its not totally reasonable to expect people to be polite and helpful, but maybe it should be. Well, there are blue laws on the books that require you to assist when there is an emergency. People just don't care and prosecuting someone for not assisting is not going to happen. I would help someone because that is how I was raised |
Uawjesse
| Posted on Saturday, September 27, 2008 - 11:50 pm: |
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Myself and two other guys helped a woman who ran out of gas at Wal-Mart today. She ran out right in the entrance to the store. Once we got her out of the way She said She was going to go in to purchase a gas can, then walk over to the pumps to get enough gas to move the car. I told her not to bother with that, and we pushed her the whole way across the parking lot to the gas pump. No one was harmed in this random act of kindness.... |