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[Marmalade]

Got my gixxer Sat, new back tyre, alarm and few other bits and pieces.
Out the other night to collect a gel seat for it and on the way back I hit a pothole which nearly threw me off.

Didn't look at the bike since potholes are commonplace on our 3rd world roads.
Go out to change the rear pads this morning as using it for work today and to take the lad out to France tomorrow to find this...

https://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo141/bramble43/wheel1.jpg

https://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo141/bramble43/wheel2.jpg

I had camera on the swing arm at the time which caught the (lack of) action but is some evidence. I'll put the vid on once it's uploaded

Whats the chances of getting council/highways to pay for a new wheel and tyre?

It's the A36 not far from Salisbury just about HERE

The video. At about 34 seconds.
https://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo141/bramble43/th_pothole.jpg
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[nowhere.elysium]

Don't know what your chances will be, but it's worth a punt. Photos of wheel, photos of pothole, stroppy letter initially. Take a scan of the signed letter, and if they don't get back to you or start being difficult, send an email response (including the scan of the signed letter), with your local MP copied in, and see where it goes.
Potholes that are big enough to cause that kind of damage are a serious risk to road users, and it should be sorted out ASAP.
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[stinkwheel]

They can only be liable if you can show they already knew about the pothole and did nothing about it within a reasonable timeframe.
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[Dazbo666]

Report it direct to the council and/or the fixmystreet website. See what happens
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[Matt-]

Fuck, that must have been some massive pot hole to do that sort of damage

if this country didn't invest all of it's money in country's that know one give's a shit about we wouldn't have this problem

Rant over
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[DrDonnyBrago]

So video evidence of massive pot hole and eBay listing pictures with fully intact rim?

Probs worth a punt, it might have been reported before. I got fobbed off when I buckled a car wheel on a pot hole. They did fix the road though.

[Ariel Badger]

That looks more like a fast kerb strike than a pothole you never really registered at the time. Are you sure it was not there when you picked the bike up?
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[Pete.]

I would warm that up and beat it straight with a plastic hammer.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Pete.]

I would warm that up and beat it straight with a plastic hammer.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[doggone]

Looking closely at it, the rim has scuff damage from directly hitting something like a big stone or kerb.
Agree it will probably tap back with care.
You should see the way they bash bent HGV wheels

[Marmalade]

I had the tyre fitted in Bristol Saturday afternoon. It certainly wasn't there then and isn't in any of the images taken since then.

I'm off to London shortly and will go get pics of the hole in the road and picking up a wheel hopefully from a breakers so I can be back on it tomorrow.

I'm not keen on bashing it out and not really happy about using that tyre after such an impact but not blowing that sort of cash on a tyre that has only done 200 miles.

Vid is on now.
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[arry]

[DrDonnyBrago]

[Ariel Badger]

You were very lucky to stay on, it is obviously down to good riding and strict adherence to the speed limit.
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[Zen Dog]

Nice "progressive" riding there.

Thats one hell of a ding though, is it really safe to just hammer it back? You'd think the structural integrity would be affected when the damage is that significant.

Zen Dog
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[Kradmelder]

[jonbee56]

Don't forget to take pictures showing a tape measure with the size of the pothole, and also showing the background area so that they can identify exactly where it is in the countryside.
Also helps when they fill it in & deny knowledge that it was there in the first place

[DrDonnyBrago]

Also - this is the worst "I have a new bike " thread ever.

[Kradmelder]

[Pol Anorl]

I hit a pothole on a cbf 125 at about 55 and it smashed the rim to bits, hondas gave £300 ish replacement and the council paid for it, took about 5 months but they did it.
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[panrider_uk]

I hit one years back on my CD185

The wheel rim/tyre were fine but it knackered the wheel bearing.

Mark
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[Aff]

Lucky you had that rim tape on though. Probably would have split the wheel in half if you didn't.
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[Marmalade]

They won't miss the whole in the road, not like it's just suddenly appeared out of nowhere overnight.

The car on other side of road gives some idea of how large it is, wouldn't want to be stood in the road there with a tape measure tbh.

https://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo141/bramble43/41FA2F56-2200-4399-83A7-8202783B304D-535-0000005E318EC5B2.jpg
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