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Offline gorby

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when cheap is expensive
« on: February 22, 2009, 08:37:33 PM »
Its the old catchcry "you get what you pay for "

here is a pic of a chinese front sprocket that has exploded.

this has then unloaded the chain thru the cover and trashed the stator.

The customer has learned that the E-bay bargain was not so good after all


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Re: when cheap is expensive
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2009, 10:16:51 AM »
hell I have a Ducati gearbox do that  ;D
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Re: when cheap is expensive
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2009, 10:54:23 AM »
Yeah my Montessa 304 did it also. The Monties have a tapered shaft for the sprocket & it broke through the keyway.
I got sick of DNFing trials with that thing so swapped it for a Fantic 243
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Re: when cheap is expensive
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2009, 06:03:36 PM »
Thats why we call chinese bikes dumpstas and the way we value them when someone wants to sell one is  - you check how much fuel is in the tank!!