Snapped Swingarm :-o

[TheDonUK]

Well I had my rear shock replaced after it was bottoming out everywhere, anyways long story short, my new (used) one has been doing the same for the last couple of days, so i decided to drop into a garage i use semi regularly and ask them to just make it as stiff as possible for the intrim while i find a new shock...

There was good news and bad news...

good news is my shock was fine...

Bad news is there is a blood crack in either the swingarm or the linkages (he showed me but its been a very long day and i cant remember), aparently its very rare and everyone in the workshop was like ...

So wow i suppose i am lucky as i was just gonna ride that around for the next week or two while i found a rear shock at my leisure...

They reckon it has been lowered with longer linkages at some point which has somehow made this crack more likely... Bloody sobering being told no you should absolutely not ride this bike home...

Not really asking a question here more just telling u what you already know, if it dont feel right get it at least looked at...

Im off to find a new swingarm and linkages now...

[Pete.]

[TheDonUK]

I am explaining it very poorly as my mechanical knowledge is not up to scratch, But they clearly showed me the tear/rip/crack and it was definately there, and even i could tell it was bad...

Bandit 600 P Reg

The bike was sitting so low the rear tyre has completely sanded away the underseat mudgarde, melted a pair of my waterproofs i had under the seat and melted half of the CDI (i think its the CDI, the little box in front of the battery)

[TUG]

my shock is dead too, am putting an R6 shock on my fzr and i need longer links too, did it snap your actual swing arm or the shock linkages?
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Haz ER-5, innit!

[TheDonUK]

TBH im not 100% I was more in shock as i was expecting him to go "ok thats as hard as it will go, but you really need to replace it ASAP"

Instead i hear that i coulda had a very nasty failure on the bike (and the last couple of days i really been shifting... so it woulda been a bad time for the bike to let me down) The rest is somewhat of a daze considering i then watched my mother get arresed for false accusations of racially abusing a derranged muslim woman...

From whatever it was, you know its not good when every other mechanic that happens to walk by has the same "zOMG " look on their face when shown...

I was told in no uncertain terms by a mechianic i trust that i needed a new swing arm and linkages... So my search continues...

[G]

[TUG]

lol G i have one off a brand new bike sent stright to the track so he got rid of teh fairings etc on ebay and he sold me the shock i got lucky say the least, only seen delivery mines but thanks for the offer i appreciate it.

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Haz ER-5, innit!

[Ted]

[TUG]

she got wrongly arrested? omg what is the police force doing right these days? sorry man. hope u fix the bike asap with ease.
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Haz ER-5, innit!

[TheDonUK]

It was mildly amusing, the police werent arseholes about it, its a pity the finest training hendon has to offer dident allow them to see past the bullshit of a woman who has a history of these kind of false accusations... A woman who plays some bullshit race card (also since when is Islam a race, i was under the impression it was a religion)...

Anyway my mum was released on bail with the added perk that her fingerprints/DNA etc are now on the system even when this is proved to be the complete bullshit it is... How i love our regime...