Had an accident tonight [Archive]

TygerTung

30th January 2006, 21:22

Yep, was going for a cain around the port hills tonight was great fun was really eating up those corners.

Was trying to get a knee down around this one corner, was hanging right off the bike, but wasn't enough and I scraped a solid foot peg a bit heavily, lifted the back wheel off the ground and the bike low sided!

Luckely I was wearing full gear (never go without it if you are fond of your skin) and escaped without any injury. I was going about 70K so theres a couple of rips in the cordura pants, but I'll just sew some leather over the rips and she'll be sweet as.

I have a couple of pics, one of me doing a wheelie, one of me getting really low around the corner, and one of me crashing!

Thought it goes pretty well for a 125 single 4 stroke commuter special

I'll be cutting off the solids and welding on some fold up pegs asap, and probably removing some centre stands and rubbish like that if it stops me leaning it over lots.

Just brought a disc brake front end off trademe before as well, mint!

Only damage to the bike is a bent footpeg, scraped muffler (scraped as anyway) scraped handlebar, and snapped off two of the front mudgard mounts.

nudemetalz

30th January 2006, 21:24

Great pics !!

Yeah the old "footpeg dug in and I crashed" syndrome is a real bitch !!

WINJA

30th January 2006, 21:29

full marks ill send you some bling

The_Dover

30th January 2006, 21:31

I nearly had an accident on the way back from Poo's place. That Manfurly really fucked up my guts............

TygerTung

30th January 2006, 21:31

Heres all of those photo's but links, it wouldn't let me put 3 pics up?

http://members.cordiaclub.com/TygerTung/Getting%20low.jpg
http://members.cordiaclub.com/TygerTung/Wheelie.jpg
http://members.cordiaclub.com/TygerTung/Crash!.jpg

Pretty mean wheelie eh?

Mental Trousers

30th January 2006, 21:32

That's the way to learn. On a bike that you can drop and at speeds that aren't quite so painful. bling bling

nudemetalz

30th January 2006, 21:36

CG's, when continuously over-revved, can drop valves,..so just watch that.
Guess it's a consequence of not having a cam-chain !!!

Shadows

30th January 2006, 21:40

Hyer hyer love the wheelie! :lol:

onearmedbandit

30th January 2006, 21:42

Were you going up there about 8ish tonight? I was up at the 'kiwi and might have seen you coming up the hill. Bummer about the bin, but sounds like you and the bike are sweet!

vtec

30th January 2006, 21:42

Man, can't believe you caught it on camera... Respect.

TygerTung

30th January 2006, 21:42

CG's, when continuously over-revved, can drop valves,..so just watch that.
Guess it's a consequence of not having a cam-chain !!!

Is there anyway to stop that happeneing? Cos if it did drop a valve it would fuck the motor and I'll need ANOTHER rebuild, already done two.

I'm looking at working it a bit and getting it doing 100mph, I heard it can be done, it'll only do 115 at the moment, or about 130 down hill around the southern alps.

Any tips on getting it hussing a bit faster? I heard an XL125S carby is exactly the same as an XR200 carby, put a trumpet on the intake insted of the airbox, debaffle the exhaust, do a bit of portwork and get a cam regrind.

Will I just need to put in stiffer valve springs or somthing?

Slingshot

30th January 2006, 21:44

Your story should have gone like this:

So I was hooning around tonight trying to get the bike sideways around corners, anyway...I managed to get the rear end stepping out quite a bit then straighten her up and carried on...check out the pics :cool:

TygerTung

30th January 2006, 21:44

Were you going up there about 8ish tonight? I was up at the 'kiwi and might have seen you coming up the hill. Bummer about the bin, but sounds like you and the bike are sweet!

Yeah I was up there about 8th probably I think. Was before the mist came in it was really nice and sunny.

All of the Christchurch crew need to come out for a ride sometimes, I don't want to push it too mental though until I weld on some foldup pegs though, but I'll do that fairly soon, might even do it thursday night!

nudemetalz

30th January 2006, 21:46

Many moons ago, a guy down in ChCh made one into a Bucket-racer and harrassed us when we raced a Carrs Road. It was $%^&& fast for a CG !! My tuned CB125 Twin was only a little faster in a straight line.

He turned up his own valves (I know it was the exhaust, not sure if it was inlet too) out of stainless steel. Never had any reliability problems.
Had a tuned megaphone on it and larger carb (think they're 22mm std from memory).

vtec

30th January 2006, 21:46

far queue

30th January 2006, 21:48

All of the Christchurch crew need to come out for a ride sometimes

I'd be keen:yeah:

far queue

30th January 2006, 21:55

Haha, if you want to spend money on that piece, then by all means do it. But at the end of the day, its still going to be a ... what the hell is it...

If you want to go fast, then buying a faster bike is usually the cheapest way, but modifying buckets can be fun.

Sometimes half the fun is playing in the workshop. Plus anyone can go and buy a faster bike, but there's more satisfaction to be gained by doing the work yourself, and you learn a hell of lot more that way too.

Keep up the good work TygerTung:rockon:

TygerTung

30th January 2006, 22:03

I'm getting a bigger bike in any case, but I just want to play with this one for a bit.

It's a great fun bike to ride, I love how it has the skinny tires and it's so light so you can really chuck it into the corners.

On straight lines it's rubbish, but around twisty stuff like the port hills it's great.

Small bikes are great!

I had a ride on my future bike on the weekend, a proper sports bike a Kawasaki KR250, felt a lot different to ride, much faster though, much stiffer suspension, so much different and fun in it's own way, just doesn't feel as if you can chuck it around as much, a whole different ball game I reckon.

erik

30th January 2006, 22:05

Very cool photos :yes: :niceone:

Almost makes me want to get a CG125.

thehollowmen

30th January 2006, 22:24

If you need some leather for patching I moved a lot up but won't be back in town until next week.

saul

31st January 2006, 05:58

Nice TT:clap:

JWALKER

31st January 2006, 06:24

good to hear you and the bike are good

Sniper

31st January 2006, 07:24

Bugger mate. Those CG125 are pretty cool damn bikes. I had one as my first bike. Takes alot to kill them.

Bartman10

31st January 2006, 08:10

Cool pics there...

I used to have a CG125 when I lived in Chch too. Had a lot of fun in the port hills on it.

Rego number 64JDH. Is it still out there somewhere?

:rockon:

WINJA

31st January 2006, 08:15

tt you should print that crash photo on a4 and frame it

Rashika

31st January 2006, 08:56

Was trying to get a knee down around this one corner, was hanging right off the bike, but wasn't enough and I scraped a solid foot peg a bit heavily, lifted the back wheel off the ground and the bike low sided!

definately a classic pic that photo! :woohoo:

SpeedyGirl

31st January 2006, 09:30

I'd be keen:yeah:

Yup, and if you bring your bike to work at all, keen for a lunchtime spin sometime?

Sniper

31st January 2006, 09:33

Originally Posted by TygerTung
All of the Christchurch crew need to come out for a ride sometimes

I'd be keen:yeah:

PM myself or JWALKER, we are setting up rides most weekends or evenings.

Matt Bleck

31st January 2006, 09:35

That crash shot looks like some mean as speedway style riding!!

Very nice.....:2thumbsup

SpeedyGirl

31st January 2006, 09:35

PM myself or JWALKER, we are setting up rides most weekends or evenings.

whats JWALKER riding?

Sniper

31st January 2006, 09:36

whats JWALKER riding?

A loaner until he gets his done :whistle:

Whens your bike turning up?

SpeedyGirl

31st January 2006, 09:38

A loaner until he gets his done :whistle:

Whens your bike turning up?

Had it a week already... u want a go?

Sniper

31st January 2006, 10:00

Nah its cool, as long as I can park mine next to yours Im cool

SpeedyGirl

31st January 2006, 10:04

Nah its cool, as long as I can park mine next to yours Im cool

More than welcome to take it for a blat anytime :)

**R1**

31st January 2006, 10:09

Thats fukn cool:niceone:

big ups to ya photographer....

nudemetalz

31st January 2006, 10:44

A loaner until he gets his done :whistle:

He'd better not bin it or the "owner" might slap him big time !!! :devil2:

far queue

31st January 2006, 11:13

Yup, and if you bring your bike to work at all, keen for a lunchtime spin sometime?
Yep sure, a lunchtime ride would be great. I bring it whenever I can. Do you bring yours, I haven't noticed it parked downstairs?

A quick blat out to the Black Tulip (or whatever it's called now) and back via the hills perhaps?

SpeedyGirl

31st January 2006, 11:15

Yep sure, a lunchtime ride would be great. I bring it whenever I can. Do you bring yours, I haven't noticed it parked downstairs?

A quick blat out to the Black Tulip (or whatever it's called now) and back via the hills perhaps?

Don't park mine there........ I am in a different building that you...... :)

Silage

31st January 2006, 11:40

Cool pics Tyger, but if it was Dan behind the camera, tell him to go talk with his old man about how to point a camera with the action in the middle :rofl:

Good that the gear took the impact and scrapies.

kiwifruit

31st January 2006, 14:46

Great pictures!
thanks for sharing :D
good to see you doing that sort of thing on a small bike.
I lived in chch a few years back,
love those roads round the hills
cheers, Allan.

Sparky

12th February 2006, 06:13

Quote--I had a ride on my future bike on the weekend, a proper sports bike a Kawasaki KR250--Quote

Did ya spot this on TradeMe?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=47685082

:niceone: :niceone: :niceone: :niceone:

Bonez

12th February 2006, 07:29

TygerTung it's good to see you enjoying yourself. Thanks for sharing. Bought Connies boys one of them beasties many moons ago. Spent most of the time in a paddock/river bank with it, with their mates. So if you get tired of the tarmac...................

Sniper

12th February 2006, 07:32

Good bikes the CG, had one as my first bike. They were great bikes mate. They will go forever if you let them.

12th February 2006, 09:43

Cool pics there...

I used to have a CG125 when I lived in Chch too. Had a lot of fun in the port hills on it.

:rockon:

Ditto. My first road bike was a CG110 in Chch plus a power packed SL125.
The CG was a blast, such an easy to live with bike. Right down to that fully enclosed chain meant you hardly ever had to oil it.
Thanks for sharing the pics TygerTung and for giving it heaps on the CG. Takes me back to learning to wheelie the CG on the dirt. So light if you dropped it nothing broke!
edit: Lets start an ex-CG owners club, Snipers another one.

Smorg

12th February 2006, 12:51

Love the slide mate thats tough:pinch:
Some one caught one of my bins on camera once though i dont like to boast

sugilite

12th February 2006, 14:24

Top effort and pics!
Getting your knee down without knee scapers can be a wrenching ugly experience.
If leathers are not an option, maybe a well placed set of skate board knee protectors would suffice.
On ya mate!