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Old 08-20-2015, 07:32 PM   #1
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WTF So.. uhm.. The rest of the broken metal...

So.... I thought I had it fixed but the rear brake just didn't work right for a few
days now...
See the 'carnage' post.
So I pulled the rear wheel and found this:





I've never had this happen to me before either
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Old 08-21-2015, 12:01 AM   #2
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You wanted new shoes anyway.................right?? Glad you caught that before it caught you.
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Old 08-21-2015, 05:11 AM   #3
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The word JINXED suddenly springs to mind. Can you find anyone to buy you a gremlin bell?
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You wanted new shoes anyway.................right?? Glad you caught that before it caught you.
Those were the new shoes
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Those were the new shoes
Oh my, that does suck big time.



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Old 08-27-2015, 07:26 PM   #6
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Contacted Amazon and their seller. Amazon passed the buck instantly. Their seller D2moto
hasn't responded to my email and pictures of all the damage to my bike yet.
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Contacted Amazon and their seller. Amazon passed the buck instantly. Their seller D2moto
hasn't responded to my email and pictures of all the damage to my bike yet.
Don't hold your breath while waiting for a response. Would be very nice if the shoes were replaced for free due to a casting flaw. Crossing my fingers for good luck.
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Old 09-01-2015, 08:39 PM   #8
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So D2moto finally responds 5 minutes ago. They say if I ship the shoes back on my dime
they will send me a replacement set.
So I'm thinking....
1) It will cost half to three quarters what I paid to ship them back for my free set.
2) What quality will the replacement set be?

Honestly. I just wanted to let them and Amazon know they may have a SERIOUS liability
issue here that could cause injury to riders and HAS caused serious damage to my bike.

They are ignoring the fact even with a ton of HD pictures documenting it.

Bottom line. Never buy anything from Amazon the failure of which could kill you.

To Amazon, in case they read this, don't sell critical parts if you have no intention of
policing the quality.

PS: If someone else down the road sues you for this kind of failure don't say I didn't warn you.
You are lucky I have no intention of pursuing this further.

/me slides his soap box back under his computer desk and looks for something fun to do to
get his mind off this ish.
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Old 09-01-2015, 08:45 PM   #9
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The word JINXED suddenly springs to mind. Can you find anyone to buy you a gremlin bell?
I'm re reading this thread and holy #%^* @$%&......
When I bought this bike it was a stormy day. I worked on it to get it running.
I rode it for a good few weeks.....
And then I discovered a bell hung so high under the frame that I never noticed
it before. It was tarnished and about 1 1/4 inch by 1 1/2 inch in size.

I removed it.
Previous owner had obviously attached it.

Did I release the gremlins?!?!?!
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Old 09-01-2015, 08:54 PM   #10
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WTF



This is the very bell. Attached behind the motor and kinda outta site.
Says 'Bikers Bell' on the rim.
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