Took my bike outta the garage today and as i was backing it out i noticed my front wheel is bent! I thought i was seeing things or at first? I kept lookin at it like damn is my wheel bent? I put it up on the stands and spun the front wheel and it started wobbling, sure enough it is bent! The left side has a slight bend in it, and it isn't round with the tire anymore. Damn rugged streets in NYC bent my shit up!!! I was up there for labor day cruising around. Funny thing is i remember hitting some extra hard bumps but i didn't think i bent my rim??? Thatz weird i didn't notice it until now. :dontknow: I was like fuuuck man!!! Itz gonna cost me alot of money to get it fixed! Money i don't have right now!! :headshake Dealer wants $500 brand new!! Krazy!!!:headshake I probably can get me a half descent used one off of ebay for $200? Then i'm gonna have to get it chromed! Thatz another $300? Plus i'm gonna have to wait!! Shit!!! I might have to pack my season in early? :badteeth:

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Look into getting the rim straightened if it's not too bad. There's a place in PA which escapes my mind right now that does wheel straightening and another in Glen Burnie, MD called the Ye Ol Wheel Shop. I also think the GMD Computrack place in Scranton might do wheel straightening but not sure.

http://www.mcwheel.com/ http://www.framestraightsystem.com/index.htm theres probly some local places to you also...

Please do not straighten a front wheel, these wheels are cast and once bent will never be the same. Forged wheels are different (marc. and magtan)

I guess my best bet is to just play it safe and get a new wheel? Someone else was telling me that i might not even need a wheel at all? They said it might not affect how the bike rides, and it just may be cosmetic? :dontknow: Even if it is cosmetic the fact that i know itz bent and can see it is gonna bother me! :headshake

Zig, how bad is the bent? I would NOT buy a new or used one. Could be an once upon a bent rim? Or a defected recall 04 rim, but new? Who knows. You can have it fixed without any problem, it still holds air compression. Right? So it must not be that bad. Man just talk to some rim shops. Some car rim shops can fix that!

That sucks. Thought I bent mine last night for sure, I saw the damn cat but he changed direction last second like a squirrel. He may have gotten lucky cause I only felt a bump through bars not rear tire. No blood found, never looked back, was probably doing about 50 or more so no chance I was goiing to brake, skid on him and wipe- just grabbed throttle.

Zig, how bad is the bent? I would NOT buy a new or used one. Could be an once upon a bent rim? Or a defected recall 04 rim, but new? Who knows. You can have it fixed without any problem, it still holds air compression. Right? So it must not be that bad. Man just talk to some rim shops. Some car rim shops can fix that! When i first seen it i thought it was bad. But then the more i looked at it? Itz not to bad after all. Will post a pic up and let u guys see it.

well, last night, i pulled a stupid move and could have possibly bent my rim. i was trying to get the front sprocket off and didnt have anyone to help me. i came up with the bright idea of sticking a rake handle through the wheel and letting it rest on top of the swingarm to keep the wheel from turning while i broke the sprocket nut loose. i got a ratchet and put a 4 foot piece of pipe over the end as a cheater and gave it all i had. all of a suddon, the rake snapped in half with a bang. i had no idea the wheel would have had that much torque transfered to it. i spun the wheel around and could not visually tell if i bent anything. im hoping it will be alright. i guess i will have to ride it and see if it wobbles or else take it to the tire shop and have them put it on the machine to see. what do you guys think? think i could have damaged the wheel with my slick move?

Madkaw is right about cast rims, be very careful about straightening them, ideally a casting should be heated alot to bend it, buy a new one.

Check it out here iz a pic or 2!

What do u guys think? It doesn't look that bad does it? :dontknow: I might be able to get away with it?

If it was my bike, I would junk it, but it isnt my bike, if it will straighten without ruining the chrome then go fo it, but if it ends up looking like ass then youre back to square one. The thing that would worry me is the integrity of the wheel, another thing is if you leave it like it is and you hit a pot hole you could be looking at a very quick deflation and a nice gravel louge.

Yeah I would get it sorted! I know it costs but IMO some things you just gotta do. :wink:

first question is didn't you know you hit/ran over something to do that damage?? :dontknow: and yes either repair or replace it. get away with what!! good gawd zig get a grip the rim is not straight, hence it needs repair or replacement. BD

I would bin it and get a new one. It will always be on your mind when riding so is it really worth keeping it for a couple of dollars :dontknow:

ive been told that croming wheeles on bikes makes them brittle. just woundering if this is proff?

Treyzx10r has rims for sell. http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d105/rcsracer/BarPits073.jpg http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d105/rcsracer/BarPits074.jpg

"Frameman" did mine $170.00.. no complaints..been over 1000 miles since repair..not for everyone I hear the controversy.. just an option.. Metro was who impressed me the most..they are on the web also for contacting...several outfits straighten out rims..supposedley they will not fix if they don't think it is safe..good luck!! I am happy with fix...

Would u trust your life on bent rims? Not I.:headshake

ive been told that croming wheeles on bikes makes them brittle. just woundering if this is proff? Never heard that but when you think about it.... running electricity through the rim while chroming, heating up and cooling maybe. Electrolysis plays hell on aluminum around the ocean. I'm sure it is a controlled electrolysis when chroming but still. Interesting- so many people chrome rims though, I think lawyers here would be all over it and there would be ads on tv. "Were you or a loved one injured or killed due to a chromed rim breaking? Call us at 1 800 We'll Sue." P.S.- not one comment on the cat hairs stuck in the bead of my tire huh(earlier post.) Got my attention when it happened. Not quite a dead deer in the road but...

ditch the rim zig.....sale it to a would be stunner.....and yes i did notice the cat hairs.....:crackup:

Take a look here: http://zx-10r.net/forum/showthread.php?t=25995&highlight=bent+rims Bent mine this summer. Got it fix. No problem since and easy to balance.....just like before:wink:

yeah its great to be able to straighten a rim out but you have to wonder why a manufacture (Kawasaki) would do a massive recall of every front wheel on the 04 model after finding only a few wheels with small cracks under x-ray...i know they're exposure for liability is greater but they wouldn't make that decision unless they were worried that there would be failures which would result in law suits....i'm sure somewhere on the paperwork that is signed before having the rim straightened is a waiver that the company cannot be held at fault for a failure of the rim integrety...for me there are enough distractions when riding to also be thinking about a rim failure at high speed....it always amazes me the weird shite that goes through your head at triple digit speeds...:mrgreen:

Take a look here: http://zx-10r.net/forum/showthread.php?t=25995&highlight=bent+rims Bent mine this summer. Got it fix. No problem since and easy to balance.....just like before:wink: Nice!! Damn if that place wasn't so far! I took my wheel to this custom bike shop in Philly called "Sport Cycle" i dunno if u guys ever heard of them? But their work has been featured in mags like Cycle Dreams and some other ones. But check this out tho! I called them on mon. they told me yea we have 1 chrome zx-10 front wheel in stock! I'm like yessss!!! I'm coming down to get it!! They wanted $375 plus how much it will cost to repair my wheel which they didn't know until i brought it in for them to look at it. I couldn't make it down there until thurs. So i call them and ask hey u didn't sell the wheel yet did u? Lady sayz no......then she's like what kind of bikle do u have again? I say '06 zx-10r. Now shez telling me she doesn't know if its the right wheel or not? Puts me on hold 2 ask some1? Comez back and tells me they can't tell what bikel the wheel belongs to b/c its chrome and the serial #'s are faded or some weird shit she said? I'm like damn u just told me on mon. come and get it this is a zx-10 wheel and now ur not sure??? wtf?? :headshake She sayz yea it may be a zx6363 wheel b/c they look the same. So i have her email me a pic b/c the way she sounded like she was clueless? That shit could've been a old zx10 wheel from 1988 or somethin? So yea the wheel lookz like mine, but they can't gaurantee that it will be the same? So i'm like fuck it! Took the chance an drove 1hr 30mins to get there doing 80 + in the rain tryin to get there before they close at 5pm. Get there check out the wheel it looked ok! But the chrome didn't look as good as mine. But y did they take the wheel out of this plastic bag and right on the inside of the wheel in big ass red magic marker letters it sayz '05 zx-636 wheel?? I'm like daaamn i drove all the way down here for this?? :rant: They could've told me that over the phone!! They're a custom bike shop they should know that a zx636 wheel will not work on a zx-10!! I was pissed man!! I wasted time and money to go down there for nothin!! Dude was like i could probably make it work? I said nah i'm kool! They started givin me all of these options. Yea we can send it out 2 get fixed.....No! We can get u a wheel off of ebay and then send it out 2 get chrome....No!! I said i'll get back 2 u. Probably my last time going there! :headshake

That's sucks. Driving so far for nothing, I would be pissed off too!!!!! Hope things turns better for you in the next days!!!!!!

http://www.metrowheels.net/motorcyclewheelrepair.htm They can quote and discuss before a commitment to pay...they were the most sophisticated from research.. they do finishing which not all specialize in I did not need finishing services but a chrome wheel might be different....give them a call...

Wow that sucks that your rim is bent. See thats what you get for coming to NY and not letting me know...lol...... Well fix your damn rim and come up here so I can show you the fun rodes here not the city bull where you can break shit in a matter of 30 seconds...... Anyway let me know if we can get a ride going before the end of the season... Peace...

Zig, the 10 is your baby man, get a new rim, get it chromed and forget all the headaches.

Wow that sucks that your rim is bent. See thats what you get for coming to NY and not letting me know...lol...... Well fix your damn rim and come up here so I can show you the fun rodes here not the city bull where you can break shit in a matter of 30 seconds...... Anyway let me know if we can get a ride going before the end of the season... Peace... lol!!! :lol: maaan those nyc streets tore my shit up! I hit a couple potholes and bumps. But I hit a bump so hard the one time i thought i cracked some shit in the front near the headlight area? I heard a noise like somethin snapped! I said aww shit!!! What did i do now? :badteeth: Man this zx-10 must be fragile tho? B/c everytime i rode my zx-9 in NYC i never bent or hurt anything! Zx9 must be more rugged i guess? :dontknow:

That's sucks. Driving so far for nothing, I would be pissed off too!!!!! Hope things turns better for you in the next days!!!!!! Yea u don't even know! I was!!! I wasted money on a tank of gas for a SUV and spent toll money for the tnpk!! But anyway i did some askin around and i found this guy out in the country that supposedly straigten's motorcycle wheels? So i take it to him Fri. afternoon. I don't feel 100% confident about it, i but i guess itz worth a shot? See my thing is i'm lookin at whatz the cheapest way and how soon can i be back on the road? I would luv to do a brand new wheel and to have it rechromed but i'm lookin at being down for 3 weeks. I figure if i'm gonna be down that long i might as well pack it in for the year? :dontknow: Living here in the northeast we only have like a month and a half left in the ridin season. I wanted to have my bike ready to ride this weekend! But this guy iz talkin about he won't be able to get to it until monday! I gotta pay $25 just for him to even look at it, before he can even give me a price on how much it will be to fix??? :headshake Basically to make a long story short? I'm burnt the fuck out!!! :angryfire Didn't know a bent rim could cause such a headache!!!:BangHead:

Got my shit fixed!!! Got banged for $250!!! But hey what can i say i'll be out riding on sunday so i guess i can't complain too much? I guess i pretty much paid for the convenience of havin it done in 24hrs? The wheel looks really good i can't even tell where it was bent. He had to show me where it was. It only left a couple marks on the chrome that u can't really notice unless ur up close on it. So i'm kool with that. He said it went back true as can be. I have a question do u guys think u should get the wheel balanced again? I still have my wheel weight on there, but he said that i might wanna get it balanced again? Whatz the effects of riding with an unbalanced front wheel? :dontknow:

common sense applies here, rebalance it. BD

Put the wheel back on and it rode fine without being balanced. So i doubt if it will get it balanced? :dontknow:

WOW!! :sad: BD

ok man! I took the wheel back off! "myself" with no help i might add! :thefinger and took it to get balanced just to be on the safe side! So i"m back rollin 100%! :helmet:

ok man! I took the wheel back off! "myself" with no help i might add! :thefinger and took it to get balanced just to be on the safe side! So i"m back rollin 100%! :helmet: good man, now isn't your mind at ease having done that?? :mrgreen: BD

Mutha fugg that sux much mo' arse! I thought the stock rims were tougher than that! You musta run over one heckuva bump! :eyecrazy: Sounds like you got here fixed up aight... :thumbsup: D

Mutha fugg that sux much mo' arse! I thought the stock rims were tougher than that! You musta run over one heckuva bump! :eyecrazy: Sounds like you got here fixed up aight... :thumbsup: D Hell yea man! I dunno if u ever been to.....New York City before? But the streets and roads are brutal up there! Very unforgiving! The streets up there will tear up some of the best suspensions and wheels of todayz top of the line vechicles. If u ever visit up there u will see first hand! But yea i got the bike back where it needs to be! Had it out today did some high speeds hit some corners it felt good! :beer:

the only thing i'm worried about is when you say "you found a guy out in the country" to fix your tire.......don't know why but i got a mental picture of him tying your rim to a tree with a rope and yanking it out with his pick-up truck....lol......j/k.....glad you're back up and rolling...:thumbsup:

the only thing i'm worried about is when you say "you found a guy out in the country" to fix your tire.......don't know why but i got a mental picture of him tying your rim to a tree with a rope and yanking it out with his pick-up truck....lol......j/k.....glad you're back up and rolling...:thumbsup: haha!!!! :crackup: that was classic! But yea this guy is official. His establishment is called "The Wheel Right" He's a one man show, its just that it was out in the boonies in one of his farm house's.

haha!!!! :crackup: that was classic! its just that it was out in the boonies in one of his farm house's. TMI :wink: BD

Can you guys believe I bent my wheel again?? :headshake Isn't that some Rhino/elephant shit!!! The same front wheel that I bent 2yrs ago! This time I hit a more severe pothole than before. The story goes like this. I was up in the NYC area again, 7/26/08 on my way over to this midnight bikini bike wash up in the Bronx. I get lost, so I pull over to call my peoples to get more acurate directions. This kool old head pulls up on a busa an say's hey man is everything alright? I seen you pulled over I thought maybe somethin happened? I said naah man I'm kool, just pulled over to get some directions to this bikini bike wash. I asked if he knew where it was? I told him the street names, he said yea I think I know where you're talkin about? Follow me! So kool I'm following him an on the way over there he took me on this street that was so fukd up with potholes! I'm tryin my best to dodge them like I'm riding over land mines. So for one sec....I took my eyes off the road just to look around at my surroundings, an at the last second I see this massive pothole with a plate, knife an fork salivating at mouth! I said OMG!!!! I wanted scream like a girl! And just braced for impact! Sh%T!!!!!! B#@ch!!!!! I said yup! I fukd somethin up again! :headshake I bet I bent my front wheel again! I asked the dude on the busa if he seen that massive pothole? He said yea but he avoided it. I said maan I think it got me? I think I bent my front wheel? We stopped at a light he looked down at my wheel. He said yea itz bent! Do I have bad luck or what?

WOW! Man do you have a dark birthmark on your butt ? Cause its just too damn bad worse ugly ass mofocking bad luck! You really gotta pay attention on your road, esp. since you bent 2 wheels now.. both front! both from potholes! Good luck finding a replacement...

Can you guys believe I bent my wheel again?? :headshake Isn't that some Rhino/elephant shit!!! The same front wheel that I bent 2yrs ago! This time I hit a more severe pothole than before. The story goes like this. I was up in the NYC area again, 7/26/08 on my way over to this midnight bikini bike wash up in the Bronx. I get lost, so I pull over to call my peoples to get more acurate directions. This kool old head pulls up on a busa an say's hey man is everything alright? I seen you pulled over I thought maybe somethin happened? I said naah man I'm kool, just pulled over to get some directions to this bikini bike wash. I asked if he knew where it was? I told him the street names, he said yea I think I know where you're talkin about? Follow me! So kool I'm following him an on the way over there he took me on this street that was so fukd up with potholes! I'm tryin my best to dodge them like I'm riding over land mines. So for one sec....I took my eyes off the road just to look around at my surroundings, an at the last second I see this massive pothole with a plate, knife an fork salivating at mouth! I said OMG!!!! I wanted scream like a girl! And just braced for impact! Sh%T!!!!!! B#@ch!!!!! I said yup! I fukd somethin up again! :headshake I bet I bent my front wheel again! I asked the dude on the busa if he seen that massive pothole? He said yea but he avoided it. I said maan I think it got me? I think I bent my front wheel? We stopped at a light he looked down at my wheel. He said yea itz bent! Do I have bad luck or what? Very sad story Zig :sad:..................but what about the bikinis??? :lol:

Very sad story Zig :sad:..................but what about the bikinis??? :lol: Awww man I was pissed! I didn't even feel like going after that! But once I got there an seen some sexy females I was kool! It took my mine off of it. It was nice! My eyes were glued to nice asses all nite long! :beer:

WOW! Man do you have a dark birthmark on your butt ? Cause its just too damn bad worse ugly ass mofocking bad luck! You really gotta pay attention on your road, esp. since you bent 2 wheels now.. both front! both from potholes! Good luck finding a replacement... lol!!! I dunno if you ever been to NEW YORK CITY? But man I'm sure you heard about the streets an roads up there? New York can be a mean bitch! She doesn't care how nice your car or bike is, she will fuk it up if you're not carfeful! I think up there bent wheels are a common thing in the m/c community? I was tellin people about bent wheel massive pothole incident at the bikini bike wash. And it was like........oh yea? what else is new? lol!! Thatz somethin they're used to up there. So yea I just chalked it up as it comes with the territory, it's all apart of the game. Thats the risk you take ridin in nyc.........:spit:

This is the place I took my wheel to. Most likely where I'll take it back to again. http://www.thewheelright.com/contact.htm

You have the worst damn luck with that wheel Zig, be careful with that wheel. Straightening it once may be alright, but twice may be pushing it.

Awww man I was pissed! I didn't even feel like going after that! But once I got there an seen some sexy females I was kool! It took my mine off of it. It was nice! My eyes were glued to nice asses all nite long! :beer: Ok, next question...................where are the pics :lol:

Ok, next question...................where are the pics :lol: No digi cam, only had my cell phone cam......plus it was 1am dark out. I knew my cellphone cam wasn't up for that challenge. So sorry fellerz no pix, just images downloaded into the mental hard drive for my pleasure only.......:beer: