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magnesium wheels for street?

Started by uglyducky, March 25, 2011, 08:45:56 PM

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lawbreaker

#15
March 27, 2011, 03:39:27 PM
... It wouldn't be Cali-Fun if it werent for the road chasms and other obstacles....

I do the russian roulette thru HWD twice daily.... I think I can survive almost anything now [thumbsup]

rcmcfly

#16
March 27, 2011, 05:06:06 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on March 26, 2011, 04:18:46 PM

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#17
March 27, 2011, 05:50:00 PM
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EEL

#18
March 27, 2011, 08:30:19 PM Last Edit: March 27, 2011, 09:42:50 PM by EEL
Watch today's WSBK race 1 Maxime Bergers Crash. Living proof of why not to use mag wheels

SPOILER ALERT : DONT CLICK IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO WATCH THE RACE!!!!!!

Just an FYI. It was determined later in the race that the mag wheel exploded due to a stress fracture. The commentators were unaware of this during the incident.

2011 WSBK Donington - Race 1 - Maxime Berger Crash

uglyducky

#19
March 27, 2011, 10:26:40 PM
yikes.  but it looked like the swingarm nut came loose . . .
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ducatiz

#20
March 28, 2011, 05:56:24 AM
Quote from: uglyducky on March 27, 2011, 10:26:40 PM
yikes.  but it looked like the swingarm nut came loose . . .

"The actual result was the rear hub shearing from the spokes and rather than the wheel failure taking place at a high-speed, like the catastrophic crash that left Robert Dunlop with severe injuries at the 1994 Isle of Man TT, Berger was lucky to escape uninjured at a slow corner."
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Triple J

#21
March 28, 2011, 08:29:08 AM
Quote from: uglyducky on March 27, 2011, 10:26:40 PM
yikes.  but it looked like the swingarm nut came loose . . .

Triple J

#22
March 28, 2011, 08:36:14 AM
Quote from: EEL on March 27, 2011, 08:30:19 PM
Just an FYI. It was determined later in the race that the mag wheel exploded due to a stress fracture. The commentators were unaware of this during the incident.

Do you have a link for this? I'm curious, and can't find anything confirming it was a mag. wheel.

xplodee

#23
March 28, 2011, 10:03:41 AM
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EEL

#24
March 28, 2011, 01:05:11 PM
If you watch the whole race, the eurosport commentators mention later than it was a mag wheel.

ducatiz

#25
March 28, 2011, 02:01:39 PM
Quote from: Triple J on March 28, 2011, 08:29:08 AM


nothing like running on the rims...

lucky bastard, glad no one was hurt..
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Drunken Monkey

#26
March 28, 2011, 03:22:27 PM
The scuttlebutt is that wheel was on it's 3rd or 4th season.

Not sure which is more shocking: The failure or the fact that a team was running the same wheels for 3 or 4 seasons  :o
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uglyducky

#27
March 28, 2011, 05:34:11 PM
Quote from: Drunken Monkey on March 28, 2011, 03:22:27 PM
The scuttlebutt is that wheel was on it's 3rd or 4th season.

Not sure which is more shocking: The failure or the fact that a team was running the same wheels for 3 or 4 seasons  :o
i would have to pregnant dog slap the person/people responsible for that oversight . ..
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atomic410

#28
March 29, 2011, 08:12:15 AM
Quote from: uglyducky on March 28, 2011, 05:34:11 PM
i would have to pregnant dog slap the person/people responsible for that oversight . ..

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#29
March 29, 2011, 08:52:44 AM

"The wheel that failed had only been used in a few races," team manager Daniele Soncini said.

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