How could VTNZ miss this?

[GTRMAN]

The back story....

A couple of years back I was on a bike tour of the south island and the rear shock crapped out (or so I thought) as it was the third shock to do this I decided to buy another bike and get the current one shipped back home. Due to using family to do this it took longer than thought to get it back, two years longer to be more accurate.

In that time I let the rego lapsed so had to have the bike re VIN'd. That went OK, they failed the brake discs for being half a mm to thin, bit gutted but I thought 'fair call' The problem is that the bike, with a new shock, was still riding a bit low so I thought I'd put rising dog bones in to fix that up. Funny thing was that I couldn't get the top bolt out, when I investigated I found THIS....


Now my question is, how can TWO bike shops and VTNZ miss this? And how can this be deemed safe enough for the road?

Left me gutted as I have given this bike to a mate to use for the long term and felt like an asshole for giving someone an unsafe bike.

[JimO]

what i cant understand is why you let the rego lapse when its so easy to put it on hold

[GTRMAN]

what i cant understand is why you let the rego lapse when its so easy to put it on hold

long story, was put on hold......

[Akzle]

that?
that will buff out.
but you'd best get on to those dangerously low pads...
x - vtnz

[p.dath]

That is pretty severe damage. Did you buy the bike second hand? I wonder if the bike was damaged when you bought it ...

[GTRMAN]

That is pretty severe damage. Did you buy the bike second hand? I wonder if the bike was damaged when you bought it ...

Yeah I did.....

[Katman]

Hyosung by any chance?

I've seen it a couple of times before on the earlier models.

[GTRMAN]

Hyosung by any chance?

I've seen it a couple of times before on the earlier models.

'97 Bandit 600

[Katman]

'97 Bandit 600

I did not see that coming.

[GTRMAN]

So if the bike was riding VERY low at the back do you think VTNZ should have picked up on the problem with the swingarm? or is it not something that is checked?

[mossy1200]

Looks like a home handyman lowering kit.
Or maybe previous owner liked racing.

[Katman]

So if the bike was riding VERY low at the back do you think VTNZ should have picked up on the problem with the swingarm? or is it not something that is checked?

It most definately should have been picked up on.

Trouble is, they'll just say it wasn't like that at the time they looked at it.

[GTRMAN]

Looks like a home handyman lowering kit.
Or maybe previous owner liked racing.

I thought that, though the metal looks like it has torn....

[Drew]

Thing about a re-vin, the extra checking they do is only to make sure that the parts on the bike do not need to be certified to be there. I have recently learned that you can vin a bike with bald tyres, so long as they are marked with the appropriate safety standard marks. They will then be failed come warrant check, a different inspection.

But looking at that swingarm, I think I know why you were moving onto your third shock. Did you change them yourself? Because if you or whoever replaced them in the past didn't notice the issue, why would anyone who didn't have their face squished into the six inch gap between linkages and ground notice it?

[FJRider]

Now my question is, how can TWO bike shops and VTNZ miss this? And how can this be deemed safe enough for the road?

Have you asked the two bike shops and the VTNZ that same question ... ???