Front rim bent!
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RE: Front rim bent!
Or find a rim shop and see if they can repair it, then you'd have time to find a new one.
Psssst.....Dont' tell anyone I told you this:
Your M/C dealer has a mechanic that can do it (off the record). It's usually the burly unshaven guy who they like to keep away from customers because he curses and doesn't bathe often. I'm sure he'll bang it back and balance the rim for $50 bux.
Psssst.....Dont' tell anyone I told you this:
Your M/C dealer has a mechanic that can do it (off the record). It's usually the burly unshaven guy who they like to keep away from customers because he curses and doesn't bathe often. I'm sure he'll bang it back and balance the rim for $50 bux.
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Or find a rim shop and see if they can repair it, then you'd have time to find a new one.
Psssst.....Dont' tell anyone I told you this:
Your M/C dealer has a mechanic that can do it (off the record). It's usually the burly unshaven guy who they like to keep away from customers because he curses and doesn't bathe often. I'm sure he'll bang it back and balance the rim for $50 bux.
Or find a rim shop and see if they can repair it, then you'd have time to find a new one.
Psssst.....Dont' tell anyone I told you this:
Your M/C dealer has a mechanic that can do it (off the record). It's usually the burly unshaven guy who they like to keep away from customers because he curses and doesn't bathe often. I'm sure he'll bang it back and balance the rim for $50 bux.
Here is my experience with fixed wheels:
http://cbrworld.net/forums/post/63704.aspx
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RE: Front rim bent!
I ride through Washington DC all the time (HORRIBLE ROADS) at regular speeds 25-35 and hit potholes 1ft+ deep in some places and my rims stay fine....are you sure it couldnt have happened before the speed bump.....maybe the rim was damaged before?
Anyways.....sorry to hear about it.... that def sucks ***!! Hope you get it fixed quick and cheap!
Do you check on your tire pressure frequently? Low tire pressure could cause an easy bend or break in a rim when hitting a bump at any speed.....
Anyways.....sorry to hear about it.... that def sucks ***!! Hope you get it fixed quick and cheap!
Do you check on your tire pressure frequently? Low tire pressure could cause an easy bend or break in a rim when hitting a bump at any speed.....
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You can get it repaired (for much cheaper than a wheel on Ebay). But take it to a shop that specializes in repairing wheels. You do NOT want to just bang it back into shape. That will weaken the material!
Here is my experience with fixed wheels:
http://cbrworld.net/forums/post/63704.aspx
Here is my experience with fixed wheels:
http://cbrworld.net/forums/post/63704.aspx
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As for where to find one look in the phonebook under motorcycle salvage, if no luck there call a local junkyard and ask them if they know of any cycle savagers around.
I have to agree though, how did you bend a rim that way? I gotta say you had to have been going faster than "just fast enough not to fall over". I've taken bikes up and down concrete stairs at slow speed with no ill effects to get in and out of a storage before, they really aren't that fragile. Unless you can actually see the bend I'd consider the tire before I'd suspect the rim. If a tire debeads due to a hit it usually but not always reseats and seals. You have anyone professionally check it out or is it a pretty obvious bend?
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