has my front tyre been put on the wrong way?

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re: has my front tyre been put on the wrong way?

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BENT front Axle me thinks, Happens to the fzr6 every 12months or so. Costs $19 a unit. Cheap shitty unit,
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Re: re: has my front tyre been put on the wrong way?

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scotty37 wrote:If so its a slightly warped disk or even a bearing, although it could a budgie is stuck in your fairing but unlikely :shock:

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i wouldnt be surprised, yesterday i kept hearing a duck quack everytime i went through a right hander.
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Re: re: has my front tyre been put on the wrong way?

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scotty37 wrote:Does the noise dissapear or change pitch when the brakes are applied?
nope.
scotty37 wrote: If so its a slightly warped disk or even a bearing, although it could a budgie is stuck in your fairing but unlikely :shock:
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that's exactly what it sounds like, first time i heard it was when we were pulling in under some trees at apollo bay, i wondered why the birds suddenly stopped chirping when i stopped :?

geez pontikat you scared me with the bent front axle remark, i thought ok fuck how much is this gonna cost!! hehe $19 is ok though. but how does it happen? related to having a new tyre installed recently? ie carelessness or just wear n tear?

taking it back to brighton kwaka on friday to get the tyre turned around and see what they think the noise is.
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The front axle on the Fzr6 is solid "something" ?, bloody thing is bent by new tyre time it also flogs out the bearings so they replaced as well.
Puts $30 on the price of a front tyre each time. Think it just gets bent hitting driveways etc, normal wear n tear stuff. I just commute on it till recently. When it bends the wheel wobbles on the axle n that would be enough to get a squeak happenen'.
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