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yamaha_freak
1st June 2003, 01:16 PM
hey
have any of you snapped a hub on your bikes before?
i was riding yesterday and did a small 30ftr and landed the best i had all day and my rear hub snapped like a twig!
happened to any of you?
my rear hub snapped
can you belive it
sturto
2nd June 2003, 03:45 PM
what bike whas it how old and what was its history??? it hapens but not usualy on 30 ft jumps. are you imensly heavy?? because that my come in to consideration.
yamaha_freak
2nd June 2003, 04:57 PM
im not heavy, thats ofending!
nah its a 99 model 125 but i had allready had 2 new hubs on it a year and a half ago, its been my race bike for 6 months and before that it was a trail bike
globe_2001
2nd June 2003, 06:02 PM
how much does a new hub cost
yamaha_freak
2nd June 2003, 06:23 PM
alot bout 300
shirefmx
2nd June 2003, 06:38 PM
it's probably taken a big hit in the past and had a hairline fractur that you haven't noticed and landing off the 30 footer was enough to push it over the edge
yamaha_freak
2nd June 2003, 06:40 PM
well im going to be spending alot of money
when it snapped it bent the sprokets, puntured the tyre and ***ed my wheel bearings
sturto
3rd June 2003, 09:28 PM
it wont cost much 300 for thge hum $2 a spoke 15 for wheel bearings 40 bucks for a sprocket then 50 for laybor to asemble the wheel 400 - 450 bucks isnt much i owuldent kick up to much of a stink.
yamaha_freak
4th June 2003, 04:47 PM
well im $1500 in debt to mky parents and i dont have a job so im in the shit