Motorcycles Can Be Dangerous

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Re: Motorcycles Can Be Dangerous

15 Apr 2023 07:16 - 15 Apr 2023 07:17
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I have seen this first hand (no pun intended) but on a lesser scale.
Worked as a bicycle mechanic for a year and a kid that worked at the shop caught the tip of his index finger on the front sprocket of a fixed gear track bike. That kind of bike does not use a freewheel back sprocket, so the weight/momentum of the pedals has a tendency of sucking rags and fingers in if your not careful.
It cut down to the bone so he had to go to the hospital, just a ton of stitches and a big bandage.
The older head mechanic who had been there for 20 years told me he has seen finger tips lopped clean off.
That looks much worse than what I saw that day.
1978 KZ650B2 w 1197cc Z1 engine
1977 KZ650B1 w 750cc Spectre engine
1979 KZ650C3 w 831cc Hot Rod engine
1978 KZ650C2 w 762cc DFI project
1977 KZ650C1 stock restoration project
1978 KZ650B2 modified project
1978 KZ650B2 Injected Drag 831cc
1980 Z1 Custom Frame Drag 1327cc
1981 Z50R Honda tow bike
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Re: Motorcycles Can Be Dangerous

28 May 2023 10:58
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Chain tension looks good, certainly less than "a fingers width" of freeplay
Now that's funny!!
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