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Mal S7
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Re: buckled shock mount

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justoneoftheguys wrote:If I could get down enough alcohol I'll bet I could give it a shot!
Oh no, you have to be alcohol & drug free to post on the forum.

But you are free to have psychological problems.
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Re: buckled shock mount

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Mal S7 wrote:
justoneoftheguys wrote:If I could get down enough alcohol I'll bet I could give it a shot!
Oh no, you have to be alcohol & drug free to post on the forum.

But you are free to have psychological problems.
Do you have to be alcohol & drug free to create a forum? :lol:
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mattcfish
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Re: buckled shock mount

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Mal S7 wrote:
mattcfish wrote:Have you been playing Evil Knievel with it?
No, Woody Allen.
Yikes. I can't imagine how you do that, less you flip the bike, or have two portly passengers. I take it FH would have been solo.
Single shock model, he came over a small bridge with a rise in it. According to witnesses, when he hit the low part at the other side of the bridge the bolt broke and the rear tire went right up into the seat and launched him at speed. He never knew what happened. Doesn't look like it was riding style in this case (although past stress on the bolt may have contributed), just metal fatigue.
I'm liking dual shocks a lot better now.
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Re: buckled shock mount

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mattcfish wrote:
Mal S7 wrote:Doesn't look like it was riding style in this case (although past stress on the bolt may have contributed), just metal fatigue.
I'm liking dual shocks a lot better now.
There's a reason Nasa is so found of redundancy.
MS - out
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