Wednesday Night Ride

[Tacoman]

Thought I had fixed my puncture ("nail" looked like part of a bicycle spoke). Got away about 7:30 at a fair clip. The repair lasted until about 2 kms after Millers road exit, then things went wobbly. Hauled up, tyre was soft and hot. Some bikes stopped after a bit and turns out they had joined up with WNR at the Wheatsheaf. Think sammcj was one of them. If so thanks mate and pass on my thanks to the other two. I owe you some CO2 bottles. Anyway, another repair and slow trip back to Halswell for air and home....

Hey bud one of those dudes was me, I am glad we were able to help you. always good to ride with two or more if long distance, you never know what could happen

[Gibbo89]

haha yeah will try not to! bike is currently leaking a bit of fork fluid and is in desperate need of brake fluid flush. so it doesnt look like i'll be coming tonight after all

Good 'ol Waikato Yamaha eh? lol

[Hurrie]

Good 'ol Waikato Yamaha eh? lol

lol yeah, they also said that there was no rust in the petrol tank (they need new glasses) and the exhaust headers look pretty mean in orange/brown

[Gibbo89]

lol yeah, they also said that there was no rust in the petrol tank (they need new glasses) and the exhaust headers look pretty mean in orange/brown

Are you going to hit them up about it?

[Hurrie]

Are you going to hit them up about it?

is there much i can do about it really? (without going to court)

EDIT: Should probably migrate this conversation onto the "bike dealer problem" thread lol

[Gibbo89]

is there much i can do about it really? (without going to court)

It depends what they said about the bike and what the inspection by the mechanic there (or whoever it was) involved, do you have the check list thing that he used to inspect the bike?

[Hurrie]

It depends what they said about the bike and what the inspection by the mechanic there (or whoever it was) involved, do you have the check list thing that he used to inspect the bike?

on the checklist he said that there was no rust in the petrol tank, and the exhaust system was good. in fear of everyone getting pissed off that i'm overtaking this thread with the bike problem go to the other thread "bike dealer problem"

[Flip]

It was pissing down at home at 5.30 so I didn't bother getting the bike out. It's not nice if I get wet going to BK and putting on my monkey suit and full face just spoils the run for me.

How did it go?

[Spuds1234]

May need a good welder/machinist in the near future. Anyone know someone?

Rear Cagiva sprockets are rare as hens teeth. For what ever reason you cannot get aftermarket rear sprockets for my bike and Im not even going to price an OEM one because Triumph NZ suck and it'll probably take then 6-9 months to get it in. Anyway Im now in the hunt for a blank sprocket or failing that I'll find a 45 tooth sprocket and get the center of it cut out and the center of my original one welded in.

So yea, if anyone knows someone send me a pm or something.

[laRIKin]

There use to be a place that made sprockets in CHCH as I us to use them to make my sprockets for my Racing Side Car as you could not buy anything close to what I needed.

They have moved and do not know where they are now.

Ask around at machine shops and you should be able to find them.

You will have to get more that one made to make it worth while as the setting up cost
can be high.

I think about three sprockets makes the price good and that would keep you happy for a while.

This would be better than modifying by cutting and welding I think.
You maybe lucky and get a sprocket you could drill holes and cut out the centre to suit as this would be better I think.

You use to be able to buy blank sprockets from Trevor Kirby (SP?) (Budget Motorcycles) years ago.
Maybe they can still get you one.

[gloplg]

It was pissing down at home at 5.30 so I didn't bother getting the bike out. It's not nice if I get wet going to BK and putting on my monkey suit and full face just spoils the run for me.

How did it go?

15 or so of us had a good ride up to the Greta. No rain. We kept gaining numbers on the way there. Thanks to CJ for leading.

Anyone interested in a Summit Road ride on Sunday????

BK, Halswell, Gebbies, round the bays to Port, Evans pass, Summit Road through to Gebbies, with refreshments at the Wheatsheaf.

[Buyasta]

It was pissing down at home at 5.30 so I didn't bother getting the bike out. It's not nice if I get wet going to BK and putting on my monkey suit and full face just spoils the run for me.

How did it go?

It was good, fortunately all the rain had stopped by the time we were setting off, so the weather was nice, aside from the wind.

Thanks very much to Peeteey and (I think) Mully Clown for following me back to Christchurch, and then home, respectively, to stop me getting rear ended due to a dead tail light, I hope I didn't inconvenience you guys too much, and I'll get that bulb replaced tomorrow.

Also thanks to gloplg for riding slowly so I could keep up, and especially for the advice - I'm feeling so much more confident and in control through the corners now.

[JMemonic]

May need a good welder/machinist in the near future. Anyone know someone?

Rear Cagiva sprockets are rare as hens teeth. For what ever reason you cannot get aftermarket rear sprockets for my bike and Im not even going to price an OEM one because Triumph NZ suck and it'll probably take then 6-9 months to get it in. Anyway Im now in the hunt for a blank sprocket or failing that I'll find a 45 tooth sprocket and get the center of it cut out and the center of my original one welded in.

So yea, if anyone knows someone send me a pm or something.

Finding a blank sounds the best option, sprockets are normally hardened and welding them could potentially stuff that up, its a shame you have so much issues with getting parts.

[neels]

May need a good welder/machinist in the near future. Anyone know someone?

Rear Cagiva sprockets are rare as hens teeth. For what ever reason you cannot get aftermarket rear sprockets for my bike and Im not even going to price an OEM one because Triumph NZ suck and it'll probably take then 6-9 months to get it in. Anyway Im now in the hunt for a blank sprocket or failing that I'll find a 45 tooth sprocket and get the center of it cut out and the center of my original one welded in.

So yea, if anyone knows someone send me a pm or something.

So the ducati isn't so bad after all, at least I can get aftermarket bits for that.

A blank sprocket would be ideal, or failing that get a sprocket to suit your chain and have it redrilled with another set of holes to suit your wheel. Have PM'd you the details of someone that may be able to help.

[AxN]

Thanks for the pleasant ride out to Greta today. Apology to CJ for parking my bike a bit too close to your awesome V-Max at one of the regroup point...

Great to meet some people and put a face to a name. Hope to catch you guys again soon.


Scott