GOAT is the proper shorthand.I think he meant because he was RC4. I do like the description though lol.
As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.
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GOAT is the proper shorthand.I think he meant because he was RC4. I do like the description though lol.
Looks like 2 places here that can maybe blow chunks to my un-engineeing qualified eye .....
1) At what ever that free piston is located at
2) At the oil lock ...
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I for one look forward to the day of non telescopic forks.
I miss the "works" days. Check out the twin expansion chambers. Man they tried a bunch of stuff back then. Bikes have been largely stagnant the last 10 years. Refinement is fine but love to see out of the box thinking.
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My Son 2013 CRF450R AIR Forks leaked in the first 5 HR of Ride. He is like 145 Lbs! Talking to Honda, MX Bikes zero warranty told him he is #@!$ out of luck! Leaked Oil and AIR after 3 trips to the track! Took the entire suspension to Pro-Circuit and confirmed he was not the first to have this problem. Hard to say how long the seals will last this round! Sounds like a High Maintenance item! Would they really survive a Baja 1000!![]()
um...where did you get that picture? security wants to know. this one's a work of art. with drum brakes!!! see the lil doohickey on the swing arm? you wouldnt believe the wraps these things kept under. or the 500/250. i coveteth the 500/250. so much so i got some bracelets shown to me once...and if i didnt leave?....so i snapped the throttle on it once and RAN LIKE HELL. lol...fat guys are slow.
Using auto fill??? Or is that a Jackie Chan impersonation!Not sure why that is ion that side of the swingarm as I think that is a pivot for the rear brake isolation. When there were all these works bikes I used to spend hours with mags staring and engineering in my head. Just how I am wired. Loved that time when factories tried EVERYTHING and we had those cool Mugens Hondas to look at.
If you like that stuff go here and wait many house staring at these cool old bikes.
http://www.mxworksbike.com/bikes a.htm
Really interesting and cool, I haven't seen that website MX was so born in Europe.Not sure why that is ion that side of the swingarm as I think that is a pivot for the rear brake isolation. When there were all these works bikes I used to spend hours with mags staring and engineering in my head. Just how I am wired. Loved that time when factories tried EVERYTHING and we had those cool Mugens Hondas to look at.
If you like that stuff go here and wait many house staring at these cool old bikes.
http://www.mxworksbike.com/bikes a.htm
Most MTBs are air sprung nowadays.Been tried and scrapped many times. I had a half year 1976 YZ125 that had all air fork. It sucked and half your in they went back to springs. Been tried int he MTB industry many times too. There it might make more sense. The issue is consistancy (hot air expands) and for seals. the up side is weight.