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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Girdraulics: are they safe?
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<blockquote data-quote="peterg" data-source="post: 10987" data-attributes="member: 446"><p><strong>Girdraulics - a life saver</strong></p><p></p><p>Howdy Chaps,</p><p> </p><p>This one's very fresh on my mind. 3 wks ago I experienced my first rapid front tire deflation on a street machine after 38 years on the road. We were two up in a series of bends through a forest lane with no runoff. Thankfully it involved a 3.0 x 20 which resulted minimal drop distance to the rim or rubber flailing about. But, I will say this. As an avid weightlifter the forces unleashed at the helm were incomprehensible compared to any I'd ever experienced after years on dirt bikes. The final scrubbing off of speed by literally standing up with my feet sliding on the pavement as outriggers while hoisting the front of the machine aloft bent both handlebar ends upward.</p><p> </p><p>But, what will forever stand in my mind was the ability to control the machine down to the point where I could get my feet to the pavement. There was positively no fork blade whip to rob one of life preserving feel and control of wheel direction. My countersteering pressure against these immense opposing forces would have buckled any telescopic assembly, turning its flexing fork tubes into springs only adding to my dire situation. </p><p> </p><p>And for this, I will be forever gratefull that this hoped-for single event occured on this very machine. My wife and I would have been seriously injured, or worse, on nearly anything else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="peterg, post: 10987, member: 446"] [b]Girdraulics - a life saver[/b] Howdy Chaps, This one's very fresh on my mind. 3 wks ago I experienced my first rapid front tire deflation on a street machine after 38 years on the road. We were two up in a series of bends through a forest lane with no runoff. Thankfully it involved a 3.0 x 20 which resulted minimal drop distance to the rim or rubber flailing about. But, I will say this. As an avid weightlifter the forces unleashed at the helm were incomprehensible compared to any I'd ever experienced after years on dirt bikes. The final scrubbing off of speed by literally standing up with my feet sliding on the pavement as outriggers while hoisting the front of the machine aloft bent both handlebar ends upward. But, what will forever stand in my mind was the ability to control the machine down to the point where I could get my feet to the pavement. There was positively no fork blade whip to rob one of life preserving feel and control of wheel direction. My countersteering pressure against these immense opposing forces would have buckled any telescopic assembly, turning its flexing fork tubes into springs only adding to my dire situation. And for this, I will be forever gratefull that this hoped-for single event occured on this very machine. My wife and I would have been seriously injured, or worse, on nearly anything else. [/QUOTE]
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