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rodbargee wrote: Mon Jan 25, 2021 8:10 pm Ok then can someone explain this to me!

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Stabilizers :)
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Make for an interesting Tankslapper
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Woo hoo!

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rodbargee wrote: Mon Jan 25, 2021 8:10 pm Ok then can someone explain this to me!

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I saw that in real life at the 1986 Kent Custom Show
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:29 am
rodbargee wrote: Mon Jan 25, 2021 8:10 pm Ok then can someone explain this to me!

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I saw that in real life at the 1986 Kent Custom Show
It's a case of "becaues i can" rather than "should i" :)
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It looked pretty cool at the time, and I don't like choppers, but all choppers are built for looks, so it doesn't matter whether it worked well or not, but he did ride it to the show and we followed him for a few miles on the way to the show
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It'll still have a bendy frame I suppose, but the forks and swinging arm should help quite a bit?

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rodbargee wrote: Mon Jan 25, 2021 8:10 pm Ok then can someone explain this to me!

Obviously wanted a twin front disc set-up.
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Taipan wrote: Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:22 pm
That I love...

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Another shiny tractor!!

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rodbargee wrote: Tue Jan 26, 2021 10:51 pm Another shiny tractor!!

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Thought that looked familiar! ;)

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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:46 am It looked pretty cool at the time, and I don't like choppers, but all choppers are built for looks, so it doesn't matter whether it worked well or not, but he did ride it to the show and we followed him for a few miles on the way to the show
Did you get a chance to see it going over a humpback bridge?
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Warning,may divide opinion. :lol:

XSR 900


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Errrrrr...


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Skub wrote: Wed Jan 27, 2021 6:10 pm Warning,may divide opinion. :lol:

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Sort of looks like it’s trying a bit too hard to be an MV Dragster
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Skub wrote: Wed Jan 27, 2021 6:10 pm Warning,may divide opinion. :lol:

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It's poxy cos its boxy! :D
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rodbargee wrote: Mon Jan 25, 2021 8:10 pm Ok then can someone explain this to me!

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Bad acid...