Date:         Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:37:53 -0700
Reply-To:     Bill Gibson <bill.bgibson@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Bill Gibson <bill.bgibson@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Science of Washboarding
Comments: To: Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@vickersdesign.com>
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One side effect of driving at the "sweet spot" is loss of direct contact
with the road. Drifting around corners is more in order, and if the road
offers any surprises, well, you won't be able to make adjustments until a
more solid, and rougher, contact with the road is established. In other
words slow down if you get the gut message that something is out there in
the bushes or around the bend...Caveat Coegi...

On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@vickersdesign.com>wrote:

> I did that same road in DV in February on OMEs (Old Man Emu) shocks on
> my Syncro and no shock problems whatsoever. I went as fast as I could.
> There's a sweet spot for sure. Turning up the stereo helps too.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> On Sep 27, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>
>  Date:    Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:33:11 -0600
>> From:    Richard Jones <jones@COLORADO.EDU>
>> Subject: Re: Science of Washboarding
>>
>> Mr BZ wrote:
>>
>>> It was all Richard & Bob's fault!
>>>
>>> As discussed here last January or so, melted the tops of my 3 yo
>>> Bilstein touring shocks on the 84 westy trying to follow Richard in
>>> his syncro westy w/ all the HD syncro suspension upgrades(?).
>>>
>>
>> That's just not true.  Mr BZ wanted to settle the dust on that
>> 26 miles of washboard and he couldn't get his tranny to leak, or his
>> enjin, so he was left with dripping shock oil.  I think it
>> boiled down to syncro-envy....
>>
>> Richard
>>
>


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Bill Gibson
Tempe, Arizona, USA