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Re: [ST] what breaks in a tipover?
- Subject: Re: [ST] what breaks in a tipover?
- From: Thomas Emberson <thomas@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 11:25:54 -0400
On Thu, 17 May 2001, William A. Flowers wrote:
> See the list of what bent and/or broke when I went down (with
> assistance) while riding Thomas' new bike. It included the rear brake
> lever, front brake lever and seriously bent the bolt holding on the bar
> end weight -- it could have snapped but didn't. Of course various
> pieces of plastic were scraped and scratched, bracketry for same bent,
> other metal scraped and so on.
>
> > so my question: what tends to break when an RS or ST falls over? (besides
> > the fairing, of course. :-) anything that you'd take along rather than
> > be stranded without it? (bear in mind i'm still waiting for my replacement
> > warranteed RS clutch cable from my dealer.)
>
> Levers (front, rear and clutch) and the shift linkage. You can ride
> without the bar end weights.
If it was not for the silencer touching the rear mud flap, I would
have probably borrowed your rear brake lever and still rode home.
But that's just me. And yes I use the rear brake, sorry that was
a ZX thread.
t.
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