Motorbikes

[melias24]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

today is a sad day

WTF! What a dick head (person who stole it) I'd help him bash them

[MG2R]

I just ordered all the stuff needed to retrofit a Xenon projector on the XJR! So stoked! I ordered:

• projector
• ballast
• bulb
• shroud + angel eye
• cabling

I only hope my headlight is big enough to fit the projector...

[Ryoku]

Man oh man am I angry with one of the dealerships here.  So I'm rebuilding the topend on my Dirtbike, First time I've done it so I just ask the guy to order everything I need.  A month and one week later they finally get my parts in (absolutely disgusting), I ordered a part from the next city over and they had it to me like 2-3 days later.  So I find out that the owner is a douche bag and doesn't order anything in till he gets a shit ton of orders (and still charges me for shipping).  So I'm rebuilding the engine and bam they didn't order one of the fucking topend gaskets so now I have to wait another week for a different Dealership to get the gasket in.  Sooooooo angry right now.

[Real_PhillBert]

Man oh man am I angry with one of the dealerships here. So I'm rebuilding the topend on my Dirtbike, First time I've done it so I just ask the guy to order everything I need. A month and one week later they finally get my parts in (absolutely disgusting), I ordered a part from the next city over and they had it to me like 2-3 days later. So I find out that the owner is a douche bag and doesn't order anything in till he gets a shit ton of orders (and still charges me for shipping). So I'm rebuilding the engine and bam they didn't order one of the fucking topend gaskets so now I have to wait another week for a different Dealership to get the gasket in. Sooooooo angry right now.

That's exactly why I never order parts through a dealer. If they don't have it in stock I just order it online.

[Ryoku]

That's exactly why I never order parts through a dealer. If they don't have it in stock I just order it online.

 

Yea last time I will deal with them, I'll just go with the dealer In St Albert from now on they don't dick around and will overnight the parts.  Worst part is that dealership used to be good but the original Owner sold it >_<

[Real_PhillBert]

Yea last time I will deal with them, I'll just go with the dealer In St Albert from now on they don't dick around and will overnight the parts. Worst part is that dealership used to be good but the original Owner sold it >_<

Live and learn. Not much you can do about it now. Good luck on your rebuild! What bike is it?

[Ryoku]

Live and learn. Not much you can do about it now. Good luck on your rebuild! What bike is it?

 

2005 KTM 125 SX

[Real_PhillBert]

2005 KTM 125 SX

Sweet. I have a bit of KTM love myself.

[Ryoku]

Sweet. I have a bit of KTM love myself.

 

Just kinda fell into my lap when I was looking to get something.  But have no complaints, it's a nice bike.

[melias24]

Man oh man am I angry with one of the dealerships here.  So I'm rebuilding the topend on my Dirtbike, First time I've done it so I just ask the guy to order everything I need.  A month and one week later they finally get my parts in (absolutely disgusting), I ordered a part from the next city over and they had it to me like 2-3 days later.  So I find out that the owner is a douche bag and doesn't order anything in till he gets a shit ton of orders (and still charges me for shipping).  So I'm rebuilding the engine and bam they didn't order one of the fucking topend gaskets so now I have to wait another week for a different Dealership to get the gasket in.  Sooooooo angry right now.

Dealerships are crap. The guy at our dealership is nice as a bloke, like as in if he was your mate i could seer him being a legend, but when you see him in his shop he's a dick head. He charged my mate $60 for a bloody clutch lever for his KX250f, $20 more and he could have bought an unbreakable titanium lever. I was looking at a motorbike he has in the store and he's like $3000 and it's yours today (and i said nah already got a bike) and he kept saying how it was good and everything. Only ever met 2 nice salemens or people at dealerships. 

[Ryoku]

Dealerships are crap. The guy at our dealership is nice as a bloke, like as in if he was your mate i could seer him being a legend, but when you see him in his shop he's a dick head. He charged my mate $60 for a bloody clutch lever for his KX250f, $20 more and he could have bought an unbreakable titanium lever. I was looking at a motorbike he has in the store and he's like $3000 and it's yours today (and i said nah already got a bike) and he kept saying how it was good and everything. Only ever met 2 nice salemens or people at dealerships. 

 

The dealership I deal with in St Albert is great, I was looking for a new float bowl gasket so I went to the earlier "bad" dealership and they said they couldn't get the gasket as it was KTM only so I was like ok fair enough, So I call up Riverside Motorsports (in St Albert) and they say ya no problem you'll have it tomorrow we'll overnight it on the greyhound.  Sure enough the next day its in my hand, and then that's when I get even more angry with the bad dealership on the package for the float bowl gasket says Suzuki, Yamaha, KTM (the bad dealership is a yamaha dealership, so I guess there's some Yamaha, Suzuki and KTM bikes that use this Keihin Carb?) So I paided an extra $20 for them to overnight it to me which is fair cuz they had to send it like 450 km to me when that crappy dealer could have gotten it if they looked harder.

[MadManMarsBar]

Little update on my Bike project , trimmed the rear panels to fit the frame properly , and cut the under tray to make room for the shock absorber

 

 

And this is my dads project , its a circa 1990's aprilia chassis , with a 1952 BSA bantam race tuned 175cc engine in it 

 

[melias24]

Had an awesome camping-riding weekend!! Did some good single tracks and gnarly hill climbs!! My friend has seized the bottom end of his Yamaha 250f though!! Sucks for him!

[Ryoku]

Finally got all my dirt biking parts and was able to finish my top end overhaul. Here's a few pics

 

Here She is stripped down:

 

Here's the Cylinder after it came back from getting re-plated

 

Here's the Wiseco Piston kit

 

Here's the Piston & Cylinder installed

 

and here's the final Pic with everything reinstalled

[melias24]

Finally got all my dirt biking parts and was able to finish my top end overhaul. Here's a few pics

 

Here She is stripped down:

 

Here's the Cylinder after it came back from getting re-plated

 

Here's the Wiseco Piston kit

 

Here's the Piston & Cylinder installed

 

and here's the final Pic with everything reinstalled

Looks so good!! Love Euro bikes!! Though i do prefer the Japanese bikes, except Suzuki....

[Ryoku]

Looks so good!! Love Euro bikes!! Though i do prefer the Japanese bikes, except Suzuki....

 

Only difference I really notice between my KTM and the Japanese bikes of the same year is the KTM is more expensive (including replacement parts) and comes with a few parts that are aftermarket for the Japanese bikes (Renthal Fat bars, VForce reeds, Tripple clamps, Hydraulic Clutch).

[MG2R]

So, yesterday the one and only @Whiskers was de-virginised in the act of driving a motorcycle! Turns out an XJR1300 is quite the bike to start on

 

Also, perfect weather for a lunch break ride

 

[Benji_w]

If anyone in the UK wants a cheap winter hack for £450 I have an ER-5 going, i need to sell it before the 15th of this month as I'm moving out and there will be no room for it, it's a 1998 bike so it has war wounds lol pm me for more info if interested. I didn't even know there was a motorcycling section on here, I'm an ex bike mechanic and the ER was a project bike, spent loads on it getting it fit for the road again, who would of thought a fuel tap would cost in excess of £70!!!  :lol:

[MG2R]

So, the one and only @Whiskers learned how to drive a motorcycle. Tomorrow he'll be taking me on as a passenger on the XJR. Mark my panties soaked

[melias24]

Time to pull the front wheel off of my Husqvarna to repair the tube. Guess that's what happens when you run 12PSI on the wrong riding riding conditions LOL!

[BOT Edward]

Spending 3hours on a bus to and from work when riding a motorcycle would only take 20 minutes each way, all because I can't afford a bike due to my partner being f***ing pathetic with $100+ nails and spending thousands on f***ing clothes.

 

Bitch is gonna have to go soon...

[Ryoku]

Spending 3hours on a bus to and from work when riding a motorcycle would only take 20 minutes each way, all because I can't afford a bike due to my partner being f***ing pathetic with $100+ nails and spending thousands on f***ing clothes.

 

Bitch is gonna have to go soon...

 

My brothers friends wife is worse then that she has a gym membership that costs 2k a month, my brother said to the guy "Her gym membership for 1 month costs more then my Gym membership and golf membership per year combined."

[BOT Edward]

My brothers friends wife is worse then that she has a gym membership that costs 2k a month, my brother said to the guy "Her gym membership for 1 month costs more then my Gym membership and golf membership per year combined."

Mate it's ridiculous and they couldn't even come close to justifying it.

But have fun defending your decision to spend a few extra dollars on a bloody bag of chips or something!

 

2 Wheels are better than legs!

[MadManMarsBar]

So this is what me and my dad were doing on his 1995 Yamaha FZR600R FoxEye model bike

 

we had to replace the swing arm , the sprocket carrier bearing went a while back and the chain came off at about 15mph which locked the back wheel and twisted the hell out of the old swing arm 

 

so my dad got a replacement from ebay for £30 , good deal tbh 

 

and i spent 3 hours with a wire attachment on an angle grinder to take it back to metal and respray it , aswell as make new end caps for the chain adjusters . came out pretty good imo

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MadManMarsBar]

Spending 3hours on a bus to and from work when riding a motorcycle would only take 20 minutes each way, all because I can't afford a bike due to my partner being f***ing pathetic with $100+ nails and spending thousands on f***ing clothes.

 

Bitch is gonna have to go soon...

 

 

My brothers friends wife is worse then that she has a gym membership that costs 2k a month, my brother said to the guy "Her gym membership for 1 month costs more then my Gym membership and golf membership per year combined."

 

 

 i must be lucky then , my girlfriend dosent like spending her money lol

 

the most she has spent in one go was her PC she built lol