Your help needed today w.r.t. my bike!

[xwhatsit]

Hello chaps,

I'm back from Aus, came in Saturday. Picked up my old CB250RS today from Holeshot after a hassle regarding invoices and insurance people. After half an hour of kicking and carb-draining and spark plug swapping I got her fired up.

Tank looks a treat, thank-you.

The trick is to keep it that way. Bars will touch the tank at full lock -- and I left my little bracket that reduces the steering lock at home. I've already made a little mark on the RHS of the tank that I'm kicking myself about.

I've parked at the front of the underground carpark. Please don't move my bike, touch the handlebars, fuck around with it at all. I've tied a rag around the bars where they touch, and left a spark plug spanner in the steering lock to hold it open, but it's not foolproof.

So if you could all do me a favour by not gouging my brand-new paintwork, I'd be much obliged.

Cheers fellas! Look forward to riding with you guys again soon.

-Tom

[jrandom]

I have a 50x2m roll of bubble wrap and lots of duct tape.

WHO'S WITH ME?

[Squiggles]

I have a 50x2m roll of bubble wrap and lots of duct tape.

WHO'S WITH ME?

keen, drop it off tomorrow at midday :D

[klyong82]

keen, drop it off tomorrow at midday :D

I think I might be able to find a few bottles of glittering dust from the Arts and Design building to complement the bubble wrap...:clap:

[TOTO]

you could always buy a tankpad and cut it in half and stick it where the bars touch.

Saw it today on the traffic lights on the side of the tank of a guy on a VFR. He didnt look unhappy....

[Hanne]

Or glad wrap. 200m of it from pack 'n' save, can't go wrong :P:P
I think they do make mouldy bits for tank sides too ( my tank pad came with extra 'bits and blobs')

[xwhatsit]

Hahaha. Got bike home unharmed. Need to fab something up to modify the steering lock -- I've got the bars where I want them, and they're still touching with what I was using before.

I'd like tank knee pads, like on a Bonnie etc.

[motorbyclist]

xerxses, was that you i saw today with a young asian lady carrying a helmet of her own?

where do you (and isaac) get them? wouldn't mind one myself:shifty::mobile:

maybe it's kim hooking you guys up with his triads connections....





I have a 50x2m roll of bubble wrap and lots of duct tape.

WHO'S WITH ME?

sounds like a plan :D

[BANZAI]

xerxses, was that you i saw today with a young asian lady carrying a helmet of her own?

where do you (and isaac) get them? wouldn't mind one myself:shifty::mobile:

maybe it's kim hooking you guys up with his triads connections....


Really? I got same lecture as him this sem but I didnt see him with any asian lady...

Hmmm wish I had yakuza connection :laugh:

[jrandom]

Pfft. Having an Asian girlfriend is cheating.

[BANZAI]

Pfft. Having an Asian girlfriend is cheating.

Haha for white guys maybe? Whatbout Asian guy have white girlfriend? :p

[klyong82]

maybe it's kim hooking you guys up with his triads connections....


Anything you want.....hooked up to custom specification...just leave my girl alone...

[xwhatsit]

My lips are sealed :shutup:

That'd be Miss X. She's good on the back of a bike: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=67756

She's very fond of the wee RS, truth be told. That's where we were going -- sushi from Queen St, then up to the Domain for a little reacquaintance pootle. Took her for a ride on Daisy when I was borrowing her (GiJoe1313's RZ250), she wasn't very impressed. Likes the 250RS -- thinks it looks gorgeous (hey, can't speak for everybody's tastes -- she does think I'm good looking too I suppose :laugh:), and likes the comfortable pillion seat and general ride and feel. Won't make the usual comment on single-cylinder vibes :shifty:

[Jeaves]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=67756


nice read that :niceone:

[2wheeljunkie]

I'd like tank knee pads, like on a Bonnie etc.

thaT wud be sweet on yer bike mate..i like those pads ehh!