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Title: Bent Front Wheel
Post by: Togger on March 28, 2025, 11:31:48 AM
I was hit by a car recently, and now the front wheel is out of alignment. I can't tell where the damage is. Anyone know how much this would cost to diagnose/fix? The bike is worth about $3000 when in good condition.
Title: Re: Bent Front Wheel
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on March 28, 2025, 03:42:38 PM
I was hit by a car recently, and now the front wheel is out of alignment. I can't tell where the damage is. Anyone know how much this would cost to diagnose/fix? The bike is worth about $3000 when in good condition.
It's a Honda?
Which model?

Stig
Title: Re: Bent Front Wheel
Post by: Togger on March 28, 2025, 04:47:39 PM
Honda Supercub 5500 miles
Title: Re: Bent Front Wheel
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on March 28, 2025, 05:13:24 PM
Honda Supercub 5500 miles
Oh man, that's a great looking bike!
Sorry to hear you got dinged.

Can we get a photo - to see extent of damage.
We've got 2 nearby Honda Power Sellers - I could ask them.

Stig

Title: Re: Bent Front Wheel
Post by: Ruffus on March 28, 2025, 05:47:11 PM
Out of alignment could be: since this big wheels have more leverage...

-bent axle means wheel bearings to be checked
(only rim demage is very unlikely)
-brake disc bent?
-bent steering colomn (seats and bearings)
-bent front shocks (has to be measured electronically on a bench)

If you are not a scooter fuzz give it to a certified shop to asess, fronthits are expensive to repair.
Title: Re: Bent Front Wheel
Post by: randyo on March 28, 2025, 05:49:33 PM
I've had https://www.mcwheel.com/front.html (https://www.mcwheel.com/front.html) straighten and weld wheels with good success
Title: Re: Bent Front Wheel
Post by: Neil955i on March 28, 2025, 05:50:26 PM
It's a Honda?
Which model?

Stig

How on earth did you deduce from the OP that this was a Honda Stig?  Are you psychic or was it some sort of Holmesian deductive reasoning?
Title: Re: Bent Front Wheel
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on March 30, 2025, 08:37:23 PM
How on earth did you deduce from the OP that this was a Honda Stig?  Are you psychic or was it some sort of Holmesian deductive reasoning?
beginning with the principle that once you have eliminated the impossible, “whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth”
:-)
Stig
Title: Re: Bent Front Wheel
Post by: Neil955i on March 31, 2025, 02:33:21 PM
beginning with the principle that once you have eliminated the impossible, “whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth”
:-)
Stig

As opposed to Occam's Razor?  Which would posit that, as the most common marque, Honda would be the likeliest culprit?