Lost rear wheel - Page 2

tommymac · 03-27-2011, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave

Whitham said its most likely fatigue due to overuse as small teams like supersonic can't afford to change out their wheels on a regular basis

Thats not surprising. I wonder how long those oz and cf wheels last with multiple tire changes and all the abuse they go through.

CasterTroy · 03-28-2011, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tommymac

Thats not surprising. I wonder how long those oz and cf wheels last with multiple tire changes and all the abuse they go through.

Apparently ONE LESS race than this one saw

azoomm · 03-28-2011, 11:39 AM

Can you imagine? When I first saw it I thought someone just fucked up and didn't torque the castle nut, or missed the pin. Then, saw the pictures.

Particle Man · 03-28-2011, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by azoomm

Can you imagine? When I first saw it I thought someone just fucked up and didn't torque the castle nut, or missed the pin. Then, saw the pictures.

That was my first thought as well along with, "Someone in the pit crew is getting their ass beat after that one"

But then I realized that there's probably nothing they could have done short of replacing the full assembly ahead of time (hindsight = 20/20 etc etc)

Trip · 03-28-2011, 12:46 PM

Whoever inspected the wheel is in shit now.

Particle Man · 03-28-2011, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

Whoever inspected the wheel is in shit now.

"Yep, it's still a wheel"

Later:
"Oh fuuuuuuuuuu...."

tommymac · 03-28-2011, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by azoomm

Can you imagine? When I first saw it I thought someone just fucked up and didn't torque the castle nut, or missed the pin. Then, saw the pictures.

I figured it was some sort of failure, when I first saw it it was just the wheel, and no spokes or hub in the middle rolling down the track.

derf · 03-28-2011, 05:47 PM

The real question is weather or not he can still wheelie? Or is he gonna be a professional model/stuntergirl?

azoomm · 03-29-2011, 12:29 PM

Talk about wheel failure...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtsIB...layer_embedded

Archren · 03-29-2011, 12:45 PM

Holy shit!! Glad the driver was ok!

03-28-2011, 11:39 AM	#13
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03-28-2011, 05:47 PM	#18
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03-29-2011, 12:29 PM	#19
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03-29-2011, 12:45 PM	#20
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03-28-2011, 12:46 PM	#15
Trip Hold mah beer! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 80 Miles South of Moto Heaven Moto: 08 R1200GS Posts: 23,268	Whoever inspected the wheel is in shit now.