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Hi! Everybody! After joining this forum for some time, I realised that I have forgotten to relate a very important experince with you guys! Less than a week after I got the keys to my MP3 250cc, I was happily riding it at over 80kmh and taking a slight bend with cars in front of me( at night). At the middle of the bend, I saw a block of wood of size 4"x4"x about 3' right in my path! But thanks to the tilting mechanism, the right front wheel just went up and down the block of wood without any problem what so ever! Thank God it is not a normal two wheeler! Would have been a goner for sure. Believe me, we paid for some thing worth paying for. Laughing emoticon Laughing emoticon Razz emoticon Cheers! Oh! I forgot to mentioned how serious the 'hit' was. The next day as I was checking if there was any serious damage to the wheel I found nothing except that about 1/3 of the mud flap was bitten off upon impact by the wood. Assuming the quality and thickness of the mud flap, it was one hell of an impact! Cheers.
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I'm so glad that you are ok.
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Re: One of the wheel in front saved my LIFE
SHlim wrote:
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Very good you brought that up, lots of talk about MP3 being for non-riders that can't ride a real bike (2 wheel motorcycle).

Those guys may not read this anyway, but I am 30 year rider of motorcycles.
I didn't get this because I couldn't ride or balance a 900lb Hog.
I got it because it looked fun and the safety benefits of the front end; a happy ending

SH Lim... watch out for wooden alligators!
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Just this morning I rode all of 2 miles to my local dealer to see if my plates were in for my new MP3 250. As I pulled out, I thought the steering was a tad heavy.

I got to the dealer, chatted with a couple of potential MP3 buyers and went inside to check on my plates. Nope. Not here yet.

When I got back to my scoot, I discovered the the right front was *almost* on the ground. I had a flat and rode it! We aired it up, I ordered a new tire and that was that.

Try that on a regular bike!

Great story by the way. Three wheels are better than two!

Bob

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