04-19-2020, 06:35 AM
Slight update....having mulled this over today whilst doing other stuff I have just looked again at the original video that sparked all the controversy off. The owner had another YouTube video highlighting a fault where the bike cut out. Clearly he was very unhappy about that. His bike appeared a little modified although no other walk around shots were provided to us. Before I continue I will add I have a background in mechanical engineering and some experience with forensic work, and have been to many vehicle accidents over the years. On the vlog in question where he highlights a severely broken rear wheel and waggles it ....
1. If we are to believe this happened at any speed why are there no other witness marks? In other words the rim and spokes are uniformly very dirty yet there are no marks whatsoever in the dust/dirt from the alleged catastrophic failure.
2. The polished alloy hub is similarly completely unmarked
3. The rim does not appear bent, buckled, scratched at all
4. The brake disc shows no sign of any marks or damage
5. The broken spokes would have flailed about and ripped all he** out of anything they came into contact with.
6. The rear tyre appears to turn freely by hand and shows no marks or flat spots indicating it locked up or jammed
7. The CB is a heavy bike and with that many spokes broken I doubt the weight of the bike would be carried full stop. It would collapse onto the floor with significant damage to the whole undercarriage, including exhausts, sump, etc
8. Forensic and visual examination of the broken spokes would likely indicate the mode of failure.
That will do for now. Not wanting to re-gurgitate all this but seeing as we all care about the reputation of our lovely bikes. I'm not accepting this, sorry. I have my own thoughts on how this has happened.
1. If we are to believe this happened at any speed why are there no other witness marks? In other words the rim and spokes are uniformly very dirty yet there are no marks whatsoever in the dust/dirt from the alleged catastrophic failure.
2. The polished alloy hub is similarly completely unmarked
3. The rim does not appear bent, buckled, scratched at all
4. The brake disc shows no sign of any marks or damage
5. The broken spokes would have flailed about and ripped all he** out of anything they came into contact with.
6. The rear tyre appears to turn freely by hand and shows no marks or flat spots indicating it locked up or jammed
7. The CB is a heavy bike and with that many spokes broken I doubt the weight of the bike would be carried full stop. It would collapse onto the floor with significant damage to the whole undercarriage, including exhausts, sump, etc
8. Forensic and visual examination of the broken spokes would likely indicate the mode of failure.
That will do for now. Not wanting to re-gurgitate all this but seeing as we all care about the reputation of our lovely bikes. I'm not accepting this, sorry. I have my own thoughts on how this has happened.