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Jul 17, 2003 | 10:11 AM

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It was a bent shifting fork -

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Originally posted by: Hightower
I'm not speaking of Ironrod's case here, **** does happen as we all know, but just FYI for everybody many shift forks have been bent from shifting up under load without using the clutch, particularly in drags.

All true. For me, it was the older design forks that were the problem. Hightower is correct - The DS does not like to be shifted without the clutch, no matter how good you are at it. One mis-shift in the drags, and you are hosed. On the other hand, the 400EX loves it.