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Motorcycles Can Be Dangerous

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15 Apr 2023 07:16 - 15 Apr 2023 07:17 #883179 by Injected
Replied by Injected on topic Motorcycles Can Be Dangerous
I have seen this first hand (no pun intended) but on a lesser scale.
Worked as a bicycle mechanic for a year and a kid that worked at the shop caught the tip of his index finger on the front sprocket of a fixed gear track bike. That kind of bike does not use a freewheel back sprocket, so the weight/momentum of the pedals has a tendency of sucking rags and fingers in if your not careful.
It cut down to the bone so he had to go to the hospital, just a ton of stitches and a big bandage.
The older head mechanic who had been there for 20 years told me he has seen finger tips lopped clean off.
That looks much worse than what I saw that day.
Last edit: 15 Apr 2023 07:17 by Injected.

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28 May 2023 10:58 #885333 by Gdailey2112
Replied by Gdailey2112 on topic Motorcycles Can Be Dangerous

Chain tension looks good, certainly less than "a fingers width" of freeplay
Now that's funny!!

1982 KZ1100D1

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