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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Girdraulics: are they safe?
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<blockquote data-quote="timetraveller" data-source="post: 10869" data-attributes="member: 456"><p>Having been riding Vincents for 52 years and having had one tank slapper in that time I can speak from first hand experience. The tank slapper occured whilst racing at Cadwell and I wrote it up either on this Forum or in MPH some time ago when this subject reared its head before. The cause of the tank slapper was an empty front damper which had leaked during the half hour or one hour (I forget which) time trial. It occured at about 100 mph on the top straight and was triggered by a diagonal join in the tarmac which had caused the bike to twitch every time I had crossed it. Advice like accelerating out of it or hanging on to the bars would not be offered by anyone who has had one of these. A hydraulic steering damper should be the answer and it would be intersting to ask the additional question has anyone with such a damper,in good condition, experienced a tank slapper. Having followed the correspondence fron Virtual Vin about having to use telescopic forks rather than guirdraulics makes one realise just what a lot of poor quality information is out there. Change for more movement or greater comfort but if they were that unsafe then would we not be a brave bunch of b******s for persisiting and surviving for so long?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timetraveller, post: 10869, member: 456"] Having been riding Vincents for 52 years and having had one tank slapper in that time I can speak from first hand experience. The tank slapper occured whilst racing at Cadwell and I wrote it up either on this Forum or in MPH some time ago when this subject reared its head before. The cause of the tank slapper was an empty front damper which had leaked during the half hour or one hour (I forget which) time trial. It occured at about 100 mph on the top straight and was triggered by a diagonal join in the tarmac which had caused the bike to twitch every time I had crossed it. Advice like accelerating out of it or hanging on to the bars would not be offered by anyone who has had one of these. A hydraulic steering damper should be the answer and it would be intersting to ask the additional question has anyone with such a damper,in good condition, experienced a tank slapper. Having followed the correspondence fron Virtual Vin about having to use telescopic forks rather than guirdraulics makes one realise just what a lot of poor quality information is out there. Change for more movement or greater comfort but if they were that unsafe then would we not be a brave bunch of b******s for persisiting and surviving for so long? [/QUOTE]
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