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Sgt_H
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What I learned Yesterday
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May 10, 2008, 10:43:41 AM »
That there's a reason everyone's license plate sticks out at the bottom instead of going straight up and down.
At some point while I was workng on mine I pushed the plate forward and I didn't think it mattered. I didn't realize that the rear suspension had that much travel until my buddy comes over yesterday and asked what happened to my plate. It was all bashed up and had a rear fender shaped dent in the bottom
Oh well, it needed new paint anyway...
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Re: What I learned Yesterday
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May 10, 2008, 12:03:54 PM »
yep, it is amazing that the rear wheel can travel that far.
at least you didn't loose your plate, that has happend lots of times before.
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Re: What I learned Yesterday
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May 10, 2008, 01:14:04 PM »
yup, lost my plate.
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Re: What I learned Yesterday
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May 10, 2008, 01:37:10 PM »
Quote from: pt33 on May 10, 2008, 01:14:04 PM
yup, lost my plate.
It was my handy dandy super top secret strong zip ties that kept it on wt: When I was bending it back I thought about that. I was surprised that it didn't just snap those ties right off. Oh well, live and learn.
Great paint job pt. I saved a picture of that last year because I thought it was cool and I just came across it again the other day. I couldn't remember whose bike it was though. Very nice.
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Re: What I learned Yesterday
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Quote from: Sgt_H on May 10, 2008, 01:37:10 PM
It was my handy dandy super top secret strong zip ties that kept it on wt: When I was bending it back I thought about that. I was surprised that it didn't just snap those ties right off. Oh well, live and learn.
Yeah, there weren't any zip ties on my plate, I lost it about a month after i got my registration sticker.
Quote from: Sgt_H on May 10, 2008, 01:37:10 PM
Great paint job pt. I saved a picture of that last year because I thought it was cool and I just came across it again the other day. I couldn't remember whose bike it was though. Very nice.
Thanks
Bobby Kieth did it (
www.cyclefinsh.net
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Re: What I learned Yesterday
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May 13, 2008, 12:12:39 AM »
yup... i, uh, know a guy who did a homebrew tailchop and lost his plate for this very same reason...
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Maybe this is another reason to keep the beer tray
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Quote from: metaldoc on May 13, 2008, 05:05:19 AM
Maybe this is another reason to keep the beer tray
Hang on now. Let's not get carried away!
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Re: What I learned Yesterday
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Crappity crap! A friend of mine's plate caught the back tire & he had a blowout on the freeway
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Re: What I learned Yesterday
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May 13, 2008, 05:16:55 PM »
I've crunched the plate 3 times now! Just got pulled over for warning cuz of angle. No way I'm changing it to mkae it 4 times!!
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This just in..IZ is not that short..and I am not that tall.
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Re: What I learned Yesterday
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Quote from: Duc L'Smart on May 13, 2008, 05:50:34 AM
Crappity crap! A friend of mine's plate caught the back tire & he had a blowout on the freeway
um, how fast was he going, and how big are the pot holes in your neck of the woods?
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chalk it up as lesson learned
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