Anyone besides hobot have multiple failure experiences on the SAME bike?
Dear Paul, the hobot had two axles break on two separate different Comabts not two axles in same Combat. When I asked Wes for the first time about his axle and he said oh sure it went 20 yr ago, it hit me that they really are made of fissionable material or design. Ms Peel is made to tear her stuff up but not mere factory Trixie I never treated harshly as can be so sweet I figure she may be my last C'do after I crash and part Ms Peel out.
I have no doubts the fracture develop over time, might start with a nick that happen to line up with a weak metal microscopic grain fault that works its bad chemical and mechanical weakening across till only a last straw breaks its back.
I believe many rod bolt failure work the same way, not really over loading them but small fault like a horse shoe nail...
If ya bored here's the time line that got Peel's, first off she was/is famous test hot rod in region that she was sold in so who knows that history, 2nd was '99 avator shot the folded tire twisted swing arm and shot us under power to ground from straight vertical, 5 yr later on accidental super power, learned to do 3 more faster way around than MX bikes in ruts or racers on banks, these other more furious phases all involve hi torque hits on smashed down patch to sideways wheelis or low side crash into hi side leaps to land on smashed down patch to really take a torque hook up hit, then pretty good amount of off road leaps and hits limbs, stumps, rocks anything she'd go over under power assist and some learning curve bad landings, then '04 loaded cargo for two and then some to Ohio, then on return showing off to sports rider saying he'd never seen one, when light changed I let Peel leap a wheelie across whole intersection then some mile later on cement heaved patched seams going 90 mph standing full upright, my always dragging a mile behind slow poke Wesley flashed past me at like 110 mph to wave me over, when stopped he just pointed behind me to see a 1/2 mile combat thick smoke screen d/t fender and swing arm almost rubbing completely though tire. Almost impossible to get going again w/o almost being bucked off until over 5 mph then settle down to low air tire like handling.
At the rally before I could leave we found that the drum bearing had come apart so DynoDave stolen a functional old one from a bike but it had not grease in it so tired thick oil before I left but likely that helped do in Peels.
None of these factors was present in Trixie which was fairly low mileage New Orleans city rider only until my time with her. Be pensive and I now highly reccomend similar to my rescue kit same as wise one wear a brake lever safety spring but hardly ever never need them but once in life time or two.
