About six months ago I had noticed that i had a "wooshing" sound coming from the mid portion of my bike. I took the bike to reno Kawi and immediatly they diagnosed the problem as a broken set of nylon spacers located in the rear hub. The reason for this wooshing sound was due to a breakage in these nylon spacers that causes the rear sprocket to move, thus causing the chain to pull tight and loosen. Admitedly i am a mechanical dunce and gave the ok to have the repair completed. It seemed to help until very recently when i am hearing that all too familliar wooshing sound again. My question: is there something that I, as the operator of the bike, am doing that is causing these things to break? Or did reno Kawi see me coming and recite somthing false?
1. Did you actually see the broken pieces?
2. Did Kawi fix it?
3. Check the hub and see if its broken again....maybe you can bring it back to kawi and have them fix it the right way this time.
4. if its just the broken pieces....get some from ebay....much more cheaper im sure.
5. Not sure what u would do to brake those.....maybe improper chain tension????
6. switch to YAMAHA ;D ;D ;D
sounds bad, and doesnt help your problem at all...but dont trust dealership mechanics. they seems to NEVEr be right on street bikes. take it to a small, local shop first. Good luck with your problem.
Quote from: yzinger on September 28, 2008, 08:30:19 PM
sounds bad, and doesnt help your problem at all...but dont trust dealership mechanics. they seems to NEVEr be right on street bikes. take it to a small, local shop first. Good luck with your problem.
check the members business section. a few local shops sponsor the SSA, go to them, they will take care of you.
Thank you all!!!!!
The wooshing sound could be a number of things. I hear it when I passed Weavefish, Putz, Jenix, Alberto, Pete, Johnney, In10sive and Jerome. O.K. not Jerome, he didn't ride today.
Quote from: zipbyu on October 05, 2008, 10:41:51 PM
The wooshing sound could be a number of things. I hear it when I passed Weavefish, Putz, Jenix, Alberto, Pete, Johnney, In10sive and Jerome. O.K. not Jerome, he didn't ride today.
That was just my fat ass breathing hard trying to keep up with you guys...it was not my bike ;D
Quote from: zipbyu on October 05, 2008, 10:41:51 PM
The wooshing sound could be a number of things. I hear it when I passed Weavefish, Putz, Jenix, Alberto, Pete, Johnney, In10sive and Jerome. O.K. not Jerome, he didn't ride today.
Alright buster! I have a number of excuses on why you got by me (even though I made a great double pass on you and Luke on turn 2a) and the number one is: oh yeah, you were going faster ;D
I will not comment on the sandbagging lol it was great fun riding those last sessions in a huge SSA group. any good pics come out of it?
Looking forward to next years SSA cat and mouse chase at RFR!!!! ;D....
I only bagged on you guys becacse iI am the slowest A rider, and passing is fun so I like riding in the B class
Quote from: zipbyu on October 08, 2008, 05:56:40 PM
I only bagged on you guys becacse iI am the slowest A rider, and passing is fun so I like riding in the B class
and even though i could barley keep you in my sight it was still some of the greatest sessions of the year!
Quote from: weavefish on October 08, 2008, 06:55:19 PM
and even though i could barley keep you in my sight it was still some of the greatest sessions of the year!
+1000! I had a blast riding in the big SSA group that session (even if I was the slowest).
Yeah, its nice having a number of us very close in skill dicing it up!!! Definitely have to do it again.