Date:         Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:31:49 -0600
Reply-To:     Thomas Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Thomas Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Science of Washboarding
Comments: To: Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@VICKERSDESIGN.COM>
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On Sep 27, 2009, at 11:14 PM, Jeffrey Vickers 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.

That's what I discovered-unfortunately no OME's for 2 wd's?

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-shock envy?
>
>
> 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