Size DOES matter...(longish)

LOL! You had me going there BTH, until you got to the bit about the nastily
dented tank!!!!! Close, but no banana!

I'm thinking it's time to get a new bike Bruce reckoned it sounded like
cam chain noise, and when he told me how much it would cost to fix I thought
I might be better off hastening the purchase of bike #2... Slightly sooner
than I'd anticipated, and I haven't actually got the dollars to do it just
yet.... but I'm sure I can sort something somehow...

betty

 

how can you be the authentic bikerbetty, if you don't tear the engine
down and fix it yourself?

you'll just be bikeonloanbettie :-(

 

no no no, pull your head in! I am THE bikerbetty and I've never pretended to
know anything about engines, but I'm asking dumb questions and learning bit
by bit, so ;-p~~~~~

Rome wasn't built in a day. Besides - I want a new bike <evil grin>

betty

 

You mean there aren't any oz moto posters in Canberra that have offered to
have a squizz at it?

Oh the humanity!

Hammo

 

no betty, you must pull the engine to bits and learn how to fix it.

that's part of the fun. just riding a bike without knowing how to pull
it to bits is like having rough sex with a stranger without the foreplay.

think how cool your experience will be when you fire it up after its
been a box of nuts and bolts.

JD

 

Ahhh. In THAT case - it seems obvious that the bike is terminal. No use
in throwing good money after bad. Far better to take anything you may
spend on repairs, and put it towards another bike.

May I suggest a nice Suzuki GS500? Bwahahahaha!


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Cheers

PeterC [aka MildThing]
Most scientific discoveries are heralded by a tentative "Hmmm. That's funny..." instead of a jubilant "Eureka!"

'81 Yamaha Virago (XV) 750H (work in progress)
'01 Yamaha FJR1300

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But what would I ride in the meantime while I learned how to pull my ailing
GPX to bits and tried to put it together again? That could take me a very
long time!!! Better get a new bike anyway.

Unfortunate allusion.

Yeah, I know - I felt pretty smart after changing the oil (with lots of
help!) Hmmm, Plan B is forming....hang onto the GPX instead of getting rid
of it. Learn all about it. Pull it to bits and rebuild it. Spend a bazillion
dollars on tools. Oh yeah, build a shed in the yard. In the meantime get a
new bike anyway...

betty

 

I like the way you think, heh heh!

betty

 

consider the other downside. if you spend a wad of cash on a new bike
you will be too scared to take risks because the new bike is 3-4 years
from being paid for.

you could end up as tailendbetty

 

You really are getting the hang of this, aren't you.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

if you think that is saving money..

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX

 

**** that. It might help riders in cold climates pass time in winter,
but in Australia where most people can ride 11.5 months of the year it's
It's much more fun riding the thing than tripping over bits of it in the
garage.

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX

 

I do my rebuilds in summer/xmas period to avoid riding in the heat.

shed + beer + bike = happy.

riding in full leathers in 35 degree heat, f'off?

 

Two minutes and I'm still thinking about that. How many superseded CB250Ns
were there in that sentence?

Theo

 

I wouldn't know where to start! All those fiddly bits - and whenever I've
pulled stuff to bits in the past I always end up with bits left over

It's a bugger - ER6 isn't learner legal - seems silly to replace a popular
learner legal model with something that isn't... ER6-f would've been my
first choice for a new bike, dammit.

betty

 

Melbourne only had one really hot spell last summer... a few days in the
high 30s low 40s... or so I was told... Damn... I missed it.. I was
riding down in Tassie that week.. Top temps in the mid 20s and cold
beers and about a dozen bikes including ours in Smack's shed. It was so
good even Pisshead got out of bed before 6am... which still wasn't early
enough to meet his ferry on time.

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX

 

Because it is based on the [probably flawed] assumption that the future
cost of replacing serviceable parts is not taken into account by the
buyer when they are determining an appropriate discount value for the 5
year old motorcycle.

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX

 

The parts haven't failed and therefore he hasn't had to pay for
replacements. Sounds like a saving to me.

Theo
Still with the original uni-joint in the Guzzi at 12 years and 193,000 kms.
OK, OK, I've replaced the goddamn cam chain twice. Oh, I've replaced one of
the four indicator globes as well. And a few other things I don't remember.

 

As opposed to the [probably flawed] [1] assumption that a new chain and
sprockets (claimed) will add $500 to the selling price of any used
motorcycle. Sellers don't have an understanding of discount rates either.

 

NOW you're getting the idea.....

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Cheers

PeterC [aka MildThing]
Most scientific discoveries are heralded by a tentative "Hmmm. That's funny..." instead of a jubilant "Eureka!"

'81 Yamaha Virago (XV) 750H (work in progress)
'01 Yamaha FJR1300

www.dmcsc.org.au
http://eladesom.com.au/ulysses/
# 37181