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Old 11-12-2003 | 09:21 PM
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yeah anything over 70 can turn out bad, and never take your feet off the pegs that makes it worse. i got a dampner and it never happened again.
Old 11-12-2003 | 09:33 PM
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i've gotten them at 40 and up to 70 mph

i've have to say that i'm pretty lucky cause i've had alot of slappers and never went down, but i came to find out that it was positioning on the front wheel when touching down
Old 11-13-2003 | 12:54 AM
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i had a handlebar slapper on my bicycle tonight after a coaster in a 16 knot crosswind
Old 11-13-2003 | 01:32 AM
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Tank slappers suck!

That is my MOST feared incident of anything that could ever happen to me while riding again.

I'm not Newton, but I have heard that when your front wheel is up in the air and your speed is decreasing while you're putting down the front tire, you have a greatly increased chance of tankslapping. This is due to your momentum decreasing along w/the odds that your front wheel may not be perfectly aligned with the line you are traveling. If your momentum (by extension, your "speed") stays the same or increases you have a far greater chance of NOT tankslapping, because the momentum will exceed the lack of symmetry and your front tire will follow the line the rear tire is traveling (hopefully straight).

Basically when you put the front wheel down slightly more speed=less chance of tankslap.

Sorry for the boring input, but for me it works.
Old 11-13-2003 | 02:06 AM
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on top of what everyone else has said, check your tire pressure. if it was too high, the profile of the tire will have more of a point to it. less contact patch. other then that, damper and hold on.
Old 11-13-2003 | 02:28 AM
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GPR dampners are pretty tight. They are guarenteed, Cool people to work with and I've had both Scotts and GPR and the Scotts exploded on me after after putting down a wheelie. I've used a GPR for 2yrs and not one problem. Track and Stunting. Also they come in all the Frickin colors to match the bike or what not.

http://www.gprstabilizer.com/
Old 11-13-2003 | 11:03 PM
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Originally posted by gsxrchicky
Tank slappers suck!

That is my MOST feared incident of anything that could ever happen to me while riding again.

I'm not Newton, but I have heard that when your front wheel is up in the air and your speed is decreasing while you're putting down the front tire, you have a greatly increased chance of tankslapping. This is due to your momentum decreasing along w/the odds that your front wheel may not be perfectly aligned with the line you are traveling. If your momentum (by extension, your "speed") stays the same or increases you have a far greater chance of NOT tankslapping, because the momentum will exceed the lack of symmetry and your front tire will follow the line the rear tire is traveling (hopefully straight).

Basically when you put the front wheel down slightly more speed=less chance of tankslap.

Sorry for the boring input, but for me it works.




I dont think its boring. Id much rather ride with you than some
of these other crazy *** riders. You really have to know bike and how comfortable you feel on it, in order to really start stuntin.
GOOD FOR YOU!
Old 11-14-2003 | 01:28 AM
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I HAVE HEARD INTERESTING FEED BACK ON THE DUNLOP 207S THERE ARE 2 OR 3 MODELS FROM SPORT TOUR TO RACE I HAVE PUT MY FRONT TIRE DOWN AT 100-160 M.P.H. ON A 93GSXR 600
MOSTLY JUMPING THOUGH.I HAVE NO front. END STABILIZER AND WILL BE FILMING A 420FT+ JUMP OFF AN INTERSECTION IN SOUTH FL. REAL SOON.
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