RE: [CR]AVA death stem mug shots available

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From: "Charles Andrews" <chasa@classicalradio.org>
To: "'Larry Osborn'" <losborn2@wvu.edu>
Cc: "'classicrendezvous@bikelist.org'" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR]AVA death stem mug shots available
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 12:03:34 -0800


After all this useful warning about the dreaded AVA stem and bars, can anyone say if PIVO stuff suffered from the same flaws? I was going to replace the AVA stem on my '68 PX-10 with a PIVO stem that looks ok, anyway..

Charles "seems to enjoy looking at french bikes more than actually riding them" Andrews
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Osborn [mailto:losborn2@wvu.edu]
> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 11:53 AM
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]AVA death stem mug shots available
>
>
> Greetings campers, and future Franco-phobes
>
> A fellow groupie requested pictures of the AVA "adventure" stem in
> question. Discovered I had one I could take pictures of,
> still buried deep
> in the dead vintage parts crypt, with a stake driven through
> it's heart
> just in case my occaisional temporary dyslexia caused me to
> confuse it with
> a usable stem.
>
> Contact me off-group if you would also like photos emailed to
> you. Side,
> top, and rear. ~550 KB total. Order three and the fourth one is free.
> XXX-Rated. All major credit cards accepted. If the response is
> overwhelming, I will ask someone to post the photos
> somewhere. Perhaps it's
> time for Dale to start the "CRs Ten Least Wanted" section of
> the webpage.
> If the item in these photos doesn't match someone else's
> recollections,
> please let me know. We may have more that one problem child
> to keep track of.
>
> Be careful out there
> Larry "AVA Exorcist" Osborn