Pinned So what have you done to your bike today?

DON'T USE A CREDIT CARD FOR BIKES!!! I can give 40,000 reasons why not, if you catch my drift. It's like the Devil giving you a bucket of petrol and a lighter - you know there's fun to be had, but it is more likely to blow up in face.

Me dealing with credit cards and motorbikes.

 

I agree credit cards are evil things and mine is only for $2000. If you need to buy stuff then get a personal loan instead. Lower interest and it won't all disappear in an instant if you find a shiny toy for your bike.

 

Into the service bay for a long overdue wash and wheel cleaning... polished rims look the business. The front has alloy corrosion on it so will need to be wire wheeled off and re-polished.

 

So I thought the CRF50 had a flat front tyre but I removed the tube and it seemed fine. But there is rust around the valve stem so I just put some gasket maker on it. Hopefully it's a quick fix (I plan on throwing motard / scooter tyres when the dirt ones wear out). But the inside of the rim was rusty in place so I wire wheeled it and threw some primer on it to prevent that again. There was also debris that luckily didn't shred the tube sooner. Hopefully will have another NSR to the collection soon too!

 

I think the 650 gsx's are twins arent they? In any case restricted via throttle stop, necking down the intake boots like on the mt-07 (from 41mm to 30mm) and lastly ecu/ignition timing.

 

They always look good after a wash... and a wheel cleaning. Oh and the rear tyre had about 10 PSI in it

 

Caught the boat down to Tassie for a few days, I forgot how good the roads are down here! Even if the surface isn't amazing it's so much fun haha

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How is Jauce for shipping? I previous bought off Rinkya and they charged me an extra $50 USD (About $70 AUD at the time) for additional shipping, which made the shipping over $200! Do Jauce give good estimates on shipping? Thinking of buying some things off there. Maybe even get a few things and eBay them off here.

 

Not really the bike but just picked up my leather jacket after having the sleeves shortened by 15cms to suit my stumpy T-rex arms (nothing to do with the oversize belly!). I know you shouldn't really mess with a leather jacket but this old boy worked in a leather factory making jackets for 15 years so he knows his stuff. Pretty damn stoked about having a jacket that fits

 

I've used them before and found the combined international freight wasn't too bad if I bought a lot of small and/or lighter stuff and had it all sent at once. Stuff was repacked quite well as I recall.

The fees for adding funds to your account and local shipping were the kicker. Overall experience was positive though

 

bought a used agv aircool helmet, 3 pairs of used gloves and a hydraulic atv hoist.

 

nah, north avoca via gumtree. nice motodry jacket there for 50 bucks.also wholesale supa store has bike lift for 399$-attention linkin.

 

Oh man! It felt good to get back on the bike.

I ended up taking a forced hiatus of about what, 3 weeks? When i bled the brakes, 2 pistons froze, and when i ordered parts I only ordered one side. Then i ordered a second side- but promptly left for London, where I bought a motorcycle and rode to Barcelona.

When I got home, the second brake parts had arrived (hey! it beat sitting by the mailbox waiting for postage lol) and so finally last night....

I drained the front brakes and removed one caliper to rebuild.

So much work. lol

 

At least you will have fresh brakes. Do those rebuild kits come with the anti-rattle springs?