Mon Aug 11 14:56:47 1997 - Message No. 1261
From: Katsanos Phoebus

Subject: Re: Some questions...


At 01:53 рм 11/8/1997 +0200, you wrote:
>Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 20:46:36 +0200
>To: Africa Twin Mailinglist

>My advice: DON'T use crash bars like those. They're too solid, they will
>bend the main frame if you fall. And the main frame is quite more expensive
>than a set of crash bars...

iI don't think this is very likely, since the main frame is really solid,
and the bike will almost never fall to the side with enough strength to bend
the main frame.
Also, the bars are screwd to the front and rear, so in the middle were they
will take the hit if it is strong they will bend easyer than the main frame.
The only way you will get a strong enough hit at the side of the bike to
cause damadge to the frame is if a car hits you on the side, and if that
happens, bars or no bars your frame will bend, from the hit to the motor.
Even then it will be better to have solid bars at the side to take some of
the shock.
Also, if you are talking about the MOTAD crash bars, they look really solid,
but they are hollow on the inside, so they will bend absorbing the sock... I
tryed it :) !

Have fun


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