I might be totally missing the point on what you said Jim, but to
simplify things re ground clearance.....

Could one give a spec for distance from bottom of sub frame where
cradle or engine bar mounts to, to the bottom (centre) of a given
engine?

Obviously not of interest to most customers, but would take the
sagging springs etc. out of the equation and would give a consistent
point to measure from.

Neil.

81 air cooled Westy.

On 7/26/07, Jim Akiba <syncrolist@bostig.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Here are some answers:

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> I've been thinking
> about ways to provide a better and more accurate way to measure/show
> ground clearance,

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>
>
> On 7/26/07, Jim Felder <felder@knology.net> wrote:
>
> > On Jul 25, 2007, at 11:40 PM, Oxroad@aol.com wrote:

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> > > To the Bostig:
> > >
> > > The literature says it has better than stock ground clearance. In
> > > photos on the website it looks like it dips a little lower. This
> > > may be because the configuration of the waterboxer muffler in the
> > > stock set up creates certain optical "allusions" that break of the
> > > site line. So is the ground clearance truly better?
> > >

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