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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Girdraulics: are they safe?
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<blockquote data-quote="b'knighted" data-source="post: 10839" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>The answer to the topic’s opening question must be YES or all of us who have tried to ride standardish bikes would have wrecked them by now. </p><p></p><p>I was always led to believe that the Girdraulic’s fearsome reputation stemmed from that period when bikes were cheap and fell into the hands of hooligans (or motorcyclists as we call them now). Spares and expertise were not readily available and forks ranged from floppy to seized. Neglect or poor maintenance coupled with lack of replacement bushes, probably on bikes with knackered dampers, tyres, loose head and wheel bearings, led to an undeserved reputation, which should have been laid to rest thirty years ago.</p><p>The riders in the club would have come up with suitable alternative replacements if it were necessary, just as most have junked the Miller charging set up to replace with something a little better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="b'knighted, post: 10839, member: 59"] The answer to the topic’s opening question must be YES or all of us who have tried to ride standardish bikes would have wrecked them by now. I was always led to believe that the Girdraulic’s fearsome reputation stemmed from that period when bikes were cheap and fell into the hands of hooligans (or motorcyclists as we call them now). Spares and expertise were not readily available and forks ranged from floppy to seized. Neglect or poor maintenance coupled with lack of replacement bushes, probably on bikes with knackered dampers, tyres, loose head and wheel bearings, led to an undeserved reputation, which should have been laid to rest thirty years ago. The riders in the club would have come up with suitable alternative replacements if it were necessary, just as most have junked the Miller charging set up to replace with something a little better. [/QUOTE]
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