| Author | Message | ||
     Vegasbueller |
This is a story I should have told a long time agao..but ..life got in the way! court reminded me this morning. So here are the pics and the story:  As I said, I was on the interstate at 2 am running along about 75mph. a dump truck pulled out from the side of the road and a boulder/rock about the size of a bowling ball dropped out of the tailgate. With my forward speed combined with the speed of the boulder rolling down the highway all I could do is just as we are trained. I slid back on the seat, gave it some gas and gave a tug up on the bars. I ran right over the thing. It made one hell of a bang! Mind you I was in a curve at the time. All the bike did was shudder a little bit and then stood straight up and drifted to the retaining wall. I barely scuffed my jeans on the wall. After I gathered my composure and untucked the seat material from my rear end I limped the bike the last mile to work riding on the shoulder! What a great machine! I replaced the wheel, the brake rotor, and brake pads. My road hazard warranty paid for a new front tire and she's as good as new. Feel free to share these with your friends at Buell. They engineered one hell of a wheel!   Vegas: I stacked your photos to save screen width. Nice job keeping it upright! (Message edited by road_thing on January 26, 2006) | ||
| Interex2050 |
Impressive. Glad it turned out well. Anything happen to the muffler? | ||
| Vegasbueller |
Not a thing! I can't even think of which way the thing exited from under the bike. I was too busy trying to think of how I was going to look doing a superman flyby as I went over the bars! | ||
| Diablobrian |
WOW! nice job under pressure. | ||
| Mike_bolts |
You forgot to mention how you caught up to the dump truck and beat the idiot driver to a pulp with the boulder! It never ceases to amaze me how careless drivers can be. I was riding Honea Egypt Road (famous for it's motorcycle accidents) outside of Houston last year when a dump truck pulled out in front of me and spilled sand / gravel all over the road, in a curve at that. If I was on a cruiser I would have been toast! I caught up to the truck at a stop light and asked the driver to roll down the window so we could have a "chat", he just shrugged his shoulders and gave me a blank stare. Where are the cops when you need them? This moron could have killed someone with his reckless driving and all he does when confronted is motor off. | ||
| Djkaplan |
It's a great wheel, for sure, but that was one hell of a great save too! | ||
| Skyguy |
I hammererd two wheels (one so bad as to pullt the tire off the bead) when I hit a two inch crack at 70+ leaned way over. Blew across two lanes of oncomming traffic (barely made it). I stayed upright but ended up sitting on the airbox cover for over 50 feet. I am still not sure how I did not crash. I had mixed feelings regarding the strength of the wheels until I met up with a new rideing buddy who hit the same crack on his R-1 and trashed both wheels also. | ||
| Vegasbueller |
I wished that I could say that "ohh yeah I was cool, and this was pure skill", etc, etc I just have to say that it all happened fast and that I just reacted without a thought. It did make the safety class worth every dime! Sky: do you have pics of the wheels?? That is some scary sheite! | ||
| Skyguy |
Vegas, Somewhere I have pics. honestly yours look worse. My dents are larger and deeper but they did not crack. I was told they could be straightend but I am not sure I would want to ride them again. | ||
| No_rice |
yep always fun!    | ||
| Phonemanjustin |
If you want that fixed check this guy out http://www.framestraightsystem.com/Video.htm | ||
| Vegasbueller |
Dang norice! That is a heck of a dent... and ...why in the heck would you even attempt to straighten that? New is wayy to inexpensive to not just replace it. And Mike... this guy never knew I was there.. never cared I guess. He kept on hauling butt. | ||
| Diablobrian |
I love the trucks on the highway with the signs saying "not responsible for windshields". That is a bald-faced lie. They are responsible for containing the load. According to DOT regulations (circa 1994 when I still had a class A license)the only things allowed to "escape" from a commercial truck are: a)water and b)chicken feathers. They hope to deter people from making claims against them. Sadly, it usually works. | ||
| Oldog |
Vegas, Glad that you are all right, that was a lick! WOW | ||
| Dtx |
I personally think whoever designed the XB wheels deserves a high five. They are by far the BEST looking wheels I have ever seen. I love my Black ones on the XB9SX! | ||
| Vegasbueller |
thanks RT and Oldog. | ||
| Rubberdown |
Good save Vegas!! | ||
| Blake |
Nick (Vegas), That is one for the garage wall. Wow. | ||
| Odinbueller |
The thing that gets me is that none of the spokes bent! I would have thought they would buckle before the rim! I agree with Blake, that should go on a wall in your house somewhere! Now, imagine the same wheel made of magnesium! I can’t get the XBRR out of my head  | ||
| Vegasbueller |
Well.. I would put it on the wall...except I did something better. I actually gave it to one of the guys that came around our condo complex in Vegas begging for cans/change so he could sell the thing. He looked like I had handed him gold. Amazing about the spokes! Like I said...superb engineering! I am sure there is some math formula about the dispersion of the shock load that Blake could explain... | ||
| Midknyte |
I've got a question along these lines... Is that bearing (see pic) press fit? How to remove?  I've got a rear wheel I'd like to turn into a clock for my garage. | ||
| No_rice |
midknyte you stole my idea, lol. not really, but thats what i had planned on trying to do with my wrecked back wheel. just havent found something i think will work good yet for the mechanisms, and then if i am going to try to to something for numbers or just leave it. as far as the bearings if i remember right they are press fit. there is a tool to pull them out but dont know much about it as i have never had to do it yet so dont have the tool. | ||
| Skyguy |
The damm wheel bearings require a special tool to remove. I pulled off my seals and hand packed the bearings last time as I could not get the bearings out. Bummer is I have a brand new set of wheel bearings just laying around. | ||
| Xb12burner |
Skyguy what did you repack them with? Just regular bearing grease? I may have to go this route on my bike too. I've got wheel bearings laying around brand new in box, but can't get the old ones out. |
