fish_antlers
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posted April 14, 2006 07:39 AM
 Edited By: fish_antlers on 14 Apr 2006 09:04
Busa rear wheel cracking
From Labusas...
http://www.labusas.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=79739&sid=e32498f358e125fe42b49a0763c900db
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I noticed that my rear tire pressure would drop slightly, so I figured I had a nail or something causing the slow leak, so I air it up to 29 psi, then I go for a short ride yesterday morning. About an hour ago, I check the rear tire and I notice the pressure had dropped considerably...down to prob around 10 pounds...so I'm spinning the wheel on the stand looking for foreign objects which I found none. I just happen to look at the wheel and I fuckin' lost it. Here is the best pic I could get:
The pressure dropped more because the short ride I took yesterday morning caused the wheel to crack more. I swear this wheel is close to breaking. 2 of the 3 spokes are cracked, and the one in the photo is actually broken open. So I'm talking to Bill, one of the owners of Flatout Racing where I bought the bike in 2002 and he's explaining that he's seen a lot of cracked Busa wheels...from folks 'stuntin' and such. I do the occasional wheelie and rolling burnout...that's it. Fucker quoted me a price for a new chrome wheel at $900+...FOR ONE FUCKIN' PRONE TO CRACKING SUZUKI WHEEL!!
ALL BUSA OWNERS...check your wheels. A few more rides and it could have spelled disaster for me.
Anyone got a chrome rear wheel for sale? Who has the best prices for Busa wheels? Suggestions? I need to get my bike running.
Oh yeah, that chain isn't rusted...it's gold and has muck stuck to the lube.
I'll check this post throughout the day since I'm still home on vacation. I need to make a decision on a wheel (or wheels) today.
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nightmare
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posted April 14, 2006 08:01 AM
Damn sure glad to hear that you caught that or it would have been a nightmare for sure!!
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posted April 14, 2006 08:01 AM
1 wheel doesn't exactly make it an epidemic.
Especially considering the same wheel fits Busas from 99-06(?) and 2-3 years of TLR's as well.
Question is whether or not chroming had any effect on the wheel as well.
Lotsa variables...
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zerMATT
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posted April 14, 2006 08:17 AM
Is that *rust* on the chain, or is it just gold-colored?
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fish_antlers
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posted April 14, 2006 08:18 AM
READ the post matt...
10 point penatly for thread skimming! 
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zerMATT
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posted April 14, 2006 08:21 AM
I know, I was just checking to make sure anyone else read it...
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posted April 14, 2006 09:24 AM
dooodeeeedoooodooooodoooodeeeeedoooodooo
im in the fucking twilight zone....or bizzaaaarooooooo bikeland...
fish posted a link on bikeland...back to labusas!!!
bizzzarrrooo i love youuuu....bizarroooooo
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fish_antlers
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posted April 14, 2006 09:30 AM
Edited By: fish_antlers on 14 Apr 2006 10:30
I'm always posting links to LAB... just that Bikeland isn't full of whining crying pussy babies like LAB seems to be nowadays so ya never hear bitching and moaning about it
LAB sure lost its edge.
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posted April 14, 2006 09:58 AM
yea...its certainly changed over the past 4 or 5 years....shame too :/
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FasterThanStink
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posted April 14, 2006 10:20 AM
The key word here is CHROME wheel. Chrome plating is well known to cause embrittlement. That is why chrome frames and suspension parts are not allowed at most race events.
If this were in fact a stock wheel he would have a valid point.
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posted April 14, 2006 10:36 AM
I know that bike isn't under warranty...but if it was, chroming would completely void the warranty on the wheels. Basically, this guy doesn't have a leg to stand on. Who knows, maybe it was polished originally and the person doing it ground the shit out it.
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FasterThanStink
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posted April 14, 2006 10:42 AM
This is a lesson if you are actually using your bike to go fast. Leave the chrome at home!
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posted April 14, 2006 10:49 AM
Chrome might have been performed after the wheel was repaired - who knows???
Still just aren't that many wheel crackin problems to worry about.
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posted April 14, 2006 11:07 AM
Exactly, chrome has no business on sport bikes! 
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posted April 14, 2006 11:08 AM
Besides, Black is the new chrome.
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posted April 14, 2006 01:13 PM
Edited By: havabusa12r on 14 Apr 2006 14:15
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I'm always posting links to LAB... just that Bikeland isn't full of whining crying pussy babies like LAB seems to be nowadays so ya never hear bitching and moaning about it
LAB sure lost its edge.
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posted April 14, 2006 04:14 PM
Edited By: Michael Lee on 15 Apr 2006 14:31
A more appropriate thread title would have been . . . . . .
Check your chrome wheels . . . . .
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posted April 14, 2006 04:18 PM
+1
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posted April 14, 2006 04:21 PM
Edited By: Michael Lee on 14 Apr 2006 17:21
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yea...its certainly changed over the past 4 or 5 years....shame too :/
only thing LAB is in need of is a new model BUSA
you guys got alot ta look forward to this season
congrats
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posted April 14, 2006 04:46 PM
Probably a busa at a junk yard.
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Michael Lee
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posted April 14, 2006 05:23 PM
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Probably a busa at a junk yard.
Naw, it really is a members bike at Lab
Lesson Learned besides staying on top of 'pre-ride inspection'
CHECK YOUR CHROME WHEELS
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posted April 14, 2006 06:15 PM
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A more appropriate thread title would have been . . . . . .
Check your chrome wheels . . . . .
Your a class.act
new.orleans.nigger
What's up with the nigger shit?
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posted April 14, 2006 06:17 PM
As I recall...there was a factory recall on the 04 and some 05 10R's for cracking wheels...and they weren't chromed...
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posted April 14, 2006 07:29 PM
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A more appropriate thread title would have been . . . . . .
Check your chrome wheels . . . . .
Your a class.act
new.orleans.nigger
What's up with the nigger shit?
its someones name on labusas.
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posted April 14, 2006 07:40 PM
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A more appropriate thread title would have been . . . . . .
Check your chrome wheels . . . . .
Your a class.act
new.orleans.nigger
What's up with the nigger shit?
its someones name on labusas.
should've left it there.
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