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Edited Date/Time 11/14/2022 3:44pm
At the SEMA show. Its in the back of a custom hybrid F150 built by FOX. Some Ford executive's were overheard asking the FOX guys how much attention the truck was getting. The FOX guys told them the bike in the back is getting most of the attention!


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SKIDLID 11/3/2022 10:16am
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I didn’t even notice the bike at the show
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GG121 11/3/2022 11:03am
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is this a hint that FOX is coming back to making mx shocks?
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soggy 11/3/2022 11:08am
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GG121 wrote:
is this a hint that FOX is coming back to making mx shocks?
More likely the trick has Fox shocks I think
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Zesiger 112 11/3/2022 11:52am
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Doing a great job of blowing the fork seals out🤦🏻‍♂️
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swordfish 11/3/2022 12:00pm
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Zesiger 112 wrote:
Doing a great job of blowing the fork seals out🤦🏻‍♂️
Yeah, I’m sure the fork seals are gonna blow out😂
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Jeff Roberts 11/3/2022 12:03pm
11/3/2022 12:03pm
I thought this may be about Ned or Sansa Stark. I was very late to the party but just watched the entire series of Game of Thrones recently. It lived up to the hype. Sorry for the hijack😄
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mattyhamz2 11/3/2022 1:47pm
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Zesiger 112 wrote:
Doing a great job of blowing the fork seals out🤦🏻‍♂️
How so?
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bigk218 11/3/2022 2:13pm
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SKIDLID wrote:
I didn’t even notice the bike at the show
It was hiding behind their man purse
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lostboy819 11/3/2022 2:27pm
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Zesiger 112 wrote:
Doing a great job of blowing the fork seals out🤦🏻‍♂️
Moran Blush
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theycallmeebryan 11/3/2022 5:57pm
11/3/2022 5:57pm
As far as I understand they are just for display. Might not even be working units.
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Nate_Ferderer 11/4/2022 7:39am
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GG121 wrote:
is this a hint that FOX is coming back to making mx shocks?
I work at Fox. As much as some of us would like to, no we’re not getting back into moto. A former Fox employee works at Stark and this was just a marketing collab for the truck.
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ns503 11/4/2022 8:39am
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Zesiger 112 wrote:
Doing a great job of blowing the fork seals out🤦🏻‍♂️
Care to explain that one further?
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Zesiger 112 11/4/2022 11:32am
11/4/2022 11:32am Edited Date/Time 11/4/2022 11:55am
Been there done that. All y’all can lick my chocolate starfish😘

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Gravel 11/4/2022 12:04pm
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If your fork seals leak from tying the bike in a truck, they are already blown, you just didn’t know it yet. Hydraulic seals handle pressure pretty well, it’s basically their primary reason for existing..
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lostboy819 11/4/2022 12:28pm
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Zesiger 112 wrote:
Doing a great job of blowing the fork seals out🤦🏻‍♂️
I bet you also say things like "I got a 12th place on the holeshot" Grinning Grinning
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Zesiger 112 wrote:
Been there done that. All y’all can lick my chocolate starfish😘 [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/11/04/575642/s1200_92D81C1C_32BE_40CA_9432_03A7A455186F.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/11/04/575641/s1200_7A08DDCF_55EF_4CDB_BD1B_5E7E817D9E90.jpg[/img]
Been there done that. All y’all can lick my chocolate starfish😘

If anything, it'll just keep from sacking your fork springs out if you leave it tied down for super long periods if time. Tying it down will just expose any weaknesses already in the seal.
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ns503 11/4/2022 3:36pm
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Zesiger 112 wrote:
Been there done that. All y’all can lick my chocolate starfish😘 [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/11/04/575642/s1200_92D81C1C_32BE_40CA_9432_03A7A455186F.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/11/04/575641/s1200_7A08DDCF_55EF_4CDB_BD1B_5E7E817D9E90.jpg[/img]
Been there done that. All y’all can lick my chocolate starfish😘

Snake oil.

Tieing a bike down does diddly to fork seals.

Do your fork seals blow on the track every time you hit a bump?
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Zesiger 112 wrote:
Been there done that. All y’all can lick my chocolate starfish😘 [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/11/04/575642/s1200_92D81C1C_32BE_40CA_9432_03A7A455186F.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/11/04/575641/s1200_7A08DDCF_55EF_4CDB_BD1B_5E7E817D9E90.jpg[/img]
Been there done that. All y’all can lick my chocolate starfish😘

ns503 wrote:
Snake oil.

Tieing a bike down does diddly to fork seals.

Do your fork seals blow on the track every time you hit a bump?
They make the bike more stable when you tie them down with a fork saver.

Try it you’ll see.
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#434 11/4/2022 3:54pm
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Did this really turn into „how I tie my bike down“ thread.. WTF
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yz133rider wrote:
They make the bike more stable when you tie them down with a fork saver.

Try it you’ll see.
This is true but it does diddly to protect the fork seals.
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ns503 11/4/2022 5:18pm
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yz133rider wrote:
They make the bike more stable when you tie them down with a fork saver.

Try it you’ll see.
soggy wrote:
This is true but it does diddly to protect the fork seals.
+1.
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SEE ARE125 11/4/2022 6:14pm
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What’s everyone’s go to strap? Ratchet or cam and buckle? I’m a ratchet guy myself.
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SEE ARE125 wrote:
What’s everyone’s go to strap? Ratchet or cam and buckle? I’m a ratchet guy myself.
Anything that’s endless and doesn’t use hooks.
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toomanykaws 11/5/2022 12:29pm
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Friend of mine took a bunch of pics and sent me of it. I didn’t even see the bike the two days I was at Sema.
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mooch 11/5/2022 1:36pm
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Zesiger 112 wrote:
Been there done that. All y’all can lick my chocolate starfish😘 [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/11/04/575642/s1200_92D81C1C_32BE_40CA_9432_03A7A455186F.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/11/04/575641/s1200_7A08DDCF_55EF_4CDB_BD1B_5E7E817D9E90.jpg[/img]
Been there done that. All y’all can lick my chocolate starfish😘

No Thanks! Just another gimmick pos that lays around taking up space.
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mx317 11/5/2022 1:45pm
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Zesiger 112 wrote:
Doing a great job of blowing the fork seals out🤦🏻‍♂️
Nahhhh
mattyhamz2 11/5/2022 1:55pm
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Zesiger 112 wrote:
Been there done that. All y’all can lick my chocolate starfish😘 [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/11/04/575642/s1200_92D81C1C_32BE_40CA_9432_03A7A455186F.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/11/04/575641/s1200_7A08DDCF_55EF_4CDB_BD1B_5E7E817D9E90.jpg[/img]
Been there done that. All y’all can lick my chocolate starfish😘

All I’m saying is that in my 32 years of life/30 years of riding and my pops with his 50 years of riding we’ve never blown a fork seal, even driving across country and not loosening or removing the bike during the entire trip using tie downs.
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Hasletjoe 11/5/2022 5:04pm
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Ok, trying to get this thread back on subject, Is the Stark electric start?
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#434 11/6/2022 10:16am
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Hasletjoe wrote:
Ok, trying to get this thread back on subject, Is the Stark electric start?
No, Stark will add something like this

because they follow this forum and realized that anything that is technically more advanced would be too much for the average vitard…
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R VanKamp77 11/6/2022 11:06am
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This forum has a dedicated section for electric bikes.
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