smashweights Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 Rode up to IP today to try on some 1-piece suits. Get home, go to put the bike up on the rearstand and someone stole one of my Yamaha spools and the other was halfway unscrewed... in the end not a huge deal but it still pisses me off that someone would do something like that. anyone got an extra, black Yamaha R6 swingarm spool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisted12 Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 Wtf people kill me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashweights Posted August 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 this is the kinda theft i expect from teens, but i assume if you know you can unscrew spools, odds are you have a sportbike and are an adult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 This happened at Iron Pony? WTF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashweights Posted August 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 This happened at Iron Pony? WTF?yeah, i parked on the cement walkway like ususal, was in the store about an hour. i know they were both screwed in all the way cause the bike was on the stand before i took it out today and spools are too long to just shimmy their own way out of the socket.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flounder Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 Are you sure someone stole them or is it possible they worked loose with vibrations and fell out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd#43 Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 Are you sure someone stole them or is it possible they worked loose with vibrations and fell out.+1Loctite is your friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLovin Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 (edited) Are you sure someone stole them or is it possible they worked loose with vibrations and fell out.I've had a swing arm spool fall out before and I use my stands every time the bike reaches my garage (so they don't necessarily need to be screwed in all the way to be put on stands)...but who knows, some one may have stole it or you need to use a little more muscle to tighten them. Edited August 23, 2009 by McLovin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashweights Posted August 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 they were on there pretty good, seriously, it'd take a LOT to get a screw that long to come out though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Hunter Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 they were on there pretty good, seriously, it'd take a LOT to get a screw that long to come out though.But why would they partially unscrew the second and not take it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattKatz Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 +100 on them Vibrating loose.If you didnt have loctite on them.....This is more likely what happened vs. a theft.It doesnt take much to rattle a bolt loose once it gets loose on a bike...."If its not tight....Its gone". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashweights Posted August 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 meh, maybe you're right, i figured maybe someone saw them and they took off before getting the 2nd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd#43 Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 it'd take a LOT to get a screw that long to come out though.You'd be surprised.I really dont think a $12.00 set of slider spools is big on any thief's hit list.Unless, of course, he had the same bike, or knows how to make a crack pipe out of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 the fact that one was still half way in, makes me think they wiggled out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashweights Posted August 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 damnit guys, cant you just let me believe i got robbed by some cheap bastard instead of just lost them? it makes me feel better about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd#43 Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 damnit guys, cant you just let me believe i got robbed by some cheap bastard instead of just lost them? it makes me feel better about it.Blaming your misfortunes on the "apparent" actions of others is sooooo....What's the word I'm looking for?Oh yeah...Liberal.Carry on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likwid Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 annnnnnnnnd derailed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alab32 Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 Blaming your misfortunes on the "apparent" actions of others is sooooo....What's the word I'm looking for?Oh yeah...Liberal.Carry on.HA HA HA HA HA!!! Thats funny! I had to read that to a co-worker i thought it was so funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd#43 Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 annnnnnnnnd derailedDid I do that??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giantxtc Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 That sucks, i feel your pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natedogg624 Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 smash i've had one vibrate out before on a ride. i never stopped so i really dont think anyone unscrewed them while i was riding, and we use the same spools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcan_Rider Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 Blaming your misfortunes on the "apparent" actions of others is sooooo....What's the word I'm looking for?Oh yeah...Liberal.Carry on.+repthat is all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagr Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 Pedro lost a barend on that last coshocton ride. It sucks but shit falls off and gets loose. I had my shifter stud come loose on a ride. I kept putting it back in. I could look down while riding and see it turning. Loktite is now my friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd#43 Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 smash i've had one vibrate out before on a ride. i never stopped so i really dont think anyone unscrewed them while i was riding, and we use the same spools.Wait a minute.....How many spools do you have now?Smash....I think I know why only ONE was missing..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixxie750 Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 I have lost at least 6 of these! No matter how long the screws were. I dont use loctite either and will not in the future. Spolls are cheap swingarms are not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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