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#1 Post by Falcopops » Mon Jan 14, 2013 5:17 am

So here’s what happens when your back tyre gets a bit over worn then the steel cable breaks and acts like a flail on the rear of the bike at around 250kph. Still it could have been worse, it didn’t deflate and lasted the 150km trip home.

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#2 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Mon Jan 14, 2013 5:55 am

ouch... lucky escape

good luck finding a replacement rear lens!


Let's face it, you wouldn't go to a nurse to get good advice on a problem with a Falco - you'd choose an Engineer or a mechanic...

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#3 Post by D-Rider » Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:16 am

Hmmm - so new tyres needed within the next 6,000 miles then ...... :smt009
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#4 Post by fatboy » Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:02 pm

Looks like the carcass got damaged then let go...?
Good to hear you escaped unhurt
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#5 Post by BikerGran » Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:28 pm

a BIT over worn????


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#6 Post by HisNibbs » Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:12 pm

Tut tut.....
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#7 Post by Kwackerz » Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:14 am

Cobblers! you were doing donuts and burnouts with the cool kids, weren't you :smt002

it's not big and it's not clever.. and I bet the pedboi on the SR50 pulling wheelies got more attention from the girls anyway... :smt001
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#8 Post by Falcopops » Thu Jan 17, 2013 12:05 am

I took the wheel off last night and the centre of the rear was very very soft, don't think there was much more distance to an instant deflation, phew.

Still a mate's going to chuck a new Conti RA2 GT on it for me, slightly harder than the RA2 and with more steel in the centre apparently (I should be able to do even more damage then).

http://www.conti-online.com/generator/w ... gt_en.html

The rear plastic has little shards of steel embedded into it, but be able to rub it down and paint it, I have a spare seat cowl in the right colour and a clear rear lens that I'll try tinting, so all in all not the end of the world.

The up side is I'm getting the new rear tyre on a light OZ rim and getting the front changed to the OZ too :smt003
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#9 Post by blinkey501 » Thu Jan 17, 2013 5:55 am

I have just had conti road attack 2s fitted to the white bike. I just need some nice weather to bed them in :smt003
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#10 Post by lazarus » Thu Jan 17, 2013 12:48 pm

Bald in the middle, lots of tread round the edges. Any corners over there?

You've bigger balls than me alt are dafter than me driving on once you found the problem.
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#11 Post by Falcopops » Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:05 pm

lazarus wrote:Bald in the middle, lots of tread round the edges. Any corners over there?
Unfortunately there are a lot of very long flat bits to negotiate before the really twisty bits in the tablelands in the Cairns area. Last big run to the twisties took all weekend and about 1200km. Some of the slightly bendy bits that are closer can be fun but require the aforementioned high speeds to get a real buzz going.
lazarus wrote:You've bigger balls than me alt are dafter than me driving on once you found the problem.
Didn't have an option, we were in the arse end of nowhere with no mobile signal. I'd never have lived it down if I'd wimped out, we have a "keep going until it dies" attitude, so it had to be done.

I went easy on it on the way back, but I did think it might blow.
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Self-Harm...

#12 Post by GregD-UK » Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:37 pm

Hi all,

Think maybe you are into "self-harm" :smt002 Abit of whipping on the way home must keep you awake on those boring straight roads, with no corners (judging by your edges!)...
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