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Clutched up a seat stander and dipped it back against the brake, swingarm snapped underneath me and caused a crazy mousetrap.
before:
http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/...6/def31774.jpg
after:
http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/...6/DSCF1195.jpg
http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/...6/DSCF1198.jpg
Whoa, hold on. Is Krashasaki seeing things? Did you just break your swingarm, and find a dead mouse inside of it?
First, hats off to snapping a swingarm. Second, ehhh???
holy crap
That's crazy never see that happen before
Did you fly over the bars when you mouse trapped I usually do lol
Its actually pretty common with the F4i to break in the exact same way....Theres more then a few people on SL and SR that have posted the same kind of experience......F4i not so bullet proof I guess....Quote:
Originally Posted by 2kgixx
http://i21.tinypic.com/6id88x.jpg
http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/9844/img5170y.jpg
Now that you mentioned it I have seen those pictures before I'm just a burn out haha
U need re-enforced swing arm now
do you think rr swingarm conversion would be the way to go for f4is? Or are they just as fragile
imagine wheelie-ing down the highway only to find your swing arm 10m behind you
Theres one thing about the F4i/600RR swingarm swap that I would be a little concerned about. When people are doing this mod they are using a mount on the bike that was not designed to carry swingarm load. Basically there is another set of bolt holes right below the original mounting location, and people are using that.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2kgixx
Its much weaker looking and was not designed to hold the swingarm
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...jWZI_kxr5VUSET
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...ts/broken1.jpg
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...nts/broken.jpg
I don't think its common at all, made a thread On SR and sounds like its pretty rare. Especially on a bike that was made for 8 years and probably the most common stunt piece to have 3 swingarm's snap is A rare thing IMO.
Theres more then 3 people out there that have done the exact same thing as you, those are just the pictures I could find during a 2 min google search.....Ive seen many posts about it.....Its not as common as some other bikes failures, but your definitely not the first person to break an F4i swingarm in the exact same spot....Quote:
Originally Posted by cjones
Few post from your thread on SR confirming it happens
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imagine that happening when your on the street
Not likely...Quote:
Originally Posted by DA BOSS
Who would be clutching up seat standers on the street!!
lol
Duct tape should fix that right up.