Computertron
New Member
I write this post after reading through various threads for an hour, so this may have been answered, but I have certainly done due diligence.
The background is fairly important too, my pristine dentless bike was just backed over, it's a friend so there is some discussion about not taking it to insurance. Looke like just about all the usual stuff got bent or scratched, but the frame was fine. Made a temp foot peg so I could really ride it while we come to a decision. Hadn't noticed anything on my commute miles, but as soon as I tried to hit some corners this weekend, something was definitely wrong. It felt like a bad wheel bearing or a tire going flat. Put it up on the center stand and sure enough, the swingarm can be shifted almost 1/8th of an inch side to side on it's mounting bolt. There is almost no up and down play, and at 30k miles I wouldn't think the swingarm bearings would be fine. Am I just hyper vigilant because just got hit, or is there some way the backing over could have done this?
As an after thought, I'll need some parts too
. Anyone have a bead on a dentless silver tank? Scratchless silver plastics? Pegs? Anyone successfully mounted adjustable clip ons? Thanks in advance guys.
The background is fairly important too, my pristine dentless bike was just backed over, it's a friend so there is some discussion about not taking it to insurance. Looke like just about all the usual stuff got bent or scratched, but the frame was fine. Made a temp foot peg so I could really ride it while we come to a decision. Hadn't noticed anything on my commute miles, but as soon as I tried to hit some corners this weekend, something was definitely wrong. It felt like a bad wheel bearing or a tire going flat. Put it up on the center stand and sure enough, the swingarm can be shifted almost 1/8th of an inch side to side on it's mounting bolt. There is almost no up and down play, and at 30k miles I wouldn't think the swingarm bearings would be fine. Am I just hyper vigilant because just got hit, or is there some way the backing over could have done this?
As an after thought, I'll need some parts too
. Anyone have a bead on a dentless silver tank? Scratchless silver plastics? Pegs? Anyone successfully mounted adjustable clip ons? Thanks in advance guys.