Hardcore Biker
Have'nt ridden my trusty big KX for a few months but, it's happening soon ...thought I'd check the spokes before the marshalls clink their screwdriver round the wheel at the start of the next ride and give me the possible thumbs down.. so I checked them out
Though it'd take 10 min, took me an hour and most of the spokes were giving a dull noise when I tapped 'em , so I tightened the dull ones....time well spent and I'll sleep better now. Time well spent methinks ......
Hardcore Biker
Hmmmm I squared up a tree on sunday now my front wheel has a wobble you reckon i can tweak it out with the spokes?
Even on the old ones if you dont race serious and you wanna just go do the odd club day and smoke everyone on a big old 5hundy it great and if you get beaten you have a handful of excuses
Hardcore Biker
Hope the tree's ok, shouldn't be a prob to square it up via the spokes. I just need a good hammer , a crescent and some autosolv to shine away the massive indendations the hammer will leave on your rims, book it in when you can mate.Originally Posted by vr4king
pizza for cat?
probably a dumb question but ...
what happens if you have loose spokes? i'm new to bikes with spokes and mine seems to have a few that could use a tighten.
Dirtbike Illuminati
When spokes come loose- your wheel will crumple when you land from a jump. (that is a bad thing)
the nipples will frett in the alloy rim wearing bigger holes. ( that is a bad thing too)
you can strip your rear hub from your wheel assembly under hard acceleration (that is also a bad thing)
You can fuck yourself completely in an accident caused by a collapsing wheel (that is a very bad thing)
You can miss out on riding with your mates and drink all their beer before they return (that is possibly a bad thing) - depends on your mates...
Retired- just some guy with a few bikes......
Zombies Are Just Misunderstood
Does that mean if I tune the spokes on the trumph properly, I can do jumps... Sweet!
Forum whore
sure why not!Does that mean if I tune the spokes on the trumph properly, I can do jumps... Sweet!
Zombies Are Just Misunderstood
Shit Hot!
Lack of rear suspension won't be a problem will it
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nah, just land it as a stoppie, TP's done it, can't be that hardShit Hot!
Lack of rear suspension won't be a problem will it
"A shark on whiskey is mighty risky, but a shark on beer is a beer engineer" - Tad Ghostal
Forum whore
probably has more suspension than an old school twin shocker mx bike from the 70s!
Double shot!!
Thats making my nipples fret just thinking about it!
Steve
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Hardcore Biker
Road Bikes have done it for years so, what's the problem with one -piece wheels for Dirt Bikes ?nah, just land it as a stoppie, TP's done it, can't be that hard
Not cost effective ? .....Hmmmmmm
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combination of stress distribution and weight, road bike generally have fewer spokes so a less capable of dealing with big impacts, and the ones that are capable are too heavy, thats my theory anyway.
"A shark on whiskey is mighty risky, but a shark on beer is a beer engineer" - Tad Ghostal
Zombies Are Just Misunderstood
So have I got it right, jumping the trump will be sweet, as long as I land doing a stoppie, yeah? Spectacular!
Not sure that you can get any less suspension then none in the rear & girder front B0000Mbut hell I'm game
Forum whore
it'll be fine.So have I got it right, jumping the trump will be sweet, as long as I land doing a stoppie, yeah? Spectacular!
Not sure that you can get any less suspension then none in the rear & girder front B0000M
let us know how you get on
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