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    both keith and jo hadent ridden the bikes till that week as well
    same with the other rider who was also doing 30-31's
    and doing a fine job of holding off nigel at one point till the two of them collided
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    if I remeber right he was quite proud he didn't scratch his helmit in that crash
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    Hey has anyone noticed that we are 3 pages in of drivel & the original poster has gone awol?
    Don't you look at my accountant.
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    Yep. However he was here yesterday at 7:16pm...

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    Maybe he heard what the NWM was about and ran like hell !!!


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    OR MABY he is downgrading his bike so he dosent show them all up

    I heard that he was going to keep it all as is so you lot had a chance
    specialy the fxr's



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    Quote Originally Posted by Skunk View Post
    Yep. However he was here yesterday at 7:16pm...
    check the silverware
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    you stole it on a 50 I hear
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    Wheels

    I have just got some good wheels with TT900GP rubber on them that looks in reasonable condition. The guy I got them off was very helpful, he said it is ok rubber but in his experience when the tires are pressed hard they will induce chatter or at least thats what happened to him. He experimented with frame and swing arm bracing but the problem disappeared when he put 17's and slicks on. It turns out that the STD Suzuki GP125 frame works ok as is with slicks and he thinks the rippling of the TT900GP treads was causing sympathetic vibration in the suspension with a slip grip sort of effect. That was good of him to tell me, and I also would like slicks too but for now I have to start where I can afford.

    looking to the future I have a 17 x 3.5 rim that I think I can salvage and need a 17 x 2.5 36 hole rim if anyone has one for sale. Please PM me.

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    TT900's are pretty decent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bucketracer View Post
    and need a 17 x 2.5 36 hole rim if anyone has one for sale. Please PM me.
    2.15 x17 is easier to find and works just as good (rear of some trailbikes), I've run RS125 slicks on rims as narrow as 1.85 x 17 and hardly been able to tell the difference in handling
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    Many thanks for the info. there is also some pretty clever posts about GP125's on Frankies post http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=81790

    TZ350 realy seems to know what he is on about.

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