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Just humor the idiots amongst us, and USE THE RING, please.

I almost regret posting this. I did it only for future reference and search to anyone new coming onto the board or not knowing about this "info"....

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This is true. Where I grew up the hills were so steep and long, when your ball rolled down the hill you just said "screw it"...

No problem Barry... It's like an oil thread.......

I don't think there are any "idiots" in the conversation. We all go by experience and what we have read. I have never heard of fingers spreading so bad the plates slipped, doesn't mean it hasn't happened. I have heard of the ring breaking.

So to me that's 1 for no ring, and 0 for the ring. I would say as a safety factor, on very high hp H2's, for lots of drag racing, they are a good idea........

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Twist the throttle, tilt the horizon, and have a great time. What triples are all about...........

P.K.
Thanks for the load and stress calcs; interestimg stuff
Also thanks to Walms for his load calcs and solid work models
As my father used to say; "just do the math and quit guessing"

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There are only two types of motor sport racing:
Nitro and everything else
(Sometimes referred to as fast and slow)

H2RTuner is dead right. I have had a basket failure personally with an H2 and have had hot H1 engines begin to crack off the outer fingers. Now when I do an H1, I machine the basket and add a ring. Many modern dirt bikes even have this feature built into the basket. Sorry Moo, but in this case I would strongly advise folk to "follow the instructions". Kawasaki put that part in for a reason.If you had happen to you what happened to me, you would not tell folk to leave out this part.Safety first.

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I am just a man working in a tin shed.