The auld biddy wrecks my bike eventually (kinda)

[Major_Grooves]

Well, in this thread I mentioned that I was intending reporting some old bint for dangerous driving after she nearly drove me off the road on the Oxford ring road.

Well it turns out that the guy on the phone at TVP was wrong and I can't report it without an independent witness, even just to get a letter sent to her warning her about her driving!

I was a bit pi$$ed off about that, so I went back to my bike to ride home... and completely forgot about the disclock on the bike!

Bike hit the deck and the end result was me at the police station with a snapped caliper bracket.

After telling the polis I might be leaving the bike in their carpark overnight, I tested the brakes a few times and they seemed to be working, so I decided to make the 1.5mile 30mph ride home.

Thankfully the brake disc doesn't seem damaged, but I'll be back on the bus for a few days. My bike seems to have had nothing but bad luck since I moved to Oxford. Shame I can't afford a new one atm.

I was in a really good mood earlier as I'd just won an auction for a Starcom unit!

Estimates for a CB500 front caliper bracket from a breaker? I'll try the CB500 club too...


Stupid auld biddy - it's all her fault!

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[Flip]

Bugger.

[carlnicholson...]

Sympathies.

Find her and stab her.
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[Bendy]

Now that you're gainfully employed, how about a nice loan and a new bike?

[fast_tzr]

[veeeffarr]

PUNCH HER TITS

[biker-dj]

If she's an 'auld' biddy she won't have tits probably just slate layers nail bags Sorry to here bout your bike tho'.
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[Major_Grooves]

[no_shad]

I've made the mistake of trying to make a quick get-a-way with the disc lock still on.
Luckily the bike was an over engineered 125 so there wasn't much weight to do any real damage.
My nuts took a pasting off the tank though.

[Skunkcap Freddie]

Thats Rough mate, things will feel better come summer (when the happy rays of sunshine come down on ya)

[instigator]

For a single caliper? I reckon £15-20 and if you're lucky you'll get some nice fresh brake pads in them for that price.

Unlucky Major, we've all done it at some point. Just be lucky it didnt hit a car on the way down!!

[Method]

Yeah you'll pick a decent one up from ebay / breakers for £15-£20 no worries.

Like greg said, youll probably get a set of pads in that aswell
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[Major_Grooves]

Honda won't sell the caliper bracket on its own - it only comes with the whole caliper which is £300!

David Silver said that was rubbish, and had a bracket for a T model CB500, but not the R model, which mine is. The R and T models have Nissin brakes while the later models has Brembo brakes. Although Haynes showed that the bracket was identical between R and T, the guy there said they had different part numbers so didn;t think they were the same. The bracket they have was £29, and he said to get the R model one in would be £80!

I have tried partfinder, but have yet to get any calls. Soemone told me a breaker would be reluctant to just sell the bracket as they would arther sell the whole caliper with the bracket, or the forks with the bracket.

Arse!
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[nrml76]

[Major_Grooves]

I got a call from a breaker today and they had the part I need for £20!

Just hope it's the right part and I manage to fit it okay.
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