Driveshaft prices are dropping

[Grumpy Goat]

I posted this on the other RS forum.

My friends bike, UK, 106,000 miles.

The rear wheel is attached by the top arm only.

Yes I saw that and that appeared to me to be yet another example of a universal joint letting go and the whipping around destroying other components that it came in contact with. If that was not bad enough, the potential for leaving the rider / bike without any power in the path of oncoming danger is even more catastrophic.

What is your friend going to do about the bike? I would think that with 106k miles the bike is not new and the cosyt of repair may be such that it is better to write it off, which is sad.

The thing with this issue is that it is not predictable in its occurrence.