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Anyone who gets behind the wheel of any vehicle is a danger to themselves and others. When I first got my bike the front brakes didn't work. I stopped just fine with the rear. It wasn't 'til I had all of the brakes working that I crashed!
I haven't used the back brake on either bike in a long time, I should just take it off to eliminate some more weight to make my bike will be even faster!
Joe, just out of curiosity, how do you figure you've got a 76 degree rake? By my calculations, you would need 6 foot over-length forks to make that work...
....and have the turn radius of about a semi with two trailers....
'78E original owner
Fast, Cheap, Reliable... Pick any two
'78E original owner - resto project
'78E ???? owner - Modder project FJ forks, 4-piston calipers F/R, 160/80-16 rear tire
'82 XJ rebuild project
'80SG restified, red SOLD
'79F parts...
'81H more parts...
Other current bikes:
'93 XL1200 Anniversary Sportster 85RWHP
'86 XL883/1200 Chopper
'82 XL1000 w/1450cc Buell, Baker 6-speed, in-progress project
Cage: '13 Mustang GT/CS with a few 'custom' touches
Yep, can't leave nuthin' alone...
Actually the rake of the GTS1000 is listed at 24 degrees..it is just measured at the steering knuckle rather than at the (non existent on the GTS) triple tree.
This bike is about as close as I could find to 76 degrees....
45 degree rake in neck, 6 degrees in the trees, total 51 degree rake, 10 inch rise in down tube, 2 inch diameter downtube, 5 inch out in backbone, 21 inch over front end 63mm inverted forks
[QUOTE=joceiphus;278804... I just wanted to make all the negative nancy's shake thier heads....[/QUOTE]
And there-in lies the reason why reasonable discussion cant be achieved in the hbt. There are too many people who just want to draw attention to themselves and behave like children.
1980 SG. (Sold - waiting on replacement)
2000 XJR1300. The Real modern XS11. Others are just pretenders.
Woman (well, my wife anyway) are always on Transmit and never Receive.
"A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be" Albert Einstien.
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