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Re: [ST] Frame sliders
- Subject: Re: [ST] Frame sliders
- From: "Richard D'Amours" <rdamours@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 13:33:53 -0600
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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