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Offline jerry

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SHOCK RETENTION
« on: March 11, 2013, 11:49:51 am »
A mate was telling me that the shocks on the works RH and RN Suzuki's were secured by a pin and circlip arrangement to save weight. Can any one confirm that? J

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Re: SHOCK RETENTION
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2013, 04:19:24 pm »
Confirmed: http://mxworksbike.com/images/RH72-1a_1280.jpg

There were some detail pics in Dirt Bike a few years ago of Joels RH72 which showed the arrangement clearly.

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Re: SHOCK RETENTION
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2013, 09:47:29 am »
But then we had to add weight to them to make them up to the FIM/AMA minimum weight limits.   Started with lead in the downtubes but that made them handle very badly and I guess everyone has seen the picture of Joel with a broken frame by the headset - that was on a weighted frame.   Replacing various Ti parts like axles and swingarm pivots helped a great deal and with one or two small parts replaced they just squeaked in.
Poke that bone back in and wrap it up tight sport - I am racing the second moto.