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04-03-2008, 08:10 PM
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All 41%ers
Just wanted to know how many of you, (if any) would be interested in a small 41% patch. Diamond shape, White border, black background and white numbers. Anyone interested, please PM me and let me know, and i can have them made and shipped by next week.
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04-04-2008, 02:46 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Wilmington,
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Bike Year, Make, Engine: 2005,Venom Chopper,96 S&S
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You guys think the repair is going to look anything like this?
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04-04-2008, 02:58 PM
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Location: San Jose,
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Bike Year, Make, Engine: 2010, Brouhard Designs chopper, S&S124TC
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04-04-2008, 03:00 PM
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Bike Year, Make, Engine: Some kind of big ass V2, Alcohaulin' Ass
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Is that Howes spay lube????????????
Good stuff!!!
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04-04-2008, 03:03 PM
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BTW MechWerks posted this on one of the other threads about this and I thought it should also be posted here.
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Originally Posted by MechWerks
The remedy really bothers me. A loose motor mount can indeed be hard on a bike frame and the motor itself. But it still stands that a correct weld bead will not fail. An incorrectly engineered structure could fail the materials, like a tube cracking, but a broken weld bead is an improper weld.
I still maintain that a dealer applied fix short of grinding out the welds and totally re-welding will only extend the failure time. A gusset will spread the load in that area (as a gusset will do) but will not fully take the load off of the potentially defect weld.
It also still does not address the question that if the neck welds were not properly executed (chamfer and weld root) that the rest of the welds on these frames may be at risk of failure.
Hey MechWerks,
I could be wrong but I think from the way I read the recall instructions that they are saying to grind out the welds and totally re-weld the neck back on. The two main questions that everyone here has been asking are, how many dealerships have the knowledge, expertise and equipment to do that, and if it is re-welded correctly then why the need of a gusset? Also from what I have learned in here of gussets and gusset design it seems to me that the gusset BBC is purposing to be installed may actually concentrate stress in that area.
Would you mind commenting on the above to give us laymen a better understanding of what's involved with all of this.
Thanks,
Larry
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04-04-2008, 03:32 PM
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Is that Howes spay lube????????????
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what is howes spay lube? that bottle on the ground is bom its good stuff. |
04-04-2008, 04:00 PM
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Bike Year, Make, Engine: 2005 BBC Venom Chopper
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As of about 20 minutes ago, my local dealer said no way to the repair. They said to send it back to BBC. Now what??? 
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04-04-2008, 04:19 PM
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04-04-2008, 04:29 PM
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was it a bbc dealer?
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04-04-2008, 04:48 PM
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Cvenom,
Yep.
Jim
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04-04-2008, 05:41 PM
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04-05-2008, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by CVenom
You guys think the repair is going to look anything like this?
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hilarious...thanks i needed that.rcc |
04-05-2008, 04:44 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Mesa,
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Bike Year, Make, Engine: BBC Venom chopper S&S 96ci
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... Just got home from dropping my Venom off at the factory. They estimate a week or so.
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04-05-2008, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Winston_Wolf
... Just got home from dropping my Venom off at the factory. They estimate a week or so.
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Are they going to Re-powdercoat the frame. /  |
04-06-2008, 09:57 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Wilmington,
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Bike Year, Make, Engine: 2005,Venom Chopper,96 S&S
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Does anybody know if the frames with the spider web gussets that bbc offered have been recalled as well.
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