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Re: [ST] Frame sliders



There is a Sprint St frame on E-bay right now too...
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From: "Brian D ." <brd@xxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 12:27 AM
Subject: Re: [ST] Frame sliders


> On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 10:15:57AM -0400, James Goldston wrote:
> > Looks like that frame is toast!
>
> Not only the frame, that's the head too.
>
> > Sorry to bring it up old memories, Brian, but would you remind us of
> > what you think about it all?  E.g., are you against all frame sliders,
> > do you not like the JLs (why), was the impact such that it would have
> > caused any frame slider to break the frame, was it a fluke, ...
>
> I have not decided whether I will get sliders again.  I tend to think
> that even without them, my bike would have been totalled (high-side at
> about 20mph), but I'll never that for sure.
>
> I do think the JL/Moku slider was just too solid.  All that impact went
> right into the frame.  The Skyking slider has a groove machined around
> it where the stalk is designed to bend or shear off and deflect extreme
> stresses, it seems.  This is what happened to Duncan's bike.  The two
> incidents were similar.  He was maybe going 30-40mph, so perhaps there
> was more glancing force than mine.
>
> My bike had a cracked frame, an instant ticket to total-dom.  His had
> cheese-gratered bodywork and a seriously tweaked front end, which was
> later deemed a write-off.  6 of one, half dozen of the other.
>
> The best advice: keep the rubber side DOWN!  :b
>
> Laters,
> Brian
> --
> Euless, TX
> '97 VFR 750 (red, of course)
> '99 Sprint ST(black, RIP)
>
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