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Started by FastAndLight, April 19, 2009, 10:25:35 AM

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mitt

#30
April 21, 2009, 05:11:16 PM
I had the axle drop out of one side of the swingarm at about 30mph on a monster 620 rental in france.  Coincidentally the bike had brand new tires with the label still on.  Rental shop owner/ mechanic forgot to tighten nut  :-\


mitt

Duc Fever

#31
April 22, 2009, 11:33:24 AM
Quote from: silentbob on April 21, 2009, 04:08:44 PM
What do you mean by that?  Is he attempting to repair the wheel or find you a used one of the same type?  It might be time to call MotoWheels and order up a set of forged 10 spokes.  You can get those for the price of the cast Marchesini wheels from Ducati.  The shop buys the rear, you buy the front and they cover all the labor.

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b.

#32
April 22, 2009, 02:45:53 PM
2005 M620 | so*cal | terapia.

FastAndLight

#33
April 22, 2009, 04:42:19 PM Last Edit: April 22, 2009, 04:45:40 PM by FastAndLight
Quote from: silentbob on April 21, 2009, 04:08:44 PM
What do you mean by that?  Is he attempting to repair the wheel or find you a used one of the same type?  It might be time to call MotoWheels and order up a set of forged 10 spokes.  You can get those for the price of the cast Marchesini wheels from Ducati.  The shop buys the rear, you buy the front and they cover all the labor.
The shop is taking care of everything to make sure my wheels match.  There are no rears that match in the country right now.  Apparently it will be months before the factory ships any more over here.  My wheels were the forged satin black Marchesini 10 spokes.  Instead, I'm moving to the identical wheels, but in gloss black.  The shop is paying for everything, as I've said, they are going above and beyond to make this right.

Quote from: mitt on April 21, 2009, 05:11:16 PM
I had the axle drop out of one side of the swingarm at about 30mph on a monster 620 rental in france.  Coincidentally the bike had brand new tires with the label still on.  Rental shop owner/ mechanic forgot to tighten nut  :-\
That is ridiculous.  Were you ok?  Did the shop apologize for almost killing you?

Quote from: b. on April 22, 2009, 02:45:53 PM
Wheel for sale here:  http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=21903.0
Thanks for the link, but the shop is on top of this.

DucHead

#34
April 22, 2009, 04:46:13 PM
Great news!  [beer]
'05 S4R (>47k mi); '04 Bandit 1200 (>92k mi; sold); '02 Bandit 1200 (>11k mi); '97 Bandit 1200 (2k mi); '13 FJR1300 (1k mi); IBA #28454 "45"

rockaduc

#35
April 23, 2009, 02:41:15 AM
So far, this has almost restored my faith in mankind.
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potomacduc

#36
April 29, 2009, 02:51:27 PM
I'm glad to hear this appears to be working out and I can keep saying nice things about RAM Cycles.   [thumbsup]
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