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It would be impossible to wear away the frame due to lack of clearance even if cranked over further than Rossie makes it on his Yam and long before that occured you would be on your arse because your std footrest would of dug in and lifted your rear wheel off the road.....!! It is common for side stands to crush the bottom tube and the centre stand flattten the bottom of both tubes over the decades. Both easily repaired with weld...... Of course if people fit incorrectly shaped exhaust pipes they can dig in and send one down the road or into the bank at Clearways as one friend found out after fitting a set 750 exhausts to the shorter engined 500 Dommy......It did look spectacular from wgere I stood at the top of Paddock Bend!!..... Why a Slimline? I have shortish legs but never had a problem with Wideline frames and I was not stupid enough, unlike others over the decades, to fit slimline rear suspension units which were 1 inbch shorter than wideline ones!!! Not only does the bike look rediculous side on but the groove in the rear tyre where it has worn away on a mudguard fixing is a dead givaway. There is no difference in handling between slimline and wideline ....not if set up correctly. I had a laugh looking ip the price of the frame on E Bay and as for the prices being asked for the oter bits they are a joke but someone (I nearly said idiot) will pay them I have no doubt. How nuch would it cost I wonder to have say Terry Mead of Mead Competition Frames make a new frame and if its only to carry you around it could be made from say 17 guage T45 tube which would reduce its weight a tad. I believe he made a Slimline not long ago. Dont think he does poser stickers to shove on the frame ........
It would be impossible to wear away the frame due to lack of clearance even if cranked over further than Rossie makes it on his Yam and long before that occured you would be on your arse because your std footrest would of dug in and lifted your rear wheel off the road.....!! It is common for side stands to crush the bottom tube and the centre stand flattten the bottom of both tubes over the decades. Both easily repaired with weld...... Of course if people fit incorrectly shaped exhaust pipes they can dig in and send one down the road or into the bank at Clearways as one friend found out after fitting a set 750 exhausts to the shorter engined 500 Dommy......It did look spectacular from wgere I stood at the top of Paddock Bend!!.....
Why a Slimline? I have shortish legs but never had a problem with Wideline frames and I was not stupid enough, unlike others over the decades, to fit slimline rear suspension units which were 1 inbch shorter than wideline ones!!! Not only does the bike look rediculous side on but the groove in the rear tyre where it has worn away on a mudguard fixing is a dead givaway. There is no difference in handling between slimline and wideline ....not if set up correctly.
I had a laugh looking ip the price of the frame on E Bay and as for the prices being asked for the oter bits they are a joke but someone (I nearly said idiot) will pay them I have no doubt. How nuch would it cost I wonder to have say Terry Mead of Mead Competition Frames make a new frame and if its only to carry you around it could be made from say 17 guage T45 tube which would reduce its weight a tad. I believe he made a Slimline not long ago. Dont think he does poser stickers to shove on the frame ........