K1300 dented rim by pot hole

After a lovely trip to Leeds castle in Kent, on the journey home I found a pot hole I’d rather have not of.

As we were coming off the A127, leading to the B186 to Brentwood, on the slip road as the road goes round to the right, in the centre of the road is a great big bloody hole that my front wheel found as we were lent over going at around 60 mph.

The tyre must have slipped on the edge of the pot hole, causing the wheel to fall down the hole, hitting the edge of the rim and denting it. The tyre didn’t blow out or lose any air. I only noticed after a ride out with a group the next day, when they pointed out the dent in the rim, a big failure in my part as I should have spotted this before the ride out.

I was worried that the damaged was to the tyre as well as the rim, and very expensive. The first phone call I made was to BMW parts to find out the price of a new rim in case mine couldn’t be repaired. I nearly had a heart attack when I was told the price would be £495 plus the cost of changing the tyre, sensors and discs.

I looked around on the interwebs to find somewhere that could repair the rim, most of the places I found were not local or only repaired car wheels. Then I came across a company in Maidstone, not a million miles away from me, Maidstone motoliner and I spoke to a really helpful guy there, he advised me that it would cost £70 to repair the rim including removing and reinstalling the discs and tyre and it would be ready the next day, as they already had 3 rims to repair that day.

I set off down there, to take the rim and see what the verdict would be, if the tyre needed replacing or if they could even repair it. When I arrived they said there was no problem fixing it, and the tyre would be fine – they even said they would repair it next so I could take it home that day! Two hours later it was all fixed and looked as good as new. This was a truly great service that I highly recommend if you ever need this done, but I hope not!