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Pillion footpeg bolt failure

 
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bimotanige



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:54 am    Post subject: Pillion footpeg bolt failure Reply with quote
Chaps, for those of you who take the occasional pillion it may be worth checking the grade of bolts that hold the pillion footrest mounting frame to the actual bike subframe -on the YB11 and BB1 its under the seat/tank unit. I had one of the bolts break last weekend and the footrest on the non exhaust side drop and twist on the second bolt as I went over a bump in the road nearly unseating my pillion (followed by substantial whinging and abuse Sad ). When I had a look it appears the correct bolts are marked 8.8 on them, but the two in the broken side had been replaced with unmarked ones at some point in the past and were obviously not of the correct grade.
May be worth a quick check when you have the tank/seat unit off Smile
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2bims



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 6:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thats pure Nasty Nige.


I mean, deliberately replacing one of the bolts with an inferior one, jsut so that your girlie won't ride pillion any more.

You certainly take no prisoners in your household Laughing
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oily



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 6:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice one Nige....maybe she'll get her own bike now.
Learnt many years ago that you only buy bikes with ONE seat Wink
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