warning examine your footpeg brackets
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warning examine your footpeg brackets
all i have to say is people please examine your footpeg brackets, if you do any standups, because mine snapped clean off while doing a standup at 40, (back passenger bracket).
bike went down on the left side, crash cage collapsed into the case cover, blew that apart, and cracked the motor casing too....sure is fun sliding behind a bike in a pool of oil, must have been about 2 feet wide and a 75 yards of oil on the road. Bike just kept going and going. Not to mention the two buddies behind me that where up on one wheel and had to set down and swerve to avoid from running me over.
Had to goto ER too to make sure my ankle wasnt broken, now im on crutches with a broken bike in the basement.
Im just glad it wasnt on the freeway, so please check your brackets for hairline cracks, I plan on designing something a lot stronger, so that this will never happen again.
jesse
bike went down on the left side, crash cage collapsed into the case cover, blew that apart, and cracked the motor casing too....sure is fun sliding behind a bike in a pool of oil, must have been about 2 feet wide and a 75 yards of oil on the road. Bike just kept going and going. Not to mention the two buddies behind me that where up on one wheel and had to set down and swerve to avoid from running me over.
Had to goto ER too to make sure my ankle wasnt broken, now im on crutches with a broken bike in the basement.
Im just glad it wasnt on the freeway, so please check your brackets for hairline cracks, I plan on designing something a lot stronger, so that this will never happen again.
jesse
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hey man glad to hear your not to bad and that whole hot oil thing i know all about.so im guessing that motor will go real cheap now huh j/k but thanks for the warning man.you got all winter to fix the bike and heal. but you better crutch your *** down on the 6th lol
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<a href="http://www.teamgimix.com/videos/Sliders.wmv">Brackets Educational Video:</a> this originally was made as an advertisement for Ryan's Sliders and still is, but this is what happened when I didn't know my back rearset didn't have all the screws in it.
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ya, i'm replacing mine with steel so if anything they just bend. i hate how aluminum snaps.
also, that's common on yamaha's because the brackets are narrow and longer than most other bikes. i've saw 3 videos so far of it happening on yamaha's.
before i ride, i check my clip ons, front and rear axle nuts, tightness of (subframe bolts, front pegs, and rear pegs), chain condition and looseness, and i check for damage to foot pegs.
i'm paranoid about that ****.
glad you are ok
also, that's common on yamaha's because the brackets are narrow and longer than most other bikes. i've saw 3 videos so far of it happening on yamaha's.
before i ride, i check my clip ons, front and rear axle nuts, tightness of (subframe bolts, front pegs, and rear pegs), chain condition and looseness, and i check for damage to foot pegs.
i'm paranoid about that ****.
glad you are ok
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ya it was the actual bracket itself, snapped right off, i knew right away what happened even before touching the ground....i had leather pants under my jeans, so just a very soar ankle. very good timing though since i have that 954 motor.
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glad your alright jesse......my left driver peg has been broke since june.....it flexes when you put pressure on it...but with all the staggard pos. wheelies i keep my weight on my bitch peg...guess i should probably change that damn thing now.....glad your allright though man!!!!
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