posted July 05, 2005 07:19 PM
Why my 12 never made it to Laguna... Back in April, I made a post about a lady in an SUV hitting me while riding my 12. Needless to say, I had the ole bike eventually fixed back up. Then about 3 weeks ago, I hit a deer while riding my 12. It literally destroyed the entire front of my motorcycle and then some. I had the 12 fixed after a HUGE order from ronayers.com, and I worked on that motorcycle into the wee hours of the morning a few days ago. I was finished at 1 in the morning, bike better than new and ready to rock n roll. My plan was to leave in the morning and meet the bikeland crowd at Dino's place in Oregon.
So off I went off very little sleep, and when I made it to the TriCities, I discovered the unthinkable. The bearings in my rear wheel gave out and everything in the rear sprocket-side hub was destroyed. It broke all off and the 6 bolts coming out of the rear sprocket annihalated my swingarm past any point of structural integrity.
So I had the 12 picked up and driven back home which was a few hours away. With Laguna in a few days, I have finally settled with the idea that I wont be going. A friend is stopping by tomorrow to buy my tickets and paddock pass, and now I wait to rebuild that entire rear wheel, swingarm, chain, sprockets, hub, rear axle, and everything in between.
Sad, sad, sad. This 12 is turning into a huge money pit! I will be hard pressed to have the bike ready for the Seattle 100 now (sigh).
posted July 05, 2005 08:48 PM
Holy SHIT!! man take a break... you need it to regroup
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posted July 05, 2005 09:12 PM
Keep your head up and look at the bright side , it didn't spit you off on a fast sweeper and get you FUBAR 'd . Sometimes shit happens and you get to survive with only a kick in the wallet . Take a day or two to relax , then get after it .
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posted July 06, 2005 03:56 AM
dam Daniel, I hate to hear your luck bro......talk to some of the guys on the board...they may have some pieces to help you out.....
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posted July 06, 2005 10:17 AM
Sometimes life just isn't fair... Hang in there. Atleast you're getting well aquainted with your bike...
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posted July 06, 2005 08:08 PM
...dude...what parts do you need????
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swingarm...ebay
chain...ebay
sprocket...think i found one
sprocket hub assy....just purchased one
rear brake assy...just purchased one
rear axle...just purchased
sealed bearings (since the 12 doesnt have them)...purchased - allballsracing.com
gonna make a ronayers order for the rest of the seals...
wormser from the board is leavin for motogp fox hill today after work. when he gets back next week, my stuff should be arriving and he offered to let me hang my 12 from his rafters in his shop-we are gonna do an overhaul of that rear end.
posted July 18, 2005 04:51 PM
damn beans, that's some seriosuly bad luck. sorry u missed laguna. woulda bin nice to have you ride down with the group. next year!
posted July 18, 2005 11:35 PM
My saga got worse by two more notches today. I had everything rebuilt and sealed bearings installed in the wheel, rear sprocket hub assembly, everything good to go. Last two parts needed are the chain and the swingarm.
Chain - Won one on ebay, received it today in the mail, but it was an empty box. No joke! First time I've ever been burnt on ebay. Guy did a prepaid shipping label for 6lbs5oz and shipped an empty box. So I'm working on recourse for that...
Swingarm - Finally located one. I talked to him on the phone, he said it was off a brand new 2004 ZX-12R that was just wrecked, but the swingarm was black and in excellent mint condition. He shipped it out over a week late, and it arrived today. The swingarm was silver not black, and it came off a 2000 model which doesnt fit mine obviously. I could have cared less about the color at this point, I just need my 12 up and running, but nope it wont work cause its off a 1st gen and I own a 2nd gen 12. So recourse on that now...
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posted July 18, 2005 11:44 PM
...why won't the 1st gen work?....
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posted July 19, 2005 12:02 AM
...I thought it was the same arm just braced differently, ie. 2000 fully boxed at the shock mounting area vs 2003 "bridged" at the shock mounting area for more controlled "flex"...XL, care to comment?
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posted July 19, 2005 12:04 AM
yeah, now I'm curious too...comparing them, they definitely look different, especially with the back portion of the swingarm when I compared them...
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posted July 19, 2005 03:42 AM
sizes and such should all be the same, just look differently......axles and bolt up points should be the same.....
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posted July 19, 2005 07:14 AM
Nope, the second gen had the pivot point lowered as compared to the first gen
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posted July 19, 2005 12:52 PM
quote:Nope, the second gen had the pivot point lowered as compared to the first gen
...but isn't the pivot point dictated by where the swingarm is attached to the frame and not by the swingarm itself?
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