fredaroony
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He mentioned in here he swapped the pads over right before
Get The Sandwiches Ready - GSA Rear Wheel Collapse
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He mentioned in here he swapped the pads over right before
I'd like to know what his actual procedure was. What exactly did he do?
fredaroony
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No idea mate
No one seems to really care !
BMW have basically said "Nowt to do with us mate". The OP has been paid out and presumably the OP's insurer will simply write the bike off. It may end up at Copart, where it will be sold and either rebuilt or possibly broken for parts. Further watering down the real issues of why the accident happened in the first place
Maybe next time, when the same things happens again, the rider may be killed resulting in Police accident investigators becoming involved and possibly BMW taking a more serious look in to what actually happened?
For now, it's just a case of, nothing to see here biker mate. Move along
BMW have basically said "Nowt to do with us mate". The OP has been paid out and presumably the OP's insurer will simply write the bike off. It may end up at Copart, where it will be sold and either rebuilt or possibly broken for parts. Further watering down the real issues of why the accident happened in the first place
Maybe next time, when the same things happens again, the rider may be killed resulting in Police accident investigators becoming involved and possibly BMW taking a more serious look in to what actually happened?
For now, it's just a case of, nothing to see here biker mate. Move along
(RIP) Mark H
Formerly known as Easyrider5258 (Mark)
No one seems to really care !
BMW have basically said "Nowt to do with us mate". The OP has been paid out and presumably the OP's insurer will simply write the bike off. It may end up at Copart, where it will be sold and either rebuilt or possibly broken for parts. Further watering down the real issues of why the accident happened in the first place
Maybe next time, when the same things happens again, the rider may be killed resulting in Police accident investigators becoming involved and possibly BMW taking a more serious look in to what actually happened?
For now, it's just a case of, nothing to see here biker mate. Move along
There has already been a "Next Time"
A next time when somebody has been killed?
fredaroony
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No one seems to really care !
BMW have basically said "Nowt to do with us mate". The OP has been paid out and presumably the OP's insurer will simply write the bike off. It may end up at Copart, where it will be sold and either rebuilt or possibly broken for parts. Further watering down the real issues of why the accident happened in the first place
Maybe next time, when the same things happens again, the rider may be killed resulting in Police accident investigators becoming involved and possibly BMW taking a more serious look in to what actually happened?
For now, it's just a case of, nothing to see here biker mate. Move along
If this was completely out of the blue, I would totally agree with you. He changes the brake pads right before this happens, while claiming he didn't remove the caliper, and this happens. Don't you think that is a massive coincidence?
Hardly surprising BMW have not taken responsibility for this
(RIP) Mark H
Formerly known as Easyrider5258 (Mark)
Nope, thankfully, but another failure involving the caliper and its mounting casting, obviously chucking a couple of pounds of metal into your spoked rear wheel has the potential for a much more serious outcome, the riders have been lucky so far
(RIP) Mark H
Formerly known as Easyrider5258 (Mark)
Stand to be corrected, but read some where the caliper does not need to be removed to change the pads on the machine he was riding
fredaroony
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Correct it doesn't but that doesn't mean he didn't remove them. He claimed he didn't though.
(RIP) Mark H
Formerly known as Easyrider5258 (Mark)
What about the front calipers,that would be even more dangerous.
fredaroony
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Right so you don't think it's odd this happened right after he replaced the pads?
(RIP) Mark H
Formerly known as Easyrider5258 (Mark)
The pads hadn't been changed / touched on the next failure
"Just a couple of days ago, another GSER suffered a similar incident on the M5, though his wheel stayed intact long enough to come to a halt thankfully. So thats at least three of us who's rear calliper has come loose! "
solidstate100
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The obvious solution to this is to bring back drum brakes. Much safer.
fredaroony
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I read that post and I don't see any mention of the pads being changed or not. Are you concluding they weren't simply because it wasn't mentioned?
(RIP) Mark H
Formerly known as Easyrider5258 (Mark)
I'll leave you to it Fred, I'm out on the bike now, Airhawk on, Rear caliper checked, reckon I'll survive and enjoy the ride,
fredaroony
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I'll leave you to it Fred, I'm out on the bike now, Airhawk on, Rear caliper checked, reckon I'll survive and enjoy the ride,
Good luck......lol
Godzilla
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Just reading the last few posts on this thread and a thought occurred to me (unusual I know).
I need to get hold of some of that yellow paint thats dabbed all over the bolts on a new bike, so its easier to keep an eye on any (calliper) bolts moving/ coming lose.
Anyone know the best place to get it from please?
I need to get hold of some of that yellow paint thats dabbed all over the bolts on a new bike, so its easier to keep an eye on any (calliper) bolts moving/ coming lose.
Anyone know the best place to get it from please?
Nail Varnish , or Any available paint marker pen
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