Where everyone gets a bargain!

**White trash** · 7th December 2010, 15:57

Originally Posted by North Harbour Yamaha

EXACTLY. The last lot ended up in a landfill

Originally Posted by Waikato Yamaha

Imagine the gimps at the Warehouse assembling them.

Yeah but I kinda feel sorry for the poor buggers buying these things. They think they're getting a deal, kids are RAPT because Christams day rolls around and "We got a motorbike! Thanks Dad!" Then the fucken thing wont start. The plastic starter gear breaks while Dad's trying to pull the start the bloody thing. Then for the lucky 10% of buyers that can get the thing going, it runs like shit, fouls plugs and overflows petrol all over the place. Kids Christmas is fucked because the Warehouse wants to be in on making a buck on another particular market segment they knwo nothing about.

You might have guessed this pisses me off a little.

**imdying** · 7th December 2010, 15:58

Newmanz will be laughing all the way to the bank given the motors used

**wickle** · 7th December 2010, 16:06

If they do go! how many kids are going to be hurt, then ACC gets more stastics againist the motorcycle account.

**Quasievil** · 7th December 2010, 16:12

Originally Posted by White trash

You might have guessed this pisses me off a little.

Youre just slagging of the competition making such statements about other brands in the market.

hhehehehehehehehe

hey jimmy fuck you

**Woodman** · 7th December 2010, 17:12

If there is a demand for them then go for it I say. The market will decide if it flys or dies anyway, and if the opposition don't like it well tough titties for not doing it yourself or not being in that segment.
The bike shops can stick to their value proposition of selling higher quality and thats cool, but to a lot of customers that go to the warehouse value = cheap and that is the customer they target and it works for them cos basically cheap is all they got.

**bluebird** · 7th December 2010, 17:21

With a name like "Donfag"

**JimO** · 7th December 2010, 17:41

Originally Posted by bluebird

With a name like "Donfag"

check out my dongFag bro

**piston broke** · 7th December 2010, 17:58

i guess motorcycle doctors will be happy,
getting all the repair work.

don't look at my dongyafag

**lb99** · 7th December 2010, 18:16

I handled the storage of the last lot of recalled bikes they were selling, got my hands on a couple too. The main problem with the last lot was that they came in a box and had to be assembled at home by the buyer, as well as they had a weight limit of 40kg, I looked through about 300 of em, most of what I saw were bent wheels, collapsed suspension, bent forks. (from drunk uncle John doing a jump on Christmas day no doubt) and shoddy assembly of the handlebars and brakes which had to be fitted at home.
i consider most of what I saw to be assembly faults and improper use at the hands of the consumer, who also had to fit and adjust the brake cables to the levers, if I remember correctly some even had the handlebars on backwards, and the brakes not connected. you cant blame china for that.
I was in the warehouse one day and had to do a facepalm when I heard a shopper say "$99 for a helmet? (they were selling them too) I'm not paying that for a helmet to go with a $299 bike" go figure, these are the kind of people who are going to be assembling these bikes on Christmas morning (probably with a pair of slip jaw pliers for a spanner and a butterknife for a screwdriver.

The two I got are still fine, these bikes were built to a price, I replaced all the bearings with quality ones and re assembled them properly. 4 or 5 years later they are in new hands, rolled bowled and arseholed, all of the plastics have been smashed but they still go ok.

so far as i know the last recall was really because the averige kiwi cannot/will not follow assembly instructions.
The same thing happened when the warehouse started selling push bikes years ago, now you cant buy a bike in a box from them, it must be assembled, and they do employ specialists to do this job.

go buy one, they will be fine.

**_STAIN_** · 7th December 2010, 18:20

Originally Posted by firefighter

Happened with me with my mini chopper. If I had'nt bought that i'd not be into bikes now.

yip it's about affordable entry level bikes, then hopefully it may get in their blood and they continue on to motorcycling. Not going to be many left after the Babyboomers are gone...

**Mully** · 7th December 2010, 18:21

I heard the recall on the last ones was something to do with leaking fuel.

**lb99** · 7th December 2010, 18:31

probably some did leak, there was bound to be a few duds, neither of mine leaked, although one did give a lot of grief with shit in the fuel, but was easily sorted with a filter.

**North Harbour Yamaha** · 8th December 2010, 08:15

i consider most of what I saw to be assembly faults and improper use at the hands of the consumer, who also had to fit and adjust the brake cables to the levers, if I remember correctly some even had the handlebars on backwards, and the brakes not connected. you cant blame china for that.
I was in the warehouse one day and had to do a facepalm when I heard a shopper say "$99 for a helmet? (they were selling them too) I'm not paying that for a helmet to go with a $299 bike" go figure, these are the kind of people who are going to be assembling these bikes on Christmas morning (probably with a pair of slip jaw pliers for a spanner and a butterknife for a screwdriver.

so far as i know the last recall was really because the averige kiwi cannot/will not follow assembly instructions.

go buy one, they will be fine.

That is why our bikes are assembled and PDI by a qualified motorcycle mechanic.

It is your kids safety at stake. If a shop does not have a service department they should not be selling motorcycles