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onearmedbandit
1st May 2007, 14:23
I think the pic explains it all. Bloody cheap weak kawasaki forks, someone could get hurt.
ArcherWC
1st May 2007, 14:26
That has got to suck
The_Dover
1st May 2007, 14:27
Looks like I've got some competition for my fastest front wheel removal record....
Marmoot
1st May 2007, 14:32
Funny-looking Yamaha. Or am I drunk?
xwhatsit
1st May 2007, 14:33
Doubt that's Yamaha's/EDIT:Kawasaki's fault. The bike's missing the windscreen, rear cover -- hell, it's got those `stunt protector' things on the side. Probably been dropped and abused way too many times, metal fatigue or something. That's why you're not really supposed to straighten bent forks.
avgas
1st May 2007, 14:33
Your drunk and thats not a yammy
The_Dover
1st May 2007, 14:34
Funny-looking Yamaha. Or am I drunk?

No, I thought it looked remarkably like an 03/04 636.
Grub
1st May 2007, 14:34
Ohhh ... that is so awesome. It's like the pic of a lifetime.

Bozo riding it going to hurt though isn't he :)
bistard
1st May 2007, 14:41
No, I thought it looked remarkably like an 03/04 636.

And the prize,goes to Dover!!!
Hey I have one of those in my garage too!!
Hehehe
imdying
1st May 2007, 14:43
Yeesh Fraser, I told you it was a Kwaka :lol: Temporary brain fart I'm sure.
The_Dover
1st May 2007, 14:43
And the prize,goes to Dover!!!


I know my prey.

Must find kwaka's to pee on.......:drool:
Deano
1st May 2007, 14:43
At least he was wearing his safety bandana and Ray Bans - it could have been a lot worse.
yod
1st May 2007, 14:54
At least he was wearing his safety bandana and Ray Bans - it could have been a lot worse.

:killingme
riffer
1st May 2007, 15:28
In defence of the motorcycle manufacturer, they don't actually make the forks...
imdying
1st May 2007, 15:45
Don't think much defence is needed riffer... I'd say by the bars on it, it has seen the odd wheelie :rofl:
ManDownUnder
1st May 2007, 15:48
On an unrelated side note... Yamaha and Kawasaki both slighted in this thread for bad gear... honda's always being questioned for a variety of reasons by default.

And yet the steed I choose remains unblemished... *sigh* Suzuki... even the old ones. The reputation remains beyond question really doesn't it?

As you were
onearmedbandit
1st May 2007, 16:03
Doh, brain fade. Kawasaki, not yamaha, my apologies!
imdying
1st May 2007, 16:04
Bah, should've stealth edited it and then moaned that you've no idea what everyone is talking about... still not too late :D
more_fasterer
1st May 2007, 16:06
See, broken collarbones ARE cool! MaD pRoPs aU!
HDTboy
1st May 2007, 18:14
On an unrelated side note... Yamaha and Kawasaki both slighted in this thread for bad gear... honda's always being questioned for a variety of reasons by default.

And yet the steed I choose remains unblemished... *sigh* Suzuki... even the old ones. The reputation remains beyond question really doesn't it?

As you were

I've ripped open a Suzuki fork in that same spot
ManDownUnder
2nd May 2007, 09:32
I've ripped open a Suzuki fork in that same spot

Jesus - I can't manage a phone book!
Grub
2nd May 2007, 13:54
I'm glad he put his side stand down, it could have fallen over and scratched the paint
cowboyz
2nd May 2007, 14:29
that is definitely an OFI moment. Nice camera work too.