fish_antlers
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posted June 24, 2005 08:56 AM
GSRX 1K Frame failure...
Holy fack!
http://www.tlplanet.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48595
Front part of bike...
Back of bike....
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TedG
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posted June 24, 2005 09:29 AM
Wow, 20 mph.Ya think Suzuki went a bit far wtth their weight reduction program? But in Suzuki's defence it did hit an Iron boat anchor.
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kz2zx
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posted June 24, 2005 01:29 PM
 Edited By: kz2zx on 24 Jun 2005 14:32
Look at the skid marks. I don't beleive the 35MPH claim. He locked both wheels almost simultaneously, and slid sideways on the rubber for about 40ft , crossing about a foot or so into the opposite lane, then the impact was about 8 feet past the point the bike was on it's side and the wheels left the ground. The harley I think rode over the frame of the gixx at the point of breakage, and the spill would be the Harley's gastank contents.
I also think the reason the bikes stayed close to each other is momentum - the harley is a heavier bike (it's a Sportster-based one, though!), and the energy of the impact went into the Gixx's frame, not into sliding somewhere else.
Reading that thread... I think the rider target-fixated on the Harley guy and hit the Harley just barely in the Harley's lane. I think the Harley guy was daydreaming in the wrong lane, but not by much.
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TedG
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posted June 24, 2005 02:04 PM
Moral of the story: If you can't see what may be coming at you, stay away from the center line.
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fattkaw
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posted June 24, 2005 07:30 PM
did the pic's go down. I CAN"T SEE IT 
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fish_antlers
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posted June 24, 2005 08:05 PM
i'd say yep! 
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lizard
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posted June 25, 2005 08:51 AM
Remember that on Westside road!!!!
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sagot
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posted June 28, 2005 09:52 AM
The fuckin frame didn't fail. The rider did!
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sagot
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posted June 28, 2005 10:21 AM
I mean. I mean Kawasaki way better! He He. Now put that gun down!
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