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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: is this normal? Reply #15 - 04/02/10 at 02:12:06 Back in '81, my youngest brother rode my other brother's CB400T into the side of a house ... the forks looked exactly like those on that LS in the pic ...
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cursal Full Member Offline Daily Savage Rider Posts: 175 Eugene, OR Gender:	Re: is this normal? Reply #16 - 04/02/10 at 08:08:11 yowzaaz! That would take some force to make a "mod" like that. But from my understanding one should not be riding the bike when making such mods
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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: is this normal? Reply #17 - 04/02/10 at 08:26:29 I used to build recumbent bicycles, (bent bikes) and after changing the fork pivot angle to get the handle bars closer to the rider, I was force to bend the forks more than that,.....only in the other (forward) direction
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crabpainter Full Member Offline Look Twice Save A Life Posts: 101 Kentucky Gender:	Re: is this normal? Reply #18 - 04/03/10 at 17:36:31 That's what photoshop'll do.
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Savage_Amusement Serious Thumper Offline On this steel horse I ride. Posts: 1004 Omaha, NE Gender:	Re: is this normal? Reply #19 - 04/04/10 at 00:10:32 Yeah I totally agree that it looks wrecked, also might just be me but that doesn't look like a stock headlight or at least mine doesn't sit near that far out like that.
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Jay Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1445 Fort Worth, Texas Gender:	Re: is this normal? Reply #20 - 04/04/10 at 01:37:08 My '08 doesn't look anything like that on the front end. Savage_Amusement, you're right. That headlight doesn't look stock. He smashed the front end and "repaired' it.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: is this normal? Reply #21 - 04/04/10 at 01:45:37 IDK, just seems wrong to be trying to sell a wreck & call it stock. Is this an individual or a dealer? Gotta be an individual, cuz if a dealer pulled a stunt like that, they could get sued, not just for defrauding the guy, but gettin him killed. That bike cant be safe.
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Reply #22 - 04/04/10 at 11:32:12

I guarantee that there was other damage as well. At very least you should be looking for scrapped head bearings in the triple tree, and most likely wheel bearings and axel damage. I would also be checking for torquing of the frame neck both front to back and side to side. If the neck isn’t aligned exactly with the frame you will find out the first time you make a panic stop…and that is too late!
I broke a Kawasaki voyager in 2005. The forks were not bent much more than that. I gave it to a friend to rebuild and it cost several hundred to put it back on the road.

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ero4444 Full Member Offline weekender Posts: 176	Re: is this normal? Reply #23 - 04/04/10 at 12:55:11 Don't trust a seller that is obviously lying to you. If they can't repair the forks then maybe they screwed up other repairs too. No telling what else might be wrong with it now.
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kimchris1 Serious Thumper Offline Pink Posse Rider... Posts: 2135 Belfair, Washington Gender:	Re: is this normal? Reply #24 - 04/04/10 at 13:20:15 Mine on my 09 aren't like that. I would turn around and take my money elsewhere..
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Charon Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1811 Harvard, NE Gender:	Re: is this normal? Reply #25 - 04/04/10 at 16:05:05 To me, that bike is a total. I would consider it a parts bike, and wouldn't trust the engine to be any good. When it hit, it probably went down. It is possible the engine kept running, and it may have done so on the side away from the oil pump. I'd want to check and see if it has a salvage title.
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Reply #26 - 04/06/10 at 03:13:34

Nop, dude probably hit the bumper of a car in front of him Cheesy

If you tip the bike on its left (on the foot and back wheel)
and spin the front wheel it will probabbly wobble a bit too.

Don't buy it or haggle a nice $500 discount.
And IF you've allready bought it, it's not that bad really,
just learn to live with it and balance that front wheel, good luck.

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miker Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 53 Texas, USA Gender:	Re: is this normal? Reply #27 - 04/06/10 at 05:20:31 I could not get him to admit that the bike has been crashed. Couldn't get him down on the price either. I already have 2 builds going, so I really don't need a third- just keeping my eyes peeled for a deal like Lancer found a couple of weeks ago.
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Reply #28 - 04/06/10 at 15:51:51

miker wrote on 04/06/10 at 05:20:31:

I could not get him to admit that the bike has been crashed. Couldn't get him down on the price either. I already have 2 builds going, so I really don't need a third- just keeping my eyes peeled for a deal like Lancer found a couple of weeks ago.

As long as YOU didnt buy it, Im happy. I sure feel sorry for the dip who does. I woulkdnt dream of selling something so dangerous.

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Reply #29 - 04/10/10 at 11:04:17

My '06 is exactly like that. I bought it used that way and I knew it. Runs like new since 8,000 miles now. No high speed wobble runs straight even with just one hand on the gas. No pulling to either side. Tight turns are sharp in response, handles like a street bike like that. Street bikes have a steeper angle. I was thinking about replacing them, but I really like the handling like that. In fact on loose ground is has very low understeer. I can take turns with just a push of either knee against the tank. I know it's dangerous, but I tried it and it runs perfectly smooth and straight doing 80mph with one hand, even with dips and holes in the road. Low speed handling is just fine also. New replacement is very expensive for the two shocks, just the tubes would be a bit cheaper, but I don't have the guts to take the shocks apart to replace the tubes. And I can't find any good used ones either.

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