Russian motorcycle mechanic...

[98tls]

Headed away to the Vincent county rally today with no intent on staying the night just a decent ride,we left late and by the time we got to Ranfurly thought bugger it have a beer here and head back,great ride over the pig route and when approaching Maheno decided on another pint,outside the pub was a couple of blokes on late model Triumphs (Speedmaster and something similar) whilst yarning to them 3 blokes pull up on bikes go inside grab a beer and sit down outside with the rest of us all good until this Russian dude starts on the TL:laugh:at first i thought fuck me this must be what its like to be interrogated by the KGB:shit:hes a TL expert it seems and as hes pointing out all its faults he touches said part at fault,"the brakes the forks no good" he tells me i reply "there off a GSXR fella" he says "no there TL" he asks me "why you have those $300 levers,much better things to spend $300 on"i roll my eyes and decide to sit back and enjoy the peformance:laugh:when hes done he tells me "im a mechanic for Suzuki",i had pretty much ignored him by that stage and was talking to his 2 mates who seemed totally normal,i gathered they were from Timaru so if indeed he is a "mechanic for Suzuki" then good luck to the Suzuki shop in Timaru:laugh:We decided enough was enough and set about leaving,as we did the Russian had moved on to the 2 Triumphs and was setting about telling the owners there bikes history:facepalm:Ive met some characters :shutup:in my time on 2 wheels but this guy shot straight into the top 10.

[slowpoke]

Headed away to the Vincent county rally today with no intent on staying the night just a decent ride,we left late and by the time we got to Ranfurly thought bugger it have a beer here and head back,great ride over the pig route and when approaching Maheno decided on another pint,outside the pub was a couple of blokes on late model Triumphs (Speedmaster and something similar) whilst yarning to them 3 blokes pull up on bikes go inside grab a beer and sit down outside with the rest of us all good until this Russian dude starts on the TL:laugh:at first i thought fuck me this must be what its like to be interrogated by the KGB:shit:hes a TL expert it seems and as hes pointing out all its faults he touches said part at fault,"the brakes the forks no good" he tells me i reply "there off a GSXR fella" he says "no there TL" he asks me "why you have those $300 levers,much better things to spend $300 on"i roll my eyes and decide to sit back and enjoy the peformance:laugh:when hes done he tells me "im a mechanic for Suzuki",i had pretty much ignored him by that stage and was talking to his 2 mates who seemed totally normal,i gathered they were from Timaru so if indeed he is a "mechanic for Suzuki" then good luck to the Suzuki shop in Timaru:laugh:We decided enough was enough and set about leaving,as we did the Russian had moved on to the 2 Triumphs and was setting about telling the owners there bikes history:facepalm:Ive met some characters :shutup:in my time on 2 wheels but this guy shot straight into the top 10.

Haha, I bet there were a few people enthusiastically pushing him from behind the Iron Curtain. All taken in good spirit by you though mate, much better than a lotta people I know....or me for that matter!

[98tls]

Haha, I bet there were a few people enthusiastically pushing him from behind the Iron Curtain. All taken in good spirit by you though mate, much better than a lotta people I know....or me for that matter!

He sort of blew me away really mate,imagine a nice cold beer outside a country pub having a yarn to a couple of blokes on bikes then :woohoo::confused::laugh:

[GrayWolf]

hahahahhaa
did you give him the KB website details? He'll fit right in here :laugh:

[5150]

He sort of blew me away really mate,imagine a nice cold beer outside a country pub having a yarn to a couple of blokes on bikes then :woohoo::confused::laugh:

Nek minit.....:shifty:

[Deano]

He sort of blew me away really mate,imagine a nice cold beer outside a country pub having a yarn to a couple of blokes on bikes then :woohoo::confused::laugh: I think we've all met 'one of them'.

[Taz]

He's onto something though, no one needs $300 levers.

[DMNTD]

He's onto something though, no one needs $300 levers.

Too true but plenty want them

[YellowDog]

hahahahhaa
did you give him the KB website details? He'll fit right in here :laugh:

I think he's already one of the 'Know it all' members :laugh:

My $300 levers were worth the money. If I'd waited a couple of years, I could have got something very similar for $100, but then I wouldn't have had 2 years of enjoying using them and would have been pissed off by the crappy OEM lumps and then sold my bike and lost more than $300 on the sale and bought a worse bike and been more pissed off as it would have been as good and regretted not buying those $300 levers on my original bike and then bought them for my replacement bike but regretted that and sold that bike too losing more than $300 and and and and...........................................

[98tls]

He's onto something though, no one needs $300 levers.

Na Taz he was wrong again,the levers cost bugger all on Ebay.I wonder how he fared with the 2 blokes on the Triumphs,maybe he turned into a "mechanic for Triumph".

[The Lone Rider]

Was his name Alex, or Aleksey, or Mahon..?

[GrayWolf]

We decided enough was enough and set about leaving,as we did the Russian had moved on to the 2 Triumphs and was setting about telling the owners there bikes histor

Next time,
ask him about the Cossak, Dnepier, Urinal (ural) history and sit back to enjoy......... :jerry:

[98tls]

Next time,
ask him about the Cossak, Dnepier, Urinal (ural) history and sit back to enjoy......... :jerry:

:laugh:Hopefully there wont be a next time but shit i wish i had of thought of that yesterday,i was at one stage going to point out that the old TL cant have been that bad a bike in its day as it won IBOTY but thought na fuck it that would only keep him ranting on.

[Kickaha]

Yeah for a TL you dont need a Russian mechanic you need a Agricultural expert

[ellipsis]

Yeah for a TL you dont need a Russian mechanic you need a Agricultural expert

..interchangeable trades, I'd have thought..

[Kickaha]

..interchangeable trades, I'd have thought..

Yeah he's probably worked on Urals so there shouldn't be to much difference between that and a TL

[98tls]

Yeah for a TL you dont need a Russian mechanic you need a Agricultural expert

If i bump into him again i will send him up mate,no doubt hes an expert on your recent purchase as well.:laugh: