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Old Dec 29, 2024 | 10:22 AM
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Old Dec 29, 2024 | 12:25 PM
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To ruin your day?
 
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Old Dec 29, 2024 | 12:31 PM
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Is it comparable to replacing rear shocks with welded barstock and calling it a 'hard tail'?
 
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Old Dec 29, 2024 | 02:32 PM
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I believe it was a shop that hole sprays just a bit onto the oil on to the head gasket area its a hose and go repair idea
 
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Old Dec 29, 2024 | 03:09 PM
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I'll admit: I don't get what the picture is supposed to be showing.
 
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Old Dec 29, 2024 | 03:12 PM
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I've obviously eaten too much over Christmas ..... what am I missing here?
 
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Old Dec 29, 2024 | 03:15 PM
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I see it.....but don't believe it!
 
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A hole drilled in the chrome pushrod tube. Flashlight is on top shining light down into the tube.


 
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Just to screw with you while you are out riding one of your twinkies.
 
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Old Dec 29, 2024 | 10:05 PM
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Head scratcher, got no clue what they might have been thinking there, wouldn’t the inside tube still cover that hole even up?
 
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