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    What's wrong with this picture?

    A nice bloke just brought in this bike to have a brake declaration done to get his mint looking CBR road legal. He had recently brought it and had received it in this condition, in his defence he didn't really know too much about bikesSpot the problem...........
    Shit like this shouldn't be alowed to be done. Words like poor, shoddy, unprofessional and crap spring to mind. buyer beware!


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    Ah, the steel line would flex....for a bit!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maido View Post
    ermmm... ??? wouldn't that effect the handling ...

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    That's how they used to do it in the 70's!

    So are the forks just back to front, or is the whole front end installed back to front?
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    Something looks backwards, shouldn't the calipers be behind the forks? Looks as though the forks have been put on back to front...
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    Our theory is that they took the forks and wheel out complete (for what ever reason? steering bearings maybe????) and then just popped them back in, only backwards......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maido View Post
    Our theory is that they took the forks and wheel out complete (for what ever reason? steering bearings maybe????) and then just popped them back in, only backwards......
    Easy mistake to make. Could have happened to anyone, really...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Edbear View Post
    Easy mistake to make. Could have happened to anyone, really...
    Rubbish. Would take real talent to install most of the bike the wrong way round.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MSTRS View Post
    Rubbish. Would take real talent to install most of the bike the wrong way round.
    You could be right, maybe the forks are the right way around, it's the rest of the bike they've installed backwards...!
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    Quote Originally Posted by scumdog View Post
    Ah, the steel line would flex....for a bit!!
    I assume the solid line just runs over to the other caliper which then has a rubber hose running up to the master cylinder.

    Apart from the fact that it looks stupid I can't really see why it would be unsafe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Katman View Post
    I assume the solid line just runs over to the other caliper which then has a rubber hose running up to the master cylinder.

    Apart from the fact that it looks stupid I can't really see why it would be unsafe.
    Yeah, it looks hilarious but probably isn't inherently unsafe.
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    Unbelievable,reminds me of this guy,no doubt the chick in the second pic has hers the same.One would be hoping the mounting points for the calipers were bloody strong.
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    Maybe when they put the new directional front tyre on they found out it was pointing the wrong way, so swopped the front end round.... Seems like the right thing to do ;-p
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maido View Post
    A nice bloke just brought in this bike to have a brake declaration done to get his mint looking CBR road legal. He had recently brought it and had received it in this condition, in his defence he didn't really know too much about bikesSpot the problem...........
    Shit like this shouldn't be alowed to be done. Words like poor, shoddy, unprofessional and crap spring to mind. buyer beware!

    You cant put brains where they are not supposed to be. Unbeleivable, that is bastardisation taken too far.

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