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C5Alive General Category => C5 Chatroom => Topic started by: Karl on 07, August, 2009 - 20:41:04

Title: Why you should take care of your c5 !
Post by: Karl on 07, August, 2009 - 20:41:04
Don't worry, these are not piccies of "Dave"  they are of a trashed chassis that I have .

This one shows what can happen to the headstock if you bump down kerbs, hit a wall "head on" etc  ;

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i257/1stbooboo/c5chassisdamage004.jpg)

This is a better piccie of the way the chassis can bend on the rear brake side if you hit a pothole,large bump etc too fast ;

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i257/1stbooboo/c5chassisdamage005.jpg)

Not something you want to see too often  :o
Title: Re: Why you should take care of your c5 !
Post by: Umpa on 07, August, 2009 - 20:46:25
Yeah the c5 chassis is wafer thin. Is the bottom picure dave ?
Title: Re: Why you should take care of your c5 !
Post by: Karl on 07, August, 2009 - 20:55:47
Yeah the c5 chassis is wafer thin. Is the bottom picure dave ?

No , I havent got round to fixing Dave yet - but strangely enough the damage is very similar and on the same side . Voodoo was the same when I got it, and Alans (from Cambridge) was also bent in the same place.

Maybe the brake side is weaker ?
Title: Re: Why you should take care of your c5 !
Post by: fezza_rs on 08, August, 2009 - 07:40:09
you should see the chassis i have of my one that has been run into the back of!
Title: Re: Why you should take care of your c5 !
Post by: alan1310 on 10, August, 2009 - 14:25:30
ha ha i was just about to say mine was like that lol then i read your comment boo boo how is my old bessie
Title: Re: Why you should take care of your c5 !
Post by: Karl on 10, August, 2009 - 22:56:57
ha ha i was just about to say mine was like that lol then i read your comment boo boo how is my old bessie

I think it's the one C5Martin is restoring at the moment  :-\
Title: Re: Why you should take care of your c5 !
Post by: alan1310 on 11, August, 2009 - 13:58:18
well i might have to buy it back have to start saving
Title: Re: Why you should take care of your c5 !
Post by: Retro Andy on 11, August, 2009 - 17:51:48
So, if Martin is restoring a C5 does this mean that he will around still in the future ? I hope he is. 

Retro Andy.