A friend of mine was in a freak accident recently.  He was riding through a gentle left corner when an oncoming car's left front wheel came off.  The wheel rolled right at him and hit his front wheel behind the fork.  He had no time to react.  His bike went down instantly and he was launched in the air at 50mph.  He ended up with a broken wrist, bumps and bruises, but otherwise ok.  He was wearing full gear, but was also very lucky.  His bike was totalled.  Now he's facing the mental battle of can he ever get on a bike again.  The car's wheel and lug bolts were pretty worn, so it's likely there was some warning that something was amis that the car's driver ignored.  After I heard this, I went home and checked the lug nuts on my cars just to be sure.

WTF!

thats a bummer. glad he came out more or less ok

Scary stuff, nothing he could have done.

Thanks for the heads up, send your friend some get-better wishes from me.

DAMN!  Hope your friend heals well and quick. 

Glad it wasn't more serious and that he's OK.

I'm sure everyone realizes that there is a whole bunch of cagers out there that don't even realize what a lug nut is, some people strictly use their vehicle to get from point A to B and until a wheel falls off they have no idea something was wrong.

Keep on your toes, watch out for EVERYONE! (some 2 wheelers are clueless too)

Hope he can get his head around it and enjoy 2 wheels again soon!!

wow. thats some serious shit on the drivers behalf. Hope all is well with your friend man.

holy damn!

For those of you who haven't done it, it's very easy to lose all of your lugnuts if they aren't tightened. IE, go to shop, shop forgets to do it, don't get very far, lose tire.


I wouldn't necessarily hang the cager out on this.

Quote from: someguy on August 19, 2008, 08:06:03 PM
For those of you who haven't done it, it's very easy to lose all of your lugnuts if they aren't tightened. IE, go to shop, shop forgets to do it, don't get very far, lose tire.


I wouldn't necessarily hang the cager out on this.

Hmm. i guess your right, if you depend on a dealer, then get the dealer for it.


Last time this kinda of happened to me, Except the whole front axle of a BMW X5 came of and both wheels were rolling on the highway. Hit the wheel at 90mph. (this was in a car)

Heck, took me all of three blocks to lose the ones on my '61 Chrysler. Friggin' idiot mechanic (me).

Learned after that!

Quote from: someguy on August 19, 2008, 08:06:03 PM
I wouldn't necessarily hang the cager out on this.

Not saying it's their fault, some people have no idea, not everyone who drives a car is infinately knowledgeable on the mechanical workings.

I'm just saying you have to keep your eyes open for everything

Wow...what are the odds ? I'm glad to hear that there was nothing more serious than a broken wrist. Bummer about the bike. Hope the cager's Insurance buys a new one .

It's bad enough looking out for all the things that run across the road like Deer , now rolling wheels !  Next it will be things falling out of the sky . Walnuts are getting pretty ripe around here and alot of Walnut trees over hanging the roads. What next ?  Dolph

 Man! I'm not what I'd call a fatalist, but that sorta sounds like "when your number's up, it's up".

LA

Quote from: someguy on August 19, 2008, 08:06:03 PM
For those of you who haven't done it, it's very easy to lose all of your lugnuts if they aren't tightened. IE, go to shop, shop forgets to do it, don't get very far, lose tire.


I wouldn't necessarily hang the cager out on this.

unless he was on his way from the shop I would.

Quote from: He Man on August 19, 2008, 08:57:54 PM

Last time this kinda of happened to me, Except the whole front axle of a BMW X5 came of and both wheels were rolling on the highway. Hit the wheel at 90mph. (this was in a car)

It's possible that one or two wheels came off. Extremely unlikely that two wheels came off. There is absolutely no way the whole front axle of a X5 came off and sent two wheels down the road unless it was a Hollywood rigged stunt. I have seen techs leave wheel lugs loose though. Totally unforgiveable and grounds for termination.