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Offline turbo-bob

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« Reply #15 on: October 03, 2005, 10:04:15 PM »
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I'm waiting to hear you turbo'd your B12!  It's comin'..you know it!   :bigok:

That chrome brace's a fancy thing.  I think HS only has black for G2.  Black's fine by me.

Billster



Hey Bill,

I was looking at the settings on your front forks in your picture, where do you have them set now? That looked really squishy especially riding two up![/b]



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« Reply #16 on: October 03, 2005, 10:07:22 PM »
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I'm waiting to hear you turbo'd your B12!  It's comin'..you know it!   :bigok:


Billster

Hey Bill,
 How about a shot of goofy gas instead “MORE THROTTLE FROM THE BOTTLE”!


A turbo will never need re-filling !!
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« Reply #17 on: October 03, 2005, 10:36:07 PM »
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I'm waiting to hear you turbo'd your B12!  It's comin'..you know it!   :bigok:


Billster

Hey Bill,
 How about a shot of goofy gas instead “MORE THROTTLE FROM THE BOTTLE”!


A turbo will never need re-filling !!

Let's see in order for me to get a turbo this might be the next picture you see of me!


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« Reply #18 on: October 03, 2005, 11:05:47 PM »
make sure you put the faceshield down...and that's an iridium!  :shock:
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« Reply #19 on: October 03, 2005, 11:10:16 PM »
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make sure you put the faceshield down...and that's an iridium!  :shock:


Faceshield Uhhhhhh right "mental note"! :cop:  :cop:  :cop:
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« Reply #20 on: October 08, 2005, 08:14:52 PM »
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Cuz he wanted to be different?

Practically every Harley is blinged - nothin' special 'bout that.  :wink:




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Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't the first generation Bandits come from the factory set up with a fork brace? And to us poor folks that ride the second Gen bikes something like a fork brace would show a definite improvement wouldn’t it?

Terrebandit mentioned that he did not notice a difference, I guess I would not expect him to if it came factory with one but on a second-generation bike it shows a considerable improvement.

Sorry to bag on your Bling Man forgot about the first generation bikes!
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You're kind of a smart A arn't you?  :monkeymoon:

My point is that I don't push my bike hard enough to tell much difference.  Its a well known fact that fork braces help the weak suspension, stiffness and handling of the bandit (1Gen and 2Gen).  Yeah, the 1Gens have a brace but its basically a piece of sheet metal.  It hardly compares to the hunk of metal I have on there now.
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« Reply #21 on: October 08, 2005, 08:34:58 PM »
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You're kind of a smart A arn't you?  :monkeymoon:

My point is that I don't push my bike hard enough to tell much difference.  Its a well known fact that fork braces help the weak suspension, stiffness and handling of the bandit (1Gen and 2Gen).  Yeah, the 1Gens have a brace but its basically a piece of sheet metal.  It hardly compares to the hunk of metal I have on there now.


Kind of a smart A is putting it lightly!  :thanks:

I happen to run with a crowd that likes to take it to the limit and a little beyond so, when I added the fork brace it seemed to make a considerable difference when running the canyons. Still can't hang with the big boys but every little bit helps!
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« Reply #22 on: October 09, 2005, 12:49:23 PM »
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Cuz he wanted to be different?

Practically every Harley is blinged - nothin' special 'bout that.  :wink:




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You're kind of a smart A arn't you?  :monkeymoon:


I dont think its a question of being a smarta$$.....The man has done
an improvement to his bike and is passing on his experiance. Thats
what the board is about.
If your not an agressive rider - check out a different forum, like
lighted valve stems or luggage racks. Dont cap the guy for what
he's sharing. Thats just my .02
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« Reply #23 on: October 09, 2005, 08:27:48 PM »
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I dont think its a question of being a smarta$$.....The man has done
an improvement to his bike and is passing on his experiance. Thats
what the board is about.
If your not an agressive rider - check out a different forum, like
lighted valve stems or luggage racks. Dont cap the guy for what
he's sharing. Thats just my .02


This is what he said and this is what I had an issue with after I gave MY opinion on fork braces.  Why don't you relax and mind your own business?   :monkeymoon:

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« Reply #24 on: October 10, 2005, 01:25:09 PM »
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Is anybody running a fork brace on their Gen2 B12?  Looking at Super Brace and HoleShot braces.  I used to always have them on my 70's Hondas and they made a world of difference.  Wondering if the improvement is as dramatic with these 43mm forks today?  The harder I push this beast the more 'flopping' I'm detecting in the front end especially on corner exits under acceleration.  

This would augment the RaceTech Gold valve kit and Penske in the rear that I'm planning over the winter.

Cheers
Billster  :shock:




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This is what he said and this is what I had an issue with after I gave MY opinion on fork braces. Why don't you relax and mind your own business?  


Dave,

Read Bills first sentence; He was asking about a fork brace for a second generation B12 that's part of the reason I bagged you!
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« Reply #25 on: October 10, 2005, 09:51:12 PM »
I'm cool with everything Mongo.  Peace bro. :wink:
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« Reply #26 on: October 10, 2005, 10:02:33 PM »
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I'm cool with everything Mongo.  Peace bro. :wink:



No problem, it's good to add a little controversy on these threads just to add a little color!
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« Reply #27 on: October 11, 2005, 05:29:54 AM »
Hey Mongo!  Where you gettin' all these avatars?  I'm looking for your posts just to LMAO over the avatars!  (This one looks just like the old Pirate's Den down on the turnpike  :shock:  )

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« Reply #28 on: October 11, 2005, 09:32:18 AM »
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Hey Mongo!  Where you gettin' all these avatars?  I'm looking for your posts just to LMAO over the avatars!  (This one looks just like the old Pirate's Den down on the turnpike  :shock:  )

Billshter


I have the mandatory one hour lunch break at work and since our IT guy has blocked my access to Banditalley I spend a lot of time looking through photo bucket, yahoo images and goggle to find some new and improved crap to lighten up your day!
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« Reply #29 on: October 11, 2005, 09:39:33 AM »
give that IT guy a beer.
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