Fishy thing about this accident.

[qebalt]

last weekend, my friend involve in an accident. the fishy thing is, how the front fork of his bike broke. his bike is CBR 1000RR. according to his story, he hit a small hole and then, about a few kilometres, suddenly his right handle broke, couldn't control his bike and the bike hit the road barrier. I've post about it in my blog with some pictures I'd taken, http://bikingandtravelling.blogspot.com/2007/06/accident-in-ulu-yam-sunday-3rd-june.html .

 

what do you guys think about it? is it Honda's fault or else? just hit a small hole and then from handle broke. how fragile it was..... the picture of the right handle is the 6th picture.

[DemonicSaint]

if its manufacturers fault its damned scary man the whole front of the bike came out.....

hope the rider's able to get some answers fr honda but its hard coz if u look at the cases of the suzuki k4 or k5 1000 the prob of the main body they got no answers fr suzuki at all....

anyway gd luck to ur fren....

[silverstein]

last weekend, my friend involve in an accident. the fishy thing is, how the front fork of his bike broke. his bike is CBR 1000RR. according to his story, he hit a small hole and then, about a few kilometres, suddenly his right handle broke, couldn't control his bike and the bike hit the road barrier. I've post about it in my blog with some pictures I'd taken, http://bikingandtravelling.blogspot.com/2007/06/accident-in-ulu-yam-sunday-3rd-june.html .

 

what do you guys think about it? is it Honda's fault or else? just hit a small hole and then from handle broke. how fragile it was..... the picture of the right handle is the 6th picture.

 

wahh.. hit small hole and fall handle can break? where did this take place? looking at the bike can know the impact very strong.. was he riding fast?

[guanjie]

if small hole and he was riding fast he shouldnt have felt it..

most prob is honda's manu defect

 

did he get his cbr repaired foc?

[archenemy]

wah...be thankful that your friend is fine man...

 

that looks bad...

[Demon]

last weekend, my friend involve in an accident. the fishy thing is, how the front fork of his bike broke. his bike is CBR 1000RR. according to his story, he hit a small hole and then, about a few kilometres, suddenly his right handle broke, couldn't control his bike and the bike hit the road barrier. I've post about it in my blog with some pictures I'd taken, http://bikingandtravelling.blogspot.com/2007/06/accident-in-ulu-yam-sunday-3rd-june.html .

 

what do you guys think about it? is it Honda's fault or else? just hit a small hole and then from handle broke. how fragile it was..... the picture of the right handle is the 6th picture.

 

No clear picture of the steering head and that part of the frame. The lower triple tree clamp came off with the fork, and there was no sign of breakage or damage to the upper triple tree clamp. Just a guess, I would suspect the upper tree clamp was not tightened as it seem that the fork slided out before impact.

[stsoh]

wow, luckily the rider is safe.

casting can coz porosity in frame which weaken it's structure.

unless every frame undergo x-ray inspection otherwise can't tell frame structure density after molding.

 

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[cbkooky]

If it really is a genuine case where the bike broke to the extend after hitting a small hole then he should get in touch with Honda.Did you manage to get the pic of the hole? By the way is this bike bought first hand? Cos it if its a second hand bike, the previous owner could have had some accident, weld the parts and sold it off...Just my thoughts. Glad your fren are ok.

[Guest faziwuzy138]

how can it break just like that?? Shouldnt the manufacturer have done some testing oredi before sale??

[aRcHeR]

seems like over tightening on the fork tubes to me.. the fork tubes are very thin, just over-torqueing it might not seem to be a problem with the naked eye, but you will know when shits happen. just like in this case..

[perwira]

brutal mayn dat fall..hope ur fren there is alright..cant possibly be due to a small hole for such a performance bike..

[Xtr33m3]

Remind me of the movie TRANSFORMER...

[yenyenpark]

If it really is a genuine case where the bike broke to the extend after hitting a small hole then he should get in touch with Honda.Did you manage to get the pic of the hole? By the way is this bike bought first hand? Cos it if its a second hand bike, the previous owner could have had some accident, weld the parts and sold it off...Just my thoughts. Glad your fren are ok.

 

same thinking..and wonder if the bike still can fix back??

[AspMonK]

faint~..... what the ....

 

how could Honda machine give way like this? quite impossible..

[prego08220]

WTF.. Didnt know that CBR1000RR is soooo Fragile..

[Ettaque]

damn..

glad ur fren ok too..

btw Archer, can u elaborate more abt the overtightening of fork tube?

[Shinobi]

scary hole... where is the place? better be careful of the hole and hope yr fren is alright...

[KeraKing]

hey people only the handle bar that broke by itself.

the other part broke because handle break, then canot control then crash.

 

the right handle of the front end suddenly broke before entering a corner. Then, he tried to control the bike, but didn't make it since there's a car on opposite direction was in his lane (the car trying to overtake a car). Then, he let go the bike, and the bike hit the road's barrier at the opposite side of the road.

[Cyanide14]

Looks like NSH to me.

How is your fren now?

Did Honda/Boon Siew take a closer look at this case?