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Old 24-02-06, 04:49 PM   #11
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I'd never buy one but for riding across Arizona...
I think it would just be wrong to do it in anything else!
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Old 24-02-06, 05:03 PM   #12
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Hmmm, the bike still seems reasonably upright because of those whopping great crash bars, it just that the guy has literally "fallen off"
I'm wondering if the crash bar touching down actually caused the crash.
Yes the bike was probably levered up and the front lost traction.


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I dare say holding the 'bars helps.
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