Ever get the feeling some C**t has swapped out your front wheel???

[BigAlan]

Could be someone in the ferry company had a spare wheel on board and was simply waiting for a GTR to appear, then whoosh a swop was done.

Alan

[alibx11]

That was my thoughts Alan, the overnight ferry gives them a good 8 hour window to do any changing and I wouldn't even expect to look at the bike before I took off.

Still trying to believe it happened, so before I went to work this morning I popped the dust seal off the wheel bearings to check if they were the new bearings I replaced in June, well the grease was black and the bearings had blue grease seals, the ones I put in were black seals, so looks like a complete wheel swap.

What are the odds though? Same brand of tyre and all BT21's.

C**t has probably been just waiting for a suitable bike to come aboard for the opportunity.
Is the ZZR14 the same front wheel? if so would mean it could be a zzr wheel I've now got ,in which case my TPS was no use to them but they did a swap for the tyre.

If it hadn't happened to me I would have trouble believing this at all.....

Next dilemma is... goin to put the PR4 Gt's on at £250 for the pair, but since I now have have no TPS at all on the front do I remove it completely from the back and just put a car valve on it too? at least then I can use "slime" or the likes to prevent punctures, even though I know that not having the TPS's will impact on the future value of the bike.

I could have done without spending this money at the moment but thieving bas**rds never think of the repercussions on others.

[jonathan]

Is the ZZR14 the same front wheel? if so would mean it could be a zzr wheel I've now got ,in which case my TPS was no use to them but they did a swap for the tyre.

Maybe an earlier model GTR (with no TPS) has been used...

The ZZR14/ZX-14 front wheel assembly is the same and, in North America at least, all model years of 1400GTR/Concours 14 have come with TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System to differentiate it from TPS Throttle Position Sensor).

[Debs]

Was the ferry manned by scousers? They will nick anything 

I would get on to the ferry company and make a complaint.

We'll have to start chaining the wheels on a crossing so they don't get nicked. 

[alibx11]

No Debs it was manned by bloody Poles or the like, couldn't understand what they were saying at all.

I'll certainly be cabling my bike up next time on the boat.

Unfortunately this was in June so bit late now to make a complaint to Stena, and hell who'd believe me anyway?
I'm still finding it hard to believe.

[viper]

well that is an unbelievable and I think the ferry is the most likely place, im surprised tho that the mot guy never mentioned your tyre as its border line.

you absolutely have to report the incident to the ferry company , im sure they have had other complaints , I bet the deck crew have been having tyres off cars and all sorts of other stuff for a period of time, I bet you were not the first , even if it stops others from having this loss.
I will certainly be telling other bikers this story and watching my own bike in future,

what was the ferry company and crossing?

[alibx11]

It was the overnight ferry Belfast to Liverpool, don't think I'll be taking that route again if I can help it and if I do I will be cabling everything up.

Problem is I can't prove anything but the ferry was the only place it could have happened.

It was the only place the bike was unattended and the Tracker was disarmed, I mean to say like Biketrac have even phoned me one time before because the bike was registering movement  when I was working on it in the shed and forgot to disarm it for a few hours, so cant see any other time it was done, or when any one would have the opportunity.

Hard to believe the lengths some go to but when you think about it its a gift for anybody of that sort who needs anything off a car, or bike as it turns out.

[Debs]

I got a call from biketrac as we were coming in to Dover with DFDS. It registered a movement and they rang me.. Thankfully all was ok 

[hurricane]

Bridgestone BT021s are shite and you are lucky to get 7k out of it. Please trust us all and fit PR3 or 4. They so much better for the bike.

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Only 9,300km on the original BT021 on my 2012 bike, Front was worse than the rear. Shitstone had lost the plot. Get rid of them - Michelin PR3 went up to 15K km, Pirelli Angel GT for 18K km, and Michelin reckon the PR4 is about 15% better on braking and wear than the PR3. Too early to tell, but I tell you what, the PR4 are great (make sure you get the GT compound though - especially if two-up). About 7K km down and on track. Our roads here in Oz are pretty harsh as well.... I've heard that only Germany is it a requirement to stick with the manufacturer's fit (probably the reason they always seem to have Metzeler on). 

[alibx11]

Put a PR4gt on front but as I like my tyres matching will mean I have to spend another £150 getting the back too as well, but Heh Ho it's only money... just as soon as I can spare some. Bike is now bagged for the winter so time to save up again.