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""AndrewR" <andrew@rockface.freeserve.co.uk> skrev i en meddelelse
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> Dear Mr Kawasaki heavy industries & motorbikes,
>
> I have three questions for you, I hope you will find the time to answer
> them.
>
> They all relate to your wonderful ZX-6R J1 motorcycle.
>
> 1. Why did you chose to fit 6 pot brakes instead of the more normal 4
pots?
> I have never seen anything to suggest that braking performance is improved
> by having 6 pots rather than 4, it just means that when the pistons seize
up
> it takes 50% more time to clean them. I know this because ...
>
> 2. ... For the love of god, could you not have made your brakes from
> something that doesn't seize tighter than a nun's fanny if you dare to
ride
> your bike in anything that could even be remotely called winter? Why did
> you want me to spend long hours on cold days on my knees in front of the
> bike armed with a toothbrush and can of brake cleaner? What made you
> believe that, while I was busy hack-sawing out pad retaining pins, I'd
idly
> think, "Fuck me, these Kwaks are great bikes. I should buy another one."?
>
> 3. As for the pad retainers... they're held in place with a retaining
pin.
> It's a lovely little retaining pin. It does its job very well. It's easy
> to remove, easy to replace, it generally scrubs up OK, even after winter
> abuse. WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T YOU PUT TWO OF THEM IN? Sorry, about that,
it's
> my nerves you know. It's just that, if you had put two of them in then,
> rather than having to blank off one end of the run for the pad retainer,
you
> could have just had a hole all of the way through. Which would mean that
> WHEN THE FUCKING, BASTARD, CUNTING PAD RETAINER SEIZED SOLID YOU COULD
> HAMMER IT OUT, CLEAN IT UP AND PUT IT BACK IN RATHER THAN HAVING TO
HACKSAW
> THE FUCKER OUT AND THEN PAY FOR A NEW ONE!
>
> 4. Sorry, I know I said I only had three questions, but 2 more just
sprang
> to mind. Firstly, do you know if brake cleaner fumes can cause violent
mood
> swings?
>
> 5. Secondly, would it be possible for me to meet the engineer who
designed
> the brakes for me bike? If possible I'd like to meet him somewhere dark,
> with no witnesses, but plenty of heavy objects; house bricks, lead piping,
> socks full of pool balls, etc.
>
> 6. Um, any chance of some free Kwak merchandise?
>
> Yours with a twitch,
>
> --
> AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas)
> Kawasaki ZX-6R J1
> BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL)
> BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, TEAR#3 (and KotL), DS#5, Keeper of the TFSTR#
> The speccy Geordie twat.
/Jesper
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