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Re: Bootifull backsides
« Reply #45 on: August 04, 2015, 12:32:26 PM »
Really ?? I didn't know that . The last ones were fitted for at least 25 years with no ill effects , are modern adhesives different ?
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Re: Bootifull backsides
« Reply #46 on: August 04, 2015, 12:45:38 PM »
I have heard from some bikers that adhesive can react with some resins and weaken them, so they never put stickers on their skid lids.
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Re: Bootifull backsides
« Reply #47 on: August 04, 2015, 12:56:25 PM »
Yes I have always " adhered" to that - but are helmets fibreglass ?
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Re: Bootifull backsides
« Reply #48 on: August 04, 2015, 01:35:14 PM »
They were when I heard that advice!
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Re: Bootifull backsides
« Reply #49 on: August 04, 2015, 01:59:41 PM »
What a corker !!
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Re: Bootifull backsides
« Reply #50 on: August 04, 2015, 02:26:10 PM »
Only a certain Peel owner would put a number plate on his helmet, allegedly for lack of room elsewhere.
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