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Radar
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/11/2009 :  00:15:49  Show Profile Send Radar a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Seems that fork legs can crack during wheel changing, be careful folks and invest in a torque wrench...



More details here...

http://www.nestreetriders.com/forum/bike-maintenance/52337-2009-10-r1-fork-bottoms-cracking.html
I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left!

imperialdata
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/11/2009 :  11:35:29  Show Profile  Visit imperialdata's Homepage Send imperialdata a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Ouch, that could be nasty.
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slim
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United Kingdom
45 Posts
Posted - 04/11/2009 :  18:34:45  Show Profile Send slim a Private Message  Reply with Quote

Another example of the quest for sales & profit overiding good engineering practice & the use of quality materials by some of the factory's

we've seen similar to this & worse over the last 10 years or so & i'm beginning to wonder if all those good folk who can afford a new bike are being used as cheap crash test dummies ?
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Champs
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United Kingdom
131 Posts
Posted - 04/11/2009 :  19:04:39  Show Profile Send Champs a Private Message  Reply with Quote
they will be giving out free airbag jackets soon if they keep swapping quantity from quality
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Digger
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/11/2009 :  19:26:54  Show Profile Send Digger a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Thanks Radar,will take note of this as I am in the process of changing my tyres.
Take it easy out there
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