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Advice on SEVERE tank slap
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<blockquote data-quote="john998" data-source="post: 363" data-attributes="member: 289"><p><strong>Tank slapper</strong></p><p></p><p>Hello, One dark night in 1968 My Rapide under very similar circumstances threw me playfully down the road. My legs hit the bars and I landed still in a riding position on my knees and elbows. The violence was such that I doubt even a hydraulic damper would help. My machine at this time was maintained on a shoestring, and was in a well worn state. It would seem that even with a well set up machine, if you get the right sequence of events you may get a wobble. Many Vincents have a slight wobble at very low speed, but this is soon passed through. </p><p>My cure was to fit Bramptons, and keep the girdraulics for the outfit.</p><p>In 15 years of racing, and many thousands of road miles the Bramptons have proved less comfortable, but totally reliable.</p><p> John.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="john998, post: 363, member: 289"] [b]Tank slapper[/b] Hello, One dark night in 1968 My Rapide under very similar circumstances threw me playfully down the road. My legs hit the bars and I landed still in a riding position on my knees and elbows. The violence was such that I doubt even a hydraulic damper would help. My machine at this time was maintained on a shoestring, and was in a well worn state. It would seem that even with a well set up machine, if you get the right sequence of events you may get a wobble. Many Vincents have a slight wobble at very low speed, but this is soon passed through. My cure was to fit Bramptons, and keep the girdraulics for the outfit. In 15 years of racing, and many thousands of road miles the Bramptons have proved less comfortable, but totally reliable. John. [/QUOTE]
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