Dave's frame straightening....

[Super Dave]

Ok, so I had http://4and6.com GMD my bike when I got it at the beginning of 2003.  The front was just a tiny bit twisted stock, but a lot better than some of the other bikes I had seen the info on.

The geometry was optimized, but I never got the opportunity to get it back down to have the twist taken out.

So, I wadded in April, the first weekend out.  The bike might have tumbled four to eight times.  Easy low side in July.  And then a good fall down in the rain where the bike shot WAAAAAAAAY up in the air before smashing into the ground...obliterating the subframe into tiny pieces.

I was a 4&6 yesterday....it's straighter now after I've used it and wadded it a couple times...LOL!

LOL, don't try this at home...I am a professional.

[dwilson]

The question is would it have been cheaper to have it "professionally" straightened?  At least you got something out of the crash, I just try to be happy with the ride on the crash truck  ::)

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

Uh, Dave?  Give credit where credit is due.  Your bike is straight because Nate, Paul Buxton and I yanked and hammered on it for forty minutes.  Who needs lasers when you have three strong men and a 32 oz ball peen? :D

[Nate R]

I wasn't involved with that, but I'll gladly take some of the credit.  ;D

See Dave? With me as your crew chief, the bike is better already!  :D ;)

[Super Dave]

LOL!  Cheaper?  Maybe...but look at the fun we had... ;D

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

LOL!  Cheaper?  Maybe...but look at the fun we had... ;D

Oh yeah!  Quote from my novel.  "Why is it that our worst days become our best stories?"

[Super Dave]

Yup, that's the way it is...

"The truth hurts."

"No good deed goes unpunished."

[Bernie]

Dave, would you please crash my bike for me? ;D

[khanson]

Dave,

Here's what really happened that day after I got off the phone when I pulled up at 4 & 6.

Jim said we had a major dilemma with your bike.  Your R6 was so twisted the frame machine simply couldn't straighten it that much.

So we backed up the dually.........broke out the log chain.........and did it right!  You should have seen the tires spoken and bouncin' on the Dodge.  All I can say is that frame is "Ram tough!"

But it all better now.  

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

Dave,

So we backed up the dually.........broke out the log chain.........and did it right!  You should have seen the tires smoken and bouncin' on the Dodge.  All I can say is that frame is "Ram tough!"

  

Oh $#it!!!  I've got tears in my eyes!  That SOOO sounds like something a racer would do in a pinch. I can just picture Kevin looking back out the window as the truck fishtails!

[Super Dave]

LOL, yes it does.

In 2000, I fell at Daytona entering the chicane.  Bike hit the haybales and the sub frame was flat against the tire and tweaked to the right.

I've got my F2 fork tube from a 1993 crash out trying to bend it...it really isn't working.  For several days, there's been this big International bucket truck sitting by this bathroom..inactive.  So, we go walking over there.  Open some doors, hey, we find some eight foot 4x4's.  We start using them.  Better!  It seems to move the sub frame, but we need more.

Eventually, we took all my tie downs and the bike to the bucket truck.  We strap the bike to the truck and get the subframe moved over enough to race...LOL!   8)

[tigerblade]

I was a 4&6 yesterday....it's straighter now after I've used it and wadded it a couple times...LOL!

LOL, don't try this at home...I am a professional.

LMAO!!!!   ;D ;D ;D