Hardcore Biker
Oblique question I know...but : How come dirt Bikes come with a split pin or similar to lock the back axle nut from coming off and road bikes don't ?
Road Bikes never have but Dirt bikes always have...and why not the front wheel too ?
And, I've never heard of an axle nut coming off period , enlighten me if you will .
parting of the sensory
Not true.
Road bikes have had split pins in the rear axle nut. My first one certainly did.
I guess it's commoner in dirt bikes because they're subject to more bumps'n'jumps'n'stresses'n'strains.
Road bikes more commonly have locking nuts.
Excepting for my VFR. That has a large locking nut on the axle, and four (4!) chromed acorn nuts (stolen from a squirrel) holding the wheel on. More shecksie ones have a single nut and locking on holding the wheel on.
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
Hardcore Biker
not sure about other bikes but Buells have locking bolts that are under the axle to secure for the rear and has two locking bolts on each of the front forks to secure the axle
Hardcore Biker
because adam split who invented the split pin also was involved with jawa in the early 20s
ACC can go fuck themselves
Mine has split pin. Must be cos she vibrates so much lol
Hardcore Biker
Totally acknoweledge the bumpy jumpy thing but road bikes have a similar dilemma of course, and they have a lot more power and the stresses and strains must be threefold ...no ?Originally Posted by vifferman
Not true.
Road bikes have had split pins in the rear axle nut. My first one certainly did.
I guess it's commoner in dirt bikes because they're subject to more bumps'n'jumps'n'stresses'n'strains.
Road bikes more commonly have locking nuts.
Excepting for my VFR. That has a large locking nut on the axle, and four (4!) chromed acorn nuts (stolen from a squirrel) holding the wheel on. More shecksie ones have a single nut and locking on holding the wheel on.
In the riders seat
Some of my road bikes do, they were made in the eighties though
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
The pied piper
My ZX6 has a locking clip on the axle nut, maybe your split pin fell out.
Forum whore
My road bike has an axle nut split pin.Most bikes have some sort of locking device on their rear wheels.
Forum whore
Most bikes have them .Loss of rear wheel not recommended.
Forum whore
I know of one that has fallen off and one that came loose.
Mostly road bikes have a lock nut of some kind, though not necessarily a split pin.
Hardcore Biker
I must have an anomolay , my 2 year old Hayabusa has no provision for a locking clip and seemingly that was a design decision ? Why would your ZX6 have a clip when my bike does'nt , given the huge difference in HP's, weight and stresses combined....?
Forum whore
"It won't happen overnite, but it does happen".
Highway Biker
Your Hayabusa has probably got Nylock nuts on the axels instead of a pin. Both are just safety features.
Nothing exceeds like excess.
The Ragin Cajun
it seams to be hit and miss some bikes do some bikes don't
some bikes have them from one country to next, i know my gsxr 600 k4, has has no split pin, but the same model in the usa does.
Its not to hard to modify you current one to have a split pin if you so wish
I am pretty sure father in laws k4 hayabusa had a split pin but his 08 does not
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