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Is it safe? I've heard that it wasn't but see lots of bikes with weight for the salt running high sppeds. Now some of the mile guys are running weights on the arms?
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« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2008, 12:29:52 PM » |
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Is it safe? I've heard that it wasn't but see lots of bikes with weight for the salt running high sppeds. Now some of the mile guys are running weights on the arms?
Tom, Can you post or emaill some pictures of the bikes at Texas that had weights on the swing arms? Thanks, John |
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On 9-27-08 we lost a great friend and fellow racer, he was the BEST, he helped anyone with anything at anytime. His name is Dave Owen and he will be missed by all that knew him and I am glad to have met him.
Seeing him at Bonneville during 2008 Speedweek was the tops, Dave was in awe of the salt and as usual was there helping out anyone who asked..simply put we lost a great man who will be missed by all.
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« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2008, 03:51:54 PM » |
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Is it safe? I've heard that it wasn't but see lots of bikes with weight for the salt running high sppeds. Now some of the mile guys are running weights on the arms?
Tom, Can you post or emaill some pictures of the bikes at Texas that had weights on the swing arms? Thanks, John John, I didn't see any there but know of some guys that run at Maxton that said they run weight. I saw one that had a place to bolt some on though. |
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« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2008, 03:56:48 PM » |
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 Kind of hard to see, but there's approx. 3/8" thick aluminum welded at the rear of this arm on both sides with threaded mounting holes. |
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« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2008, 12:30:38 AM » |
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So are there any pics of the bikes with weight that you saw??
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On 9-27-08 we lost a great friend and fellow racer, he was the BEST, he helped anyone with anything at anytime. His name is Dave Owen and he will be missed by all that knew him and I am glad to have met him.
Seeing him at Bonneville during 2008 Speedweek was the tops, Dave was in awe of the salt and as usual was there helping out anyone who asked..simply put we lost a great man who will be missed by all.
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« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2008, 06:53:23 AM » |
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no sir
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« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2008, 08:56:48 AM » |
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Tom, in the Mile, weight is your enemy. On the salt it is just one of the paths to traction and speed, distance allows slower accelration.
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« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2008, 12:23:36 PM » |
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Anyone know the details of Barry Henson's accident, I have heard that it was caused by the weight inside the swingarm. Any information is appreciated,Thanks
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« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2008, 01:34:29 PM » |
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I did a search and found some stuff in the Bonneville section.Looks like it needs to be in/on the front 1/2. Still a little scary? The unknown....
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« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2008, 03:10:02 PM » |
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tricktom.....yes...it is an area like any other ... take everything you here with a grain of salt....  I know of some who have gone over 240 with no weight on arm........ others with say a busa with lead hanging of it going well over 240...very smoothly and stable... and other busa's with weight on back that had trouble under 230.....removed it and fixed some handling woes........ its the whole package........the whole system.....each slightly different.... with varying chassis/suspension/power delivery etc Joe |
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« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2008, 03:28:52 PM » |
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thanks
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« Reply #11 on: May 24, 2008, 04:53:34 PM » |
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Good points there JoeA. I think there are a lot of people that see what one person is doing and try to do it themselves without fully understanding why it's being done. All bikes are not made equal & neither are riders. Each unit is individual and needs to be judged on the whole package as you said. Weight along with every other tweak should be done as needed after the need is thoroughly understood. I've seen many things at the track that are quite eye opening for all the wrong reasons and in the end what they were trying 'fix' wasn't even being fixed! Kind of like the band-aid effect. Putting a band-aid on rather then finding the source of a "problem".
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