Front Wheel LOCK-UP!!!!!!!!

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Front Wheel LOCK-UP!!!!!!!!

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I was out riding a 30 mile loop, like I do every Wednesday with some other fellows. Well I get about 15minutes into the ride & I'm traveling down the power lines, then all of a sudden, my front wheel starts to plow & BAMMMMMMMMMM. I'm sliding along the dirt & rocky path for about 20-25feet. Most of it on my head & right side of body..Ooooouuuuuuuu, Oooohhhhhhhh, Aaahhhhhhhh, this hurts!!!!!!Now I know I have a concussion, my left thumb got jammed & I have Dirt Rash on my right forearm(was wearing elbow pads)I was in full gear, THANK GOD. I collect myself, pick the bike up, straighten the bars & proceed to find my riding partner who was about to turn back for me when I found him. I kept thinking....WTF HAPPENED.
Well this is what I found as the cause later (I Believe):
Back in April I replaced the bent stock front rotor with an EBC Rotor & thus the Trail-Tech Magnetic Pick-up would not fit. So being impatient like I am, I went to radio shack, bought those tiny earth magnets & created my own magnetic sensor. This worked well until yesterday. Due to the leaves falling from the trees, the trail has become hard to find, so when I do not see it, I make one. By doing this a thin branch got wedged in between the front caliper & broke the magnetic pick up sensor. The sensor now stuck to the rotor & when I increased the wheel speed, it slid up into the area where the rotor passes through the caliper & WHEEL LOCK-UP!!!!!!!Ooooouuuuuuuu, Oooohhhhhhhh, Aaahhhhhhhh, this hurts!!!!!!
So I have now ordered the correct magnetic wheel sensor.....Think about it....
Ooooouuuuuuuu, Oooohhhhhhhh, Aaahhhhhhhh, this hurts!!!!!!
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Alright! I just learned how to ride! Are you TRYING to make me NERVOUS?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Green Hornet wrote: ....... I'm sliding along the dirt & rocky path for about 20-25feet. Most of it on my head & right side of body..Ooooouuuuuuuu, Oooohhhhhhhh, Aaahhhhhhhh, this hurts!!!!!!Now I know I have a concussion, my left thumb got jammed & I have Dirt Rash on my right forearm(was wearing elbow pads)I was in full gear, THANK GOD.....
The FULL GEAR should be what you get out of that... well besides poor Hornet getting plowed into the ground.... oh... and the don't skimp on parts... :mrgreen:
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Green Hornet wrote: ....... I'm sliding along the dirt & rocky path for about 20-25feet. Most of it on my head & right side of body..Ooooouuuuuuuu, Oooohhhhhhhh, Aaahhhhhhhh, this hurts!!!!!!Now I know I have a concussion, my left thumb got jammed & I have Dirt Rash on my right forearm(was wearing elbow pads)I was in full gear, THANK GOD.....
The FULL GEAR should be what you get out of that... well besides poor Hornet getting plowed into the ground.... oh... and the don't skimp on parts... :mrgreen:
HEY, it hurts when I laugh...The magnetic pick-up is $7.95, shipping $7.95, so I ordered 2
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Not as bad as my wreck, but a good story anyway. Where is this 30 mile loop?
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