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How are these things allowed to be sold ?

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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 12:29 AM
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These levers would cut your fingers clean off if you had an off and landed on the lever which is often the case. Can't understand how they are allowed to be sold....

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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 01:03 AM
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Well, the question would be who in the right mind would put such things right next to your fingers...? As cool as setting your helmet on fire or removing the seat and sit on the muffler on an r-bike... Gawd...
 
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 04:35 AM
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Just cos' they're on Ebay doesn't actually mean they're allowed to be sold.

Ask the seller for a copy of his DOT approval (or whatever the Aussie equivalent is).

If he can't come up with, dob him in.

There is probably huge numbers of factories in China producing dumb **** like this. Maybe it's all just part of a grand plan to take over the world by taking advantage of our vanity/stupidity and killing us off one at a time?
 

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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 07:22 AM
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I saw a ZX14 with a pair on - dumbest things I've ever seen.
If you want to cut meat at 150 K's fine - just don't do it anywhere near me ! :eek
 
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 08:13 AM
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Darwin Award right there
 
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 01:41 PM
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Anyone would have to be an idiot to put them on a bike and I don't think it would pass a WOF here in NZ. (Warrant of Fitness six monthly test at a testing station)
 
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 02:37 PM
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They'd look really cool on a Harley though

Sometimes I think maybe we should just let evolution take it's course
 
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Shadow
If you want to cut meat at 150 K's fine - just don't do it anywhere near me ! :eek
You just don't get it Shadow man. Can't you see Sprock opening his clams by placing them in between the bars and levers? And hey, how about cracking them lobstas?

Walnuts anyone?
 
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 05:12 PM
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Hey now TBT - they'd be a lot handier getting the top of the bottle of screech
Screw the Clams & Lobsters in Maine you can open those almost by snapping
your fingers
 
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Old Mar 3, 2012 | 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by bordo
these levers would cut your fingers clean off if you had an off and landed on the lever which is often the case. Can't understand how they are allowed to be sold....

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those are frigging awesome!!!!
 
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