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View Poll Results: How many miles before your first whoops | |||
I've never had a whoops. | 21 | 29.17% | |
Less than 10. | 12 | 16.67% | |
10-20 miles | 3 | 4.17% | |
20-50 miles | 4 | 5.56% | |
50-100 miles | 8 | 11.11% | |
100-200 miles | 6 | 8.33% | |
200 miles + | 18 | 25.00% | |
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06-27-2012, 08:44 AM | #21 |
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The only safety switch is a flooded engine.
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06-27-2012, 12:19 PM | #22 | |
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06-27-2012, 12:31 PM | #23 | |
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06-27-2012, 04:38 PM | #24 | ||
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06-28-2012, 06:20 PM | #25 |
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Re: How many miles before you first whoops?
As WW said, many times on dirt bikes as a kid. But on the GZ I put over 10,000 without a problem, switched to the Vulcan 500 and put another 32,000 on it before I laid it down in the ice and slid a long way, but I was lucky and other than some superficial scratches to the exhaust and crash bars no real damage to the bike or me, I didn't even damage my riding gear. Then, at 44,000 miles, I met a dog, he won. I broke my right tibia, tore out the ACL and MCL in the right knee, broke 5 ribs, and shattered my right shoulder, the bike received a lot of scratches and one knee size dent in the tank but mechanically was okay and my son in law actually rode it home after the accident.
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06-29-2012, 11:21 AM | #26 |
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Ouch. Brutal.
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07-07-2012, 09:12 PM | #27 |
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When I had my whoops, I broke a small chunk out of the front fender. From a safety standpoint, is there any reason I can't cut it off straight so that it looms better?
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07-07-2012, 09:16 PM | #28 | |
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07-07-2012, 09:22 PM | #29 |
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07-08-2012, 04:20 AM | #30 | |
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