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Metal Doctor

  1. Bike jobs

    Hi folks,

    So i've been doing a couple of jobs for bikers and thought i'd tell you what i've been up to.

    Had a nice chap called Johan call me up about his BMW G650GS, its a pretty cool bike but BMW didn't fit them with a centerstand as a stock part, even though the frame has all the mounting brackets to take the centerstand. But BMW couldn't supply a centerstand for the bike only a regular one which is too short, so Johan got a short one and i took some measurments and ...
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  2. Mobile Welder

    So I'm pretty new to Kiwi Biker and this blog stuff, but after doing a welding job for a guy recently on his Suzuki TL1000S I realised that there are lots of guys out there who are modifying bikes, or giving it a bit too much at the weekend and cracking frames etc, that need a welder with a knowledge of bikes!

    I've always been about bikes - from schoolboy motocross as a kid in the Isle of Man, watching the TT, riding the course, doing track days, racing Her Majesty's highways in the ...
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