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Speedy recovery
I took a long ride yesterday. On the way home I saw my shadow on the side of the road and saw my plate looked like it was wiggling. I thought, "Does it always do that?" I figured I'd check it out when I got home.
When I got home I was pretty beat so I went in, never checking...
I got on to ride to work this morning, and on the way out of the driveway I hear a very faint "thunk." Hmmm... "I should check all my bolts, I just installed the rear wheel a few days ago, might be good to check the torque on them again," I thought.
I rode about a mile, then took a little turn. This time a pronounced "THUNK." Crap, I should check this NOW.
I pulled over and what do I see? My plate holder (FAZR6 FE) wedged in between my tire and tire huger! Bad situation. My tire got pretty scraped up, my tire huger is busted up, I lost my signals, the FE kit is destroyed. If I had kept going, my tire would have definitely been punctured and I could have gotten seriously hurt.
I'll take some photos later and post them up.
So, listen to your machine. Mine was trying to tell me that the bolts were loose and I needed to check them. I should have done it right then and there... Now I need to replace the holder, signals, huger, and possibly a brand spankin' new tire.....:spank:
When I got home I was pretty beat so I went in, never checking...
I got on to ride to work this morning, and on the way out of the driveway I hear a very faint "thunk." Hmmm... "I should check all my bolts, I just installed the rear wheel a few days ago, might be good to check the torque on them again," I thought.
I rode about a mile, then took a little turn. This time a pronounced "THUNK." Crap, I should check this NOW.
I pulled over and what do I see? My plate holder (FAZR6 FE) wedged in between my tire and tire huger! Bad situation. My tire got pretty scraped up, my tire huger is busted up, I lost my signals, the FE kit is destroyed. If I had kept going, my tire would have definitely been punctured and I could have gotten seriously hurt.
I'll take some photos later and post them up.
So, listen to your machine. Mine was trying to tell me that the bolts were loose and I needed to check them. I should have done it right then and there... Now I need to replace the holder, signals, huger, and possibly a brand spankin' new tire.....:spank:
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