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Subject:Re: Science of Washboarding
From:Thomas Buese
Date:Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:29:57 -0600

Definitely syncro envy.

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-but 2wd budget

On Sep 27, 2009, at 9:33 PM, Richard Jones wrote:

> Mr BZ wrote:
>> It was all Richard & Bob's fault!
>>
>> As discussed here last January or so, melted the tops of my 3 yo
>> Bilstein touring shocks on the 84 westy trying to follow Richard in
>> his syncro westy w/ all the HD syncro suspension upgrades(?).
>
> That's just not true.  Mr BZ wanted to settle the dust on that
> 26 miles of washboard and he couldn't get his tranny to leak, or his
> enjin, so he was left with dripping shock oil.  I think it
> boiled down to syncro-envy....
>
> Richard