Ladies and gentleman check your nuts

[Bender]

Ever had your caliper fall off doing 70?

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/ive-been-very-lucky-boy-16325213

[Guest Richzx6r]

Bloody hell.....you well I....don't even give it another thought that things might come loose I just ride and ride and erm ride

[Snod Blatter]

The bike had only been MOT'd last week so it should have been absolutely fine. But there were no bolts in the calipers after the crash.

Haha, if the MOT tester he uses goes round checking every bolt then he needs to go somewhere else!

Also this wouldn't happen with drum brakes

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

I remember the only car I bought brand new, a Ford Escort. The gear lever came off in my hand before I’d even left the dealership. When they fixed that the first time it was serviced the brake caliper fell off because it had been fitted with no bolts. It had stayed in place only because the wheel was holding it on.

Horrendous piece of junk. I was glad to get rid and have avoided Fords ever since.

[Bender]

Presumably it was a proper mot where you actually have to turn up.

[Smithers]

An MOT is no guarantee of having a safe machine once the car / bike has left the garage. Trying to prove negligence will be pretty difficult. Glad the rider survived, it could have been a lot worse.

[dynax]

Just shows how important a pre ride inspection is, if i'm going out on mine, i will move it to the front and do a pre ride inspection, lights, indicators, horn, tyres,coolant level,chain, wheels, discs and calipers, then chain it up, till i'm ready to go

[BIKERDAD]

I remember the only car I bought brand new, a Ford Escort. The gear lever came off in my hand before I’d even left the dealership. When they fixed that the first time it was serviced the brake caliper fell off because it had been fitted with no bolts. It had stayed in place only because the wheel was holding it on.

Horrendous piece of junk. I was glad to get rid and have avoided Fords ever since.

 

That's why Ford are a pile of shite and dont understand why they not gone bust . My brother had a Ford galaxy. Which was brand new supored just come off the production line .. two weeks it broke down then over the next 6months the car was in the garage/dealership trying to to get the car to work over 60 miles or so .every time it passed 60 miles or just not reaching 100 miles it brake down towed back to the dealership in the end they scrapped it .. as Ford done so many diagnostic test and fault findings they said it was the wiring ALL THE WIRING was crap so rather than rewire the whole car they scrapped it..

He had a sharan to use while it was being looked at cant say fixed he kept the sharan which is the same car just with VW badge and there own parts..

As the galaxy sharan. seat Alabama. Are all the same car just with different makes own parts.. fords all way use cheap steel why they always rust and cheap Chinese wiring..

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You know the best bit ... ......my brother WAS a car sales man for ... yep you got it Ford dealership.

Stay away from fords ..works for citroen an all the other frog makes .

[fastbob]

Surely he should sue the arse off the c**t who sold him a bike that was criminally dangerous . If the seller hasn't hastily got rid of them, I bet those bolts are lying around their garage somewhere .

[Kelbam]

Reading this i realise how lucky i was when my front brake lever fell off on the motorway, never shat myself so much in my life going for a break for it to just not be there when i was doing close to 70 myself. (Approching roundabout/lights)I eventually wobbled to a stop, jumped off my bike RAN BACK UP THE MOTORWAY and got my break lever (dont ask)

had to then jump back on the bike to wobble my way to work. Thought i was gunna vom in my helmet always check my nuts now lol

[Pbassred]

GSX 750 as a first bike. No one else thinks that's unwise?

[Joeman]

GSX 750 as a first bike. No one else thinks that's unwise?

 

Not really. They only go as fast as you tell them to go so it makes no difference what you ride if you're sensible.

If you're not sensible then it still makes no difference because you can just as easily hurt yourself on a smaller bike.

[TimR]

last week .

[Fozzie]

He's 29 and a father of five, I don't think safety has ever crossed his mind

[xMachina]

I can't help but wonder if they were the correct bolts or shiny Wish tat.