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A lot of the roads in the CITYS are like moto x tracks here thesedays , potholes and all .
Some less travled country ones are good , though a dirt road outback had me hysterical
for the first 15 Km . Unsuitable for moto x even .
Anythjing with heavy semi trailer traffic tends to get a bit wobbly after a few years , so
the ' new ' cambers & creases make steering an adventure .
Story of a Manx Vin . in NZ with no head steady / stearing head brace . Lost the front end
in a wipe out , Literally . The flexing across the unsuported intersection at the front had
weakened the high tensile tubeing . Operating outside its design criteria .
A well engineered head steady is the first order of the day for any Norton F/bed Special .
Without a head steady youll get front end wander , under conditions described above, if
you are operateing at limits of roadholdiong.And liable to sufer structural failure . :shock:
Some less travled country ones are good , though a dirt road outback had me hysterical
for the first 15 Km . Unsuitable for moto x even .
Anythjing with heavy semi trailer traffic tends to get a bit wobbly after a few years , so
the ' new ' cambers & creases make steering an adventure .
Story of a Manx Vin . in NZ with no head steady / stearing head brace . Lost the front end
in a wipe out , Literally . The flexing across the unsuported intersection at the front had
weakened the high tensile tubeing . Operating outside its design criteria .
A well engineered head steady is the first order of the day for any Norton F/bed Special .
Without a head steady youll get front end wander , under conditions described above, if
you are operateing at limits of roadholdiong.And liable to sufer structural failure . :shock:
