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Old Dec 31, 2007 | 04:47 PM
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Just the reason you need to get yourself that fat set of trees you've been thinking about.
 
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Old Dec 31, 2007 | 07:22 PM
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BINGO toby!!Lower treeis bent.Now i'm in the market for one.I guess I overlooked the obvious.Oh,also,the one brief moment I took my eyes off the road...... blam!!! A blue hair decides to make a panic stop.Can't really blame her,it was my f.up for following too close
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Old Dec 31, 2007 | 07:43 PM
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Well that explains it, but I gotta think you had to do more thanjust "tweek" the tubes if you bent the lower tree. I wonder if you didn't tweek the lower tree, but bent the shaft inside the steering head instead. Seems that it would be a lot easier to bend that than the tree itself.
 
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Old Jan 1, 2008 | 09:47 AM
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going out and tear things apart as we speak,maybe the shaft is bent ,will find out.I got thinking about that inverted fork set -up that harley has,it's a good looking outfit.
 
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