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sels1
9th June 2006, 22:04
I called in at my local bikeshop the other day to price a new tyre and there I saw a most upsetting thing. It was my old bike (not the last one, but the one before) My poor old XT400 Artesia. Looks like an arse tesia now - completly puckeroo-ed. Every plastic bit breakable was broken, the chain and other steel bits were rusty it was covered in sand and mud and looked like it had been sitting under a tree for the last year. The mecanic hadnt yet managed to get it going, and he had been working on it a while. That bike was in really good nick when I sold it and was a first kick reliable starter and never gave me an ounce of grief when I owned it. And now some guy has completly rooted it. Hope he had fun doing it. Bastard.
u4ea
9th June 2006, 22:06
yer it doesnt sound too pretty...............:angry:
Sketchy_Racer
9th June 2006, 22:21
yep thats a bugger.

Would that happen to be at Hi torque cycles ??
sels1
9th June 2006, 22:27
yep thats a bugger.

Would that happen to be at Hi torque cycles ??

Na it was down at Randells (Twin Cam)
Sketchy_Racer
9th June 2006, 22:30
WHAT!

How could you!! (pt)


Have you checked out Hi Torque yet?

Seem pretty good to me.

I don't really trust randal and his mech' so much. seem a bit rough
sels1
9th June 2006, 22:42
WHAT!

How could you!! (pt)


Have you checked out Hi Torque yet?

Seem pretty good to me.

I don't really trust randal and his mech' so much. seem a bit rough

Lol! He might look it sometimes, but hes a good mechanic, Ive been dealing with him for several years, no probs.
Sketchy_Racer
9th June 2006, 22:50
acctually, I have to say,

he has been able to get me very cheap parts in the past. cheap as in 'free' :p

but we had a service on dads RMX250 that wasn't the worlds greatest. it wasn't bad, just not teh best
sunhuntin
10th June 2006, 13:11
sels...guttin aint it?
thats the exact reason i dread any bike upgrades i might make....whats gonna happen to my baby? my current bike will be going to dad, but any others i buy, i would like to keep, even if i do take them off the road for a while. least then i know where they are.

dont suppose the now wrecked former bike is up for sale? you might be able to buy it for a small price and try and get her fixed up?