Frame Side plates

Energy One

nine lives

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Does anyone know why there are so many frame side plates for sale? Overstock? Are they prone to bending?
 

PurpleDog

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Does anyone know why there are so many frame side plates for sale? Overstock? Are they prone to bending?
Don't know. By, so many frame side plates for sale, do you mean that clearance sale that was posted the other day for Big Dog parts, or something more than that? Design changes, no more reason to stock a given shape; we could guess all night. Bending - when hit by a car or something. Never heard of one bending riding down the road or otherwise induced by something it was not designed for?

Reasonably sure if there were a design flaw, we'd know about it in the form of a forced recall of a lot of bikes wouldn't ya think?
 

BBChopper

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Overstock!!! Lots of stuff for sale, tanks ETC..:2thumbs:
Only frame I know that broke is Ray's, shit he rides it like a Touring bike and Dirt bike!!!:eek::whoop::2thumbs:
 

nine lives

Active Member
I've seen them on Ebay many times and sold as overstock. Probably fabed up too many.

I could sware I read some where about bent side plates.
 

Raywood

The Pirate
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Does anyone know why there are so many frame side plates for sale? Overstock? Are they prone to bending?
Frame side plates? You mean the axle covers?
Or are you referrring to the battery box plastic side covers? Just wondering what your referring to. :D
 

nine lives

Active Member
Yes, those side plates, the ones welded to the frame, left and right, swing arm bolts to.
Damn guys, plastic side covers, what the hell.
 

kickstart

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I have always thought that there is a reason eBay-ers have all these BD parts, I believe that somewhere along the receiving process they didn't conform to visual, form, fit or function inspections.

At the prices BD or any OEM charges for parts why would they discount them out to the eBay crew for pennies on the dollar.
 
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