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Clubroom => Foto Forum => Topic started by: GMC on March 19, 2014, 09:11:22 pm

Title: Loose nuts may cause you to lose nuts
Post by: GMC on March 19, 2014, 09:11:22 pm

Check out the first frame on the 21st second :o

I love getting repeat orders for pipes from regular customers ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFb2wYMJ39g&feature=youtu.be

Title: Re: Loose nuts may cause you to lose nuts
Post by: 80-85 husky on March 19, 2014, 09:54:44 pm

ooooh :o

nasty, saw a bloke smash his RHS slider landing of a jump at Ravenswood years ago. fairly slammed him down too

Title: Re: Loose nuts may cause you to lose nuts
Post by: Canam370 on March 19, 2014, 09:59:13 pm

Ravo is a bit hard on old bikes. YZ400 (pretty sure) had its steering stem separate from the frame after a jump. Youch!

Title: Re: Loose nuts may cause you to lose nuts
Post by: Rookie#1 on March 19, 2014, 10:16:59 pm

"This bike is race ready, just a little tlc required."  ::) ;D shoulda gone to spec savers  ;)

Cheers, Brendan

Title: Re: Loose nuts may cause you to lose nuts
Post by: Iain Cameron on March 19, 2014, 10:41:13 pm

It looks like he had not put the bolts in the bottom of his forks both sliders on the wheel and forks still in the triples . But I know a twit that forgot to put the shocky bolt on a 125x as well . Iain

Title: Re: Loose nuts may cause you to lose nuts
Post by: Davey Crocket on March 20, 2014, 12:50:44 am

I know the story behind this, a factory trained suspension guy modded the forks [converted the YZ 125X airforks to spring/oil/damper rods and fitted emulator valves], needless to say, the guy stuffed up, rider was very lucky not to get seriously hurt. The bike was beautifully restored/built and the owner not a happy chappie.

Title: Re: Loose nuts may cause you to lose nuts
Post by: GMC on March 20, 2014, 09:33:34 am

Quote from: Davey Crocket on March 20, 2014, 12:50:44 am

I know the story behind this, a factory trained suspension guy modded the forks [converted the YZ 125X airforks to spring/oil/damper rods and fitted emulator valves], needless to say, the guy stuffed up, rider was very lucky not to get seriously hurt. The bike was beautifully restored/built and the owner not a happy chappie.

Correct, I believe it was some circlips that failed, not loose nuts but in true journalistic form I don't let the truth get in the way of a good headline.

He WAS very lucky to walk away and who wouldn't be pissed to have there bike troweled 1 1/2 laps into the first test ride after their resto.

Title: Re: Loose nuts may cause you to lose nuts
Post by: tony27 on March 20, 2014, 09:50:32 am

Sounds like the same thing that happened to a mates A65 forks, turned out previous owner used the wrong size circlips
(http://i788.photobucket.com/albums/yy166/tony27_photo/2013-09-08-098_zps67c2252c.jpg) (http://s788.photobucket.com/user/tony27_photo/media/2013-09-08-098_zps67c2252c.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Loose nuts may cause you to lose nuts
Post by: VMX Andrew on March 24, 2014, 07:28:57 pm

Quote from: Rookie#1 on March 19, 2014, 10:16:59 pm

"This bike is race ready, just a little tlc required."  ::) ;D shoulda gone to spec savers  ;)

Cheers, Brendan

And he should have bought a Jeep  ;D