New forks for Reed and Tomac

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Edited Date/Time 1/26/2013 5:13pm
A2




and now Oakland




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ML512 1/26/2013 2:44pm
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Showa seems to be switching it up quite abit with their upper tubes coatings i saw that JGR is running the silver this weekend that Factory kawi has been running since A1. Makes ya wonder if the coatings signify different upper tubes between the teams, if its just for show, or trying out new coatings for friction ect.Wink
brakkeman_ 1/26/2013 2:46pm
1/26/2013 2:46pm
It looks like what Factory Honda has been running for years.
TripleFive 1/26/2013 2:48pm
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brakkeman_ wrote:
It looks like what Factory Honda has been running for years.
*from the outside....
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Must be the trend of the week

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jake64 1/26/2013 3:13pm
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ML512 wrote:
Showa seems to be switching it up quite abit with their upper tubes coatings i saw that JGR is running the silver this weekend that Factory...
Showa seems to be switching it up quite abit with their upper tubes coatings i saw that JGR is running the silver this weekend that Factory kawi has been running since A1. Makes ya wonder if the coatings signify different upper tubes between the teams, if its just for show, or trying out new coatings for friction ect.Wink
thats what i was thinking different coatings on the upper tubes really make a differance it seems that showa has a lot of options for the riders.
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Motodude 1/26/2013 3:21pm
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super trick bikes. love it. Reed is fastest in S2.
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burn1986 1/26/2013 3:30pm
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I know those JGR Yamahas have a bad rep, but they look bada--.
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gonemoto 1/26/2013 3:35pm
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The head pipe on the 450 looks like something they picked up at Home Depot.
Comes off as a serious afterthought. Ug lee
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kevin204 1/26/2013 3:41pm
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gonemoto wrote:
The head pipe on the 450 looks like something they picked up at Home Depot.
Comes off as a serious afterthought. Ug lee
It's been around since '09 and you're still not used to it? Lol.
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slipdog 1/26/2013 3:49pm
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Reed's new Oakland forks have a much larger diameter upper tube than his A2 forks. You can see a taper under the top clamp in the A2 photo, but the Oakland photo has no taper between the upper and lower clamp
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gonemoto 1/26/2013 3:50pm
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I've never heard of ugly aging well. After all this time, you'd think they could fix it.
I think they just add 2 inches a year
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Braaap14 1/26/2013 3:56pm
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slipdog wrote:
Reed's new Oakland forks have a much larger diameter upper tube than his A2 forks. You can see a taper under the top clamp in the...
Reed's new Oakland forks have a much larger diameter upper tube than his A2 forks. You can see a taper under the top clamp in the A2 photo, but the Oakland photo has no taper between the upper and lower clamp
yeah more room for the big ass SPRINGS in em'
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jake64 1/26/2013 4:02pm
1/26/2013 4:02pm Edited Date/Time 1/26/2013 4:04pm
slipdog wrote:
Reed's new Oakland forks have a much larger diameter upper tube than his A2 forks. You can see a taper under the top clamp in the...
Reed's new Oakland forks have a much larger diameter upper tube than his A2 forks. You can see a taper under the top clamp in the A2 photo, but the Oakland photo has no taper between the upper and lower clamp
ya i seen that to! it looks like the old bigger diameter forks on the 08 factory 450. maybe they work better on the new handa then they did on the 09-12 bike.
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MXTR 1/26/2013 4:11pm
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gonemoto wrote:
I've never heard of ugly aging well. After all this time, you'd think they could fix it. I think they just add 2 inches a year...
I've never heard of ugly aging well. After all this time, you'd think they could fix it.
I think they just add 2 inches a year
To get a little off the subject, but you would imagine the power character between the to bikes should be much different based on the header length




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gonemoto 1/26/2013 4:30pm
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Fo sho. So why can't they fix that monstrosity on the Honda?
Mind bottle-ing
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yz414 1/26/2013 5:13pm
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not a fan of the 2013 honda 450s but reeds bike is sweet, and tomacs bike is beautiful.

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