What are we waiting for?

Post by **touchton** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:39 pm

MikeCam wrote:That picture represents rider abuse rather than any design flaws.

Yeah. I think he shut it off with the kill switch........

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Post by **MikeCam** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:16 pm

Good one! Thad, you are a hoot.

Post by **OU812** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:33 pm

What proof does anyone of us have that it was either one of the possibilities of abuse or design flaw? I don't.

Post by **MikeCam** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 3:52 am

Of course there is never proof of anything on the internet.

But the story that went with the original posting of that picture included the information that the rider had been doing wheelies and stoppies routinely.

Post by **OU812** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:57 am

MikeCam wrote:Of course there is never proof of anything on the internet.

But the story that went with the original posting of that picture included the information that the rider had been doing wheelies and stoppies routinely.

+1 ! Isn't that the truth.

jbuzbee · Post by **jbuzbee** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:44 am

I don't know guys, my experience has been that this bike is VERY robust:

And back together:

I replaced the telelever arm due to being slightly bent (still rideable), but the rest of the front suspension was fine. The shock survived well, it's just worn out - time for new suspension. I'm not drawing any global conclusions; just illustrating another side of the argument.

Any machine can fail, it just seems that the Japanese machines fail far less than the rest of the worlds. I've got a Honda Civic: when the speedo stopped working the car had 247,000 miles on it. Still on the road.