Front Brake mount broke off! Help!

[principal]

Still loving my 2007 GY200XY Shineray (Roketa), but got a problem. Pulling up to a stopsign Friday night after work, all of a sudden I hear and feel a 'thunk' and look down to see my front brake caliper dangling by the hose! As I look more closely, I can see that the mount (on the left fork) has actually broken off of the fork itself (taking a sizable chunk of the fork end with it!) Limped the bike home with just the rear brake. :evil: :cry: Now just what the h#(( am I supposed to do? ANy suggestions? :?:

[rich_e]

It's probably not something that could (or should) be welded back together. You'll probably need to buy a whole new left fork if you can't find someone parting out a similar bike. Ask someone with a Lifan, just to be sure, but I'll bet the forks are the same diameter on all the models with the USD forks. So you've got a pretty wide selection of bikes to choose from. Roketa.com (click to visit parts page) (http://roketa.com/product/parts_detail.jsp?partId=11634&partName=STEERING%20ASSEMBLY(5)) has the left fork assembly for $108. I'll bet they'll hit you up at least $40 for shipping. So you may get her fixed up for less than $150!

P.S. I see you're in Cedar City, UT. My folks used to have some land in the mountains near there (Strawberry Point IIRC). What a great place to live, all kinds of great places to ride. I lived in Salt Lake. I made many a trip, down the I15 to go visit my folks in Vegas. Southern Utah is one of my favorite parts of the county.

[katoranger]

Look in the forsale section for someone parting a bike. You are going to have to replace that fork.

Allen

[fatboy250]

The other (maybe even better) option is to fit any jap front end that will fit in the triple tree. Lots of parts bikes in salvage yards.

[katoranger]

That would probably work too. You would need to measure the diameter of the fork at the mounting locations in the clamps. Probably about 30mm.

Allen

[principal]

Got the fork, replaced and all is good. THanks for the help. BTW, rich_e, I camp every summer right across the highway from Strawberry Point. Yes, So. Ut rocks! Thanks to all for the help.