would stoppies cause this to happen?
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From: Birch Run, MI
Re: would stoppies cause this to happen?
chrome heakens metals through a process called hydrogen embrittlement..
Thankyou engineering materials class
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_embrittlement
Thankyou engineering materials class
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_embrittlement
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From: Lancaster, PA
Re: would stoppies cause this to happen?
Originally Posted by JRRider13
Is that Icon piece short-sleeved? If not than that is horrible testament to their quality.
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From: MA
Re: would stoppies cause this to happen?
Originally Posted by meatstick
Yes. The top worked great otherwise I probably wouldn't have a shoulder right now let alone road rash the whole way up my back. Icon does make some good stuff. I just wish I would have bought the arm protectors to go with the vest and I would have been fine. I will be ordering that before I ride again.
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From: CT
Re: would stoppies cause this to happen?
The newer the bike the lighter they are making them, including the wheels, I had the same problem with my R1 around where the spokes meet the lip, it started to crack the chrome....
...better off with chrome powder coating, not as shinny but durable...
...better off with chrome powder coating, not as shinny but durable... 
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From: Orlando,FL
Re: would stoppies cause this to happen?
Originally Posted by meatstick
I'm running around 25-28 psi in the rear tire. My wheels are factory that I had sent out to Cali to get chromed. They have been chromed for about three years now. I have been stunting on them for about two years. I have been doing a lot of stoppies on them up to last Saturday and then I had a bad accident.
I went down at about 60mph due to the rear wheel coming apart. It happened so fast I don't remember hitting the ground until my head hit real hard. Once I realized I was sliding on my side I tried to get on my feet three times and got thrown back down on the ground each time until I came to a stop. I have a right broken ankle with screws, left ankle with bad ligament damage, bad road rash on my knee and right forearm, and the feeling of getting the crap kicked out of me. The bike faired pretty good compared to me except the wheel has a major tear out of it that you'll see in the photo.
Do you think the chroming had anything to do with it? Did the lower air pressure get me in trouble? The tire looks fine, but once the rim came apart the tire lost its pressure right then. The only thing I can think is the lower air pressure with the weight of the bike coming back down to the ground stressed the wheel until it finally broke apart. I don't know, is chroming bad to be stunting with. I don't think I'm going back to it.
I went down at about 60mph due to the rear wheel coming apart. It happened so fast I don't remember hitting the ground until my head hit real hard. Once I realized I was sliding on my side I tried to get on my feet three times and got thrown back down on the ground each time until I came to a stop. I have a right broken ankle with screws, left ankle with bad ligament damage, bad road rash on my knee and right forearm, and the feeling of getting the crap kicked out of me. The bike faired pretty good compared to me except the wheel has a major tear out of it that you'll see in the photo.
Do you think the chroming had anything to do with it? Did the lower air pressure get me in trouble? The tire looks fine, but once the rim came apart the tire lost its pressure right then. The only thing I can think is the lower air pressure with the weight of the bike coming back down to the ground stressed the wheel until it finally broke apart. I don't know, is chroming bad to be stunting with. I don't think I'm going back to it.
Chroming wheels makes them brittle...
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From: Cody, Wy
Re: would stoppies cause this to happen?
I know the feeling.........i broke the right leg with a good amount of road rash, and i was wearing all the gear too. Heal up quick and don't forget to ask the doctor for some good pain killers...
