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#1 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Fri Sep 06, 2013 5:26 am

couple of years ago I stripped out the rear shock from a 2002 rsvr

I did not need the linkages - the shock was going into another mille, but being a professional vulture, put them away into my stores

(I do not have any falco linkages in the place that are spare - the ones off my falco are long gone, and hanna's went on a falco that was having its goodies stripped out)

here is the wierd part - chap wanted the linkages for the new shock he had acquired - so off they went

turns out they are falco linkages / dogbone......

I can only guess that the original mille owner had fitted them in error... or a botched repair or... well I do not know what

obviously I have refunded the cash etc and look forward to getting them back - I will place them with the 4 blue spring shocks I have!


Let's face it, you wouldn't go to a nurse to get good advice on a problem with a Falco - you'd choose an Engineer or a mechanic...


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#2 Post by jonnie_r » Fri Sep 06, 2013 5:51 am

bloody mille owners, always stealing our parts.........

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#3 Post by Firestarter » Fri Sep 06, 2013 8:22 am

jonnie_r wrote:bloody mille owners, always stealing our parts.........
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#4 Post by Cathcart » Fri Sep 06, 2013 8:43 am

Aw man.... I need one... got the shocky on the way but no linkage.
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#5 Post by D-Rider » Fri Sep 06, 2013 9:52 am

:smt017 :smt017

.... and having them in your possession you failed to notice that they were actually Falco parts ......


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#6 Post by flatlander » Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:27 am

Andy I refer you to your own summary of alads abilities

Actually I'm only reading this thread and assumed from the titlle that squid and mart had been up to stuff again
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#7 Post by MartDude » Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:54 am

flatlander wrote:Andy I refer you to your own summary of alads abilities

Actually I'm only reading this thread and assumed from the titlle that squid and mart had been up to stuff again
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#8 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Fri Sep 06, 2013 2:17 pm

Lol

I did not have anything to compare it with and had no inclination to measure it etc...

( I do wonder if it was an early model that had been registered late - I do recall it was an ohlins !)


Let's face it, you wouldn't go to a nurse to get good advice on a problem with a Falco - you'd choose an Engineer or a mechanic...


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