Sun, 9 May 1999 17:24:02 +0200 - Message No. 5663
From: "Dirk De bruyn"

Subject: Stuck mudguard


Hi,

Some time ago I jumped off a small plateau (30 or 40 cm high, at appr.
60km/h).  The front fork went in so deep that when it came back up, the
mudgaurd stayed stuck behind the engine guard!
A dangerous situation: I couldn't steer anymore.  It took 2 friends to push
on the handlebar and me to pull the mudguard out.

Now I've put White Power springs in the front fork; not only because of this
accident: the White Powers give much better handling in cornering, if you
ask me.

But yesterday me and my @ had a race track introduction in Croix-en-Ternois,
France.  During the braking exercise the same thing happened!
Solution: I removed the mudguard for the rest of the day ...

I 've had an accident in November, but the engine guard is still screwed
into the usual fittings and the mudguard also look pretty normal.

Has anyone else encountered this problem?
I'm thinking of cutting 10 cm of the mudguard.

Greetings,

Dirk

Ps.: and I don't think there's something seriously wrong with the bikes
front fork or frame, because hunting down R1's and others in the winding
part of the race track wasn't much of a problem  :-)




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