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-MAVERICK- Liked a reply to forum topic Alpinestar Tech Air - Barcia A1 crash
1/20/2026 4:52pm
"There is absolutely no way that Alpinestars can claim that their vest saved him from anything. He suffered a serious goddamn injury." Yes, and here's why. The concussion he sustained is not related to the Tech-Air vest. The helmet and the airbag are two separate pieces of safety equipment designed to protect different parts of the body from different injuries. Sustaining a concussion does not invalidate the performance of the Tech-Air vest. Alpinestars’ claim is not that Justin suffered no injuries, but that based on the measured impact data, the forces transmitted to his body were significantly reduced. That directly...
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Beta480RX Added a reply to Go to chain and sprocket?
1/20/2026 6:13am Dirt Tricks and DID VX3 with staked master link. One initial stretch then don't have to mess with it for a few years.
Beta480RX Added a reply to Justin Barcia Update
1/11/2026 4:13pm Yes, the airbag also inflates up to the helmet to stabilize it and add neck support. You cannot wear a neck brace with the airbags as they will interfere with neck support function upon inflation. I've got a TechAir MX on order from my dealer as soon as they can sell them. Have to get training 1st before they can...
Beta480RX Added a reply to 6D's game changing "Max" goggle? Debut's Sat night with Freddie Noren
1/9/2026 11:50am 509 has been doing the "goggle fit to match the helmet opening" bit for a long long time on the snowmobile side of things.
racerxx276 Liked a reply to forum topic JBI Titanium Pro Perch
1/8/2026 4:48pm
MX tech currently has their own version of the JBI spring perch. It has a linear 3 sided shim. Couple this with the huck valve and it's has amazing bottoming control. BTW the huck valve has been relocated tfor inside the cartridge to the bottom of the fork leg much like a typical bottoming cone. Mind you it still has shims in it. On a side note it's possible to alter either the jbi perch or the huck perch by changing the oil weight. I've used 2.5, 5 and 7 wt to either speed up or slow down the rate...
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Sandberm656 Liked a reply to forum topic Institutional home ownership
1/8/2026 7:33am
Lots of home/ reit charts look like this today at approximately 9:45 eastern.
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Beta480RX Added a reply to JBI Titanium Pro Perch
1/7/2026 8:52pm Saying the JBI Pro Perch is more progressive is pretty accurate IMO. I will say from my experience with the Lucky Carbons the Huck Valve was NOT a sudden feeling. At all. Just when you expected metal metal to metal bottoming it never happened. The transition in that last bit of the stroke was still there, just ramped up quick...
Beta480RX Added a reply to How will the Ducati 450-only strategy play out vs the Triumph 250-only strategy? Racing wise and business wise
1/7/2026 3:35pm Ducati does not make any bikes that would be considered "starter" or beginner level for the last few decades, at least since VW ownership. Sure, a handful of smaller Monsters over the years, but that is the exception over the norm. Everything they make is the top of the line, what a rider of more generic machines would consider aspirational...
Beta480RX Added a reply to Kawasaki #1 Selling Motorcycle Brand In America...
1/7/2026 8:43am Everyone is/was doing the DEI thing. Just some more public than others. The people complaining the loudest about H-D were the same people who complain about H-D regardless. They weren't buying new bikes anyways. LiveWire was so insignificant I don't think it did squat to negatively affect legacy sales. If anything, it screwed dealers who had to invest in showroom...
Beta480RX Added a reply to Kawasaki #1 Selling Motorcycle Brand In America...
1/7/2026 5:51am I don't think that bump was much. The big Indians are a desirable product from guys I know that are members of the cruiser crowd (I'm not one of them). A good number of them tell me when they are going to buy a new bike again that they will go Indian and sell their H-D. Biggest issue I still...
Beta480RX Added a reply to Kawasaki #1 Selling Motorcycle Brand In America...
1/6/2026 3:15pm Kinda telling, aka sad, when Indian with a one trick pony product lineup who was recently divested by Polaris to a Private Equity firm is outselling Suzuki who "sells" a full range of products.
Beta480RX Added a reply to JBI Titanium Pro Perch
1/6/2026 5:54am I've also run both and agree completely with @Broseph For off road like trail riding/enduro, so far I like the Huck Valve better. It is a lot like the hydraulic bumpstops on my truck in that it only affects the very last bit of travel. So can be plush everywhere right up until it gets ugly. For moto/GP I like...
Beta480RX Added a reply to If you could own ONE car from the year you were born..
12/31/2025 4:55pm Already have it. '74 Bronco, 302/C4. Picked it up in 1998 from a longtime family friend, drove her for 30k more until the original 302 put a rod out the side of the block in 2001. Just waiting a few more years to retire so I've got the time to start rebuilding her back up. Slowly piling up the needed...
Beta480RX Added a reply to JBI Titanium Pro Perch
12/30/2025 6:35pm Not necessarily softer valving, but you can run lower oil volumes for initial plushness and still have the bottoming resistance as if you had higher oil volumes.
Beta480RX Added a reply to JBI Titanium Pro Perch
12/30/2025 6:33pm Long time lurker, first time poster. Give me the noob bit if you want, guys... I've recently done the Ti Pro Perch (did the full JBI DIY kit) in a set of Beta KYBs, and as mentioned above the bottoming control is excellent. These are an improvement over the Pro Perch 2.0 versions I had in a set of WP-CC...