buckled shock mount

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Re: buckled shock mount

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Proud Mal, ya gotta be proud when ya do something no one else has done.

Portly! :lol: wait till I tell Mike!
I think he's coming to Captains Flat....

Check that left shock and see if it's seized.
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Mal S7 wrote:
Duane Ausherman wrote:Wow, never saw that before. Are you sure that it was ok in your past?
Not seen it before Duane? MS? Really? I don't know whether to be impressed .. or worried :?

Mal
No need to choose. Feel free to be both. :mrgreen:

I've never seen it on an Airhead, but I've seen it on ratted out old dirt bikes.
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Have you been playing Evil Knievel with it?
What does the drive side look like? FH sheered off that bolt (single shock model) and ended up in the Hospital with multiple fractures.
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mattcfish wrote: FH sheered off that bolt (single shock model) and ended up in the Hospital with multiple fractures.
I knew that boy was gonna come to no good...!
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KenHawk wrote:
mattcfish wrote: FH sheered off that bolt (single shock model) and ended up in the Hospital with multiple fractures.
I knew that boy was gonna come to no good...!
as I recall: FH had a riding style that lent it self to a hospital/EMS trip once in a while
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richard t wrote: as I recall: FH had a riding style that lent it self to a hospital/EMS trip once in a while
You mean I'm not the only one? :o
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justoneoftheguys wrote:
richard t wrote: as I recall: FH had a riding style that lent it self to a hospital/EMS trip once in a while
You mean I'm not the only one? :o
Well played Rob!
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justoneoftheguys wrote:
richard t wrote: as I recall: FH had a riding style that lent it self to a hospital/EMS trip once in a while
You mean I'm not the only one? :o
The difference would be: you do not argue the inferiority of everyone else's style that does not put them in the hospital.
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Major Softie wrote:
justoneoftheguys wrote:
richard t wrote: as I recall: FH had a riding style that lent it self to a hospital/EMS trip once in a while
You mean I'm not the only one? :o
The difference would be: you do not argue the inferiority of everyone else's style that does not put them in the hospital.
If I could get down enough alcohol I'll bet I could give it a shot!
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Re: buckled shock mount

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mattcfish wrote:Have you been playing Evil Knievel with it?
No, Woody Allen.
What does the drive side look like? FH sheered off that bolt (single shock model) and ended up in the Hospital with multiple fractures.
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.
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