Re: The Mod 8.5 Buckle Revisited

FNGuy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Bob Cardone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in 
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
>> Supposedly they were going to change the buckle for  2004 ( at least
>> that is what they told me in an email quite awhile ago) , but decided
>> not to. Instead they are now  saying that if the user "uses the buckle
>> correctly" there won't be a problem. If you don't use it correctly,
>> then I suppose it's your fault if it strips and not theirs.
>
>Not to belabor this, but this is the same buckle as on the 2001 Mod 8, 2002 
>Mod GT, and 2002 Mod GX, yes/no?
>

It's the same as the GX and GT, I am not  sure about the MOD 8


>I think I would just have a ski shop rivet a beefy snowboard boot 
>buckle+strap on there, and fret no more.  (Then mount the old buckle-strap 
>setups to your headboard, to get a chuckle from the wife/GF--LOL!)

I wouldn't do anything until it became a problem.  If someone doesn't
require a really tight cuff, and they are careful when tightening it,
it might last forever.  If I did replace it, I would ask K2 to send me
the buckle assembly from another skate like an LT, and have it put on.

Bob