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  • #16
    What is:
    "an 85ft. table-top"?
    In Colorado, the part of the country that has some of the REAL mountains, a table-top is the flat top on a bluff or mountain. The 85ft. refers to the distance from one side of the flat to the other.
    Motorman has always claimed to be able to clear that distance on a dirt bike. Some believe him, some don't. Me, I've seen the tabletops, and the trails going up and down......
    Oh, and Motorman, when are you going to be out to Bixby Bridge again???
    Ray Matteis
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    • #17
      Originally posted by webbcraft2150 View Post
      If I use Coastal 10w-90 in my engine, would it still be ok to use the Dunlop K491's even if my 850FD conversion was one tooth off?
      Originally posted by CaptonZap View Post
      Oh boy! An oil, tire, final drive, (ooop's, you forgot tire pressure and Dyno Beads)
      thread all in one.
      This should be fun.
      Marco

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      • #18
        Diver Ray you maybe right but Webbcraft has a better story
        This is turning into a very entertaining thread.

        Phil
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        • #19
          Originally posted by DiverRay View Post
          In Colorado, the part of the country that has some of the REAL mountains, a table-top is the flat top on a bluff or mountain. The 85ft. refers to the distance from one side of the flat to the other.
          Motorman has always claimed to be able to clear that distance on a dirt bike. Some believe him, some don't. Me, I've seen the tabletops, and the trails going up and down......
          Oh, and Motorman, when are you going to be out to Bixby Bridge again???
          Why Ray,.....sos I can wheelie full lenght of it again? That was a bit of a trick riding the rear break while on the hind wheel only.. That 85ft was a table top on a motocross track........and I DO have a pic of that............not bad for a THEN 53yr, old. ot Don't know that I would have the cajonies to do that again at 63yrs' old..........least not without a bit of a 'warm-up' first.Ya gotta have enough speed to clear those and land the transition down. Landing on the flat three quarters of the way across IS a bit brutal!
          Last edited by motoman; 09-02-2015, 10:58 PM.
          81H Venturer1100 "The Bentley" (on steroids) 97 Yamaha YZ250(age reducer) 92 Honda ST1100 "Twisty"(touring rocket) Age is relative to the number of seconds counted 'airing' out an 85ft. table-top.

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          • #20
            Landing on the flat is more along the lines of castration if you do not have proper support. Still its a feat for anyone with brains enough to know what happens when you land front wheel first or on the flat. For those of you who do not believe then you need to see what a hill climber with a R1 engine on nitrous does on the hill climbs.
            To fix the problem one should not make more assumptions than the minimum needed.

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            • #21
              Originally posted by ViperRon View Post
              Landing on the flat is more along the lines of castration if you do not have proper support. Still its a feat for anyone with brains enough to know what happens when you land front wheel first or on the flat. For those of you who do not believe then you need to see what a hill climber with a R1 engine on nitrous does on the hill climbs.
              +1 for you hillclimber psychos!.
              81H Venturer1100 "The Bentley" (on steroids) 97 Yamaha YZ250(age reducer) 92 Honda ST1100 "Twisty"(touring rocket) Age is relative to the number of seconds counted 'airing' out an 85ft. table-top.

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