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Moto Board => Tech => Topic started by: He Man on February 10, 2010, 11:49:29 AM

Title: Steering stops
Post by: He Man on February 10, 2010, 11:49:29 AM
anyone ever cut these things off? They break when your bike goes down. mine are already screwed anyway.... Just need to find a way to keep the controls from hitting my tank...

I was reading one ECS' website and they did it to a track bike 848.
Title: Re: Steering stops
Post by: 64duc on February 10, 2010, 12:15:17 PM
  Steering stops are the only thing that keep the controls from hitting the tank. I would go to a welding shop and have them repaired or replaced.
Title: Re: Steering stops
Post by: stopintime on February 10, 2010, 12:57:11 PM
Or, cut them off and place a rubber patch on the tank?
Title: Re: Steering stops
Post by: He Man on February 10, 2010, 01:01:00 PM
I just dont want to keep having to fix it.
Title: Re: Steering stops
Post by: Raux on February 10, 2010, 01:11:01 PM
better them than a tank or the frame
Title: Re: Steering stops
Post by: Buckethead on February 10, 2010, 01:42:54 PM
So how about next time you've got your triples out, you cut off the sheet metal stops and weld in something beefier?

I mean, with the Tera Patrick-like frequency with which your bike goes down, it might not be a bad idea.

But if you take a serious spill, they'll put extra pressure on your frame right at the headstock, which is already a weak point.
Title: Re: Steering stops
Post by: Popeye the Sailor on February 10, 2010, 03:17:24 PM
Quote from: Obsessed? on February 10, 2010, 01:42:54 PM

I mean, with the Tera Patrick-like frequency with which your bike goes down, it might not be a bad idea.


[laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
Title: Re: Steering stops
Post by: ducpainter on February 10, 2010, 03:19:55 PM
Quote from: MrIncredible on February 10, 2010, 03:17:24 PM
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
Agreed...

that was a gem. ;D
Title: Re: Steering stops
Post by: H2O on February 11, 2010, 08:48:19 AM
Didnt get it until I googled [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap]
Title: Re: Steering stops
Post by: He Man on February 11, 2010, 09:16:50 AM
Sasha Grey  [evil]
Title: Re: Steering stops
Post by: scott_araujo on February 11, 2010, 03:03:21 PM
Thought it was funny for a different reason.  "Yeah, the bike went down" sounds so much better than, "Yeah, I crashed again."  My friend always lamented the lack of reflexive verbs in English compared to Spanish.  "La ventana se rompie" - "The window broke itself."  What 8 year old with a baseball can't appreciate that?

Scott