Guest ChicagoAJ Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Bit the bullet and ordered a new rim and axle nut (just in case). Got both from Partzilla for 285.xx. Going to remove my rear wheel this weekend and pop off the brake rotor and sprocket carrier/dampers. The shop I'm bringing it to will have to order new bearings and seals and hopefully be able to reuse all the spacers, then just swap over the tire (if it's not damaged as well) and balance it. PITA. In other news, anyone want to buy a slightly bent blurple rear wheel? Still rides fine, hahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ChicagoAJ Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Finally all put back together after almost a couple weeks and nearly $500 bucks later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Glad you are back on the road! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ChicagoAJ Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Literally already have some stone chips on this new wheel. Unbelievable, luckily Color-Rite makes an exact Blurple paint to match Yamaha's color and it's only $15 for a touch-up pen: http://www.colorrite.com/product/yamaha-1329-deep-purplish-blue-metallic-15-2583.cfm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beemer Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Finally all put back together after almost a couple weeks and nearly $500 bucks later. Do you ride with the owners of the other bikes? If so, what do think of your FZ-07? Beemer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ChicagoAJ Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Finally all put back together after almost a couple weeks and nearly $500 bucks later. Do you ride with the owners of the other bikes? If so, what do think of your FZ-07?Nah, we all work different shifts. I work 2pm-10pm normally. They work between 8am-6pm, so we only get to talk - not ride together. But both of them have told me they really, really like the blurple color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ChicagoAJ Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Ended up selling my bent wheel on eBay for $152.50!!! Hoping to get a check from the county too, I've received a few calls and sent a couple emails. Fingers crossed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineappleunderthesea Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Ended up selling my bent wheel on eBay for $152.50!!! Hoping to get a check from the county too, I've received a few calls and sent a couple emails. Fingers crossed!Hope it works out for you, city officlals suck. Where I live, you basically have to prove that the city was "negligent" in fixing the pothole, and the only way to prove that is for the city to admit several people reported the pothole and the city did nothing. But if you're the first to report it, well, too bad for you. I found this out the hard way when I hit the mother of all potholes (driving my car) and bent 2 wheels. Thankfully these were winter wheels so the expense was minimal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ChicagoAJ Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Ended up selling my bent wheel on eBay for $152.50!!! Hoping to get a check from the county too, I've received a few calls and sent a couple emails. Fingers crossed!Hope it works out for you, city officlals suck. Where I live, you basically have to prove that the city was "negligent" in fixing the pothole, and the only way to prove that is for the city to admit several people reported the pothole and the city did nothing. But if you're the first to report it, well, too bad for you. I found this out the hard way when I hit the mother of all potholes (driving my car) and bent 2 wheels. Thankfully these were winter wheels so the expense was minimal.Yup, that's the way it works in my county as well. I wasn't the first to report to and a couple weeks after I hit it, the whole area was patched. Just waiting to hear back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbeard Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Crikie! Was it this pothole?! It wasn't even a pothole. It was a huge buckle right where asphalt meets concrete. A sharp, protruding bump. I get to enjoy a couple dozen of these a day on my commute up and down Lake Shore Drive. Makes me realize this bikes suspension is not well suited for them. Now I'm worried this will happen to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ChicagoAJ Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 It wasn't even a pothole. It was a huge buckle right where asphalt meets concrete. A sharp, protruding bump. I get to enjoy a couple dozen of these a day on my commute up and down Lake Shore Drive. Makes me realize this bikes suspension is not well suited for them. Now I'm worried this will happen to me. Hope not, it's not the first post I've seen on here about a bent wheel though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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