****URGENT MESSAGE****

[Rolfy Dave]

Bloody hell Rhino...

Sorry to hear of your problem...But glad to hear you are both OK...

Also glad to hear it hasnt put Emma off biking...

Take care both, and see you soon,

Cheers mate,

Rolfy & Jan
:beer:

 

[Allan1]

Hey Rhino

Thank fook youre both okay, would have been a bugger trying to fill two spots for Assen this late in the date.

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Nahh, just kidding mate, you know the old bill sense of humour, just hope you can get the bike sorted for Assen.

Just a thought mate, does this geezers insurance cover him for uninsured losses, I mean, those pants of your must need changing now %$fan.

Emma, well done luv, thats the spirt dont let Rhino try to scare you off riding, the things some blokes will do to get a solo ride eh?.

Glad youre both okay and look forward to ridng with you to Assen, but do me a favour, stay behind me please, :k

Buzz.

 

[RHINO]

It WILL be done in time

Buzz, the bike WILL be done for Assen what ever the cost..........

Why stay behind you :dunno: did you think the bike had black leather panniers fitted..

 

[roXXo]

Rhino

Frightening! to say the least. I was fuming just reading about it. You must have been ballistic.
Pleased u & Emma are OK. :beer:

 

[Inspector]

Jeez Rhino

Really glad you and Emma are ok that must have been very scary.
Will check mine when I get home as I was the last to have work done with them , there was I making very good progress on empty roads from Calais to Lille then Brussels last night, what if..what if..
Hope you get it all sorted for Assen

 

[RHINO]

**** UPDATE ****

Been to local HONDA dealers this morning armed with digital images of damage sustained. Having spent several hours in the garage checking the vital parts etc and the extent is as follows.
1) Brake caliper bolt 2.70
2) Brake pad set 24.88
3) Front fender 98.35
4) Front wheel 311.65
5) Front caliper N/S 504.90
6) Front brake disc N/S 185.94
7) Recovery from home to dealer 20.00
8) Labour 114.00
Total cost from HONDA 1483.34

Paul (tyre fitter) called me as promised this morning and was still very shocked
at what had occured but he seems very genuine.
Paul has been told the extent of the damage and the cost to replace the parts, soon after the conversation i received a second call from him where upon he told me he had ordered the parts from HONDA himself and i would have them by middle of next week.
I cannot ask for anymore than this, the guy is pulling his weight and correcting the problem.
I shall sit with baited breath until next week and see what comes...........
Top marks for his efforts in putting right this unfortunate series of events so far. :yo:

 

[FreeBird]

Shit, not good!

I had the same thing happen a year ago, new front tyre fitted, rode back to Ireland in the middle of the night, one mile from my folks house (arse end of nowhere 8ree! ) and noticed something was wrong stopped and found the two bolts had dropped out of the RH calliper :bang: , it was only held on by the hose luckily I managed to ride the rest of the way with out using the brakes however it did make a mess of my wheel rim. I think your experience would have shit me up good and proper. :bow:
Glad your both OK
Regards
Davey

 

[El Diablo]

Worse....

Lot less expensive than re-building

a Rhino and an Emma


a freebie next set of tyres would also be nice.


Gats'


jeez I nearly had to buy you flowers, sweetie man8um

 

[FreeBird]

Yep

Here, here Clive its very true that assumption is the mother of all f#ck ups %$fan

 

[RHINO]

Watch out

for the photo's tomorrow evening of the BB minus brakes.......

The situation was that the caliper came free from the bottom of the n/s fork leg and swung back into the wheel rim this in-turn caused the actuating rod for the rear linked brake to be activated and then it automatically slammed on front and rear.. I was doing no more than a walking pace and managed to keep us both up. I pulled the bike back which moved the caliper off the rim and then got the bike off the A17.
The brake lever felt like it had come back against the bars as the pistons in the caliper N/S had no resistance...the edge of the pads were completely off the disc and a big chunk of lining was ripped off.
As Clive says, better to check it yourself in hindsight however who am i to check the work of a professional, i mean, the missing bolt did'nt even need to be removed to get the wheel out....only the offside caliper needs to come off and then there is clearance. Oh well it's a learning curve innit. :bang:

 

[Murt]

Flamin ada!!!

Im shocked to hear what happened.
It made me go cold to think of the speeds normally involved, lucky you were going so slow. ( and thats damned unusual )
Hope Emma is ok.
And, I suppose Im glad you are ok as well............... I would have had to think of summat nice to say about you.

Seriously.. DONT use all that good luck up.
A tight screw is a good screw.

Murt.

 

[linzi]

OMG ... thank goodness you were only going slowly ... as Murt said, it makes you go cold to think of it. Pleased you and Emma are okay

 

[RHINOS_BIG_BROTH]

FOOKIN GOOD

JOB U R OK and my future sister in law just this min got home and wanted to see fotos from the bash and came across this glad to see u r ok the hairs on my arms were up like a shot when i saw the firsfew letters now ok calmed down had the phone in the hand marking and reading now that you r ok im goingto be sarcastic THINK OF ALL NUTS NOT JUST THE ONES BETWEEN YOUR LEGS OK big broth............................................................................... c7u8

 

[RHINO]

These pics

show just how simple a 2 quid bolt out of place can make such a life threatening difference....... Poor old XX on the back of an AA truck....

 

[El Diablo]

De-Linking

Now thats what yer call........de-linking :bang:

 

[RHINO]

BIG THANKS

To Paul the tyre fitter who kept his word and promised to replace any damaged parts....
Today i had delivered from HONDA 1x front fender and 2x sets of brake pads direct to my door :bow:

Just awaiting a replacement front rim and caliper (on order)

I know it was Paul( or the monkey working with him)who caused the damage but there was no question or messing about and that in these modern times takes some doing..........well done.. :beer:

 

[Supabird1100]

Good to hear that, Rhino !!!!

It's no secret that Paul Robbo is a mate of mine and I've always found him to be a top-class bloke. Employing that cowboy (the other Paul) could destroy the credibility he's worked hard to build up and it's nice to know that he's done the right thing by you.

Keep us up to date on the other bit's, Mate. :beer:

 

[frenchuk]

yep rhino, fuckups do happen, people getting out of their way to sort it is a much rarer thing those days... glad your vehicle of choice is going to be back on the road soon... thing is, where did it fit the tyres on it in the first place???

 

[RHINO]

SUPA

I have no problem at all with him...........mistakes happen..........if he was a knob when i spoke to him i may have reacted differently but he's genuinely remorsefull at the events that took place and i won't hessitate to use him again if the need arrises.

He has a good set up and i truly hope that there are no negative vibes toward his competence in the future.
PS, hope the Mrs is feeling better after her enduro riding...

 

[frenchuk]

Paul is offering another service he spoke to me about:
you get your bike to him, leave her to him for one day, he gets both your wheels polished, painted the colour you want (and possibly including flip/flop colours but has to be confirmed), new bearings, the lot for ?200 - not too shabby eh? Might do that when mister taxman stop stalking me...