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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Comprehensive Steering stem, with new lay out
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<blockquote data-quote="greg brillus" data-source="post: 176573" data-attributes="member: 597"><p>Just as a side note to the modified front ends.......When we raced the Godet Grey Flash at Goodwood this September just gone, we found an issue with the font end that I had not encountered before.......perhaps because Adam Mclean was such a good rider, that he pushed the bike hard enough to start a wobble from the bars.......We checked the bike over and what I found was the top clip FF1 was twisting back and fourth on the light weight alloy column tube......the cross pinch bolt and collets had come loose a little........After I re tightened this, on the first race on Saturday, Adam said that the front end was perfect for about 6 laps........and thereafter the condition started to come back........i never got the chance to adjust it again as late in the same race Dave came off the bike after the front brake locked up.......Now this is very unlikely to happen with the steel tube versions which most all are.......but some are of alloy and I could see a potential issue there........The bike is due back home here in mid November, and then I will investigate the whole thing in more detail........I'm sure there is an easy fix, but an interesting find that had me baffled initially.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greg brillus, post: 176573, member: 597"] Just as a side note to the modified front ends.......When we raced the Godet Grey Flash at Goodwood this September just gone, we found an issue with the font end that I had not encountered before.......perhaps because Adam Mclean was such a good rider, that he pushed the bike hard enough to start a wobble from the bars.......We checked the bike over and what I found was the top clip FF1 was twisting back and fourth on the light weight alloy column tube......the cross pinch bolt and collets had come loose a little........After I re tightened this, on the first race on Saturday, Adam said that the front end was perfect for about 6 laps........and thereafter the condition started to come back........i never got the chance to adjust it again as late in the same race Dave came off the bike after the front brake locked up.......Now this is very unlikely to happen with the steel tube versions which most all are.......but some are of alloy and I could see a potential issue there........The bike is due back home here in mid November, and then I will investigate the whole thing in more detail........I'm sure there is an easy fix, but an interesting find that had me baffled initially. [/QUOTE]
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