See below.
And then in post #233 you snidely I was trying to be gentle responded to Blu’s comment that it was steel tubing with “if you say so”, as if it wasn’t steel. It was not a point worth debating, I was trying to move on.
Technically, you didn’t say it was welded to the frame, Technically you are correct but seeing as how easy it was to see in the article I must have assumed you did your homework I clearly stated "if I remember correctly" from an event that took place 14+ years ago online and what you seem to be focused on is one article, there is development history with XV products that predated the later article you hold so dear and logic would support that maybe a quickly fabricated beefier Alum rad crossmember to fortify a discovered insufficient OEM steel crossmember was fabricated to test its improvements is a normal design path, I believe a pic of that protype in alum is what I remember seeing, that obviously never made it into production in alum and was later built out of steel shown in your beloved article.. I suspect this possible timeline does not fit your bent on building a case to inaccurately belittle me, and that is fine, the source of the disrespect has already gained a well-earned reputation from my viewpoint and actually read it before responding rather than just assuming I assumed nothing you knew what you were talking about and you have not proved me wrong, yet. If you had, maybe we could have avoid some of the back and forth since it is painfully obviously it isn’t aluminum and isn’t bolted to anything because it was welded on. Give it a rest, I never said, nor implied alum was welded to steel, ever
‘Nough said. You don’t like XV. I never said that, technically This thread isn’t even about their stuff nor are they even around anymore. And I didn’t bring it up so we could rehash a dead product line. Let’s move on. Now you want to move on? :lol: Your reply here does not indicate that.
