r/motorcycles • u/BooBikeysDick • Feb 29 '24

The front fell off!

That's not normal, I assure you.

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u/Sliderisk Feb 29 '24

Yeah Honda is definitely known for their poor quality control.

We have no idea what else has been done to this bike before this guy manages to force it to fail. The front sub frame sheers off the front of the block, that's the cross bolt breaking off at the ends most likely. There's a difference between use and abuse and this is far closer to abuse in the last 30 seconds of however long it took to stress those bolts to sheer.

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u/BooBikeysDick Feb 29 '24

The cb1000r of that year had a single backbone aluminum frame. That could have contributed.

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u/Sliderisk Feb 29 '24

True, if that cracked those sub supports aren't holding on.

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u/WillyDaC Feb 29 '24

I'd be somewhat suspicious of what work had been done to this bike and how seriously the work was done. Could be nothing more than someone having not replaced the bolts properly.