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[sinfull]

I needed shocks on my heavy cruiser (as mine were fucked) so i bought shocks (service was great and offer of free service in the future if i felt they needed tweeking was cool too)
Thanks CKT
A mate went with a cheaper option (only a few hundy) around the same time (late last year) They were problematic and he sent them back to be tweeked, refitted by a mechanic the company instructed the job done by (in case he fitted them wrong ? DUH !) and now he has just thrown them off the bike and gone with the same option as me !

Same bikes, with the same twin shocks (now) it only cost him $800 odd more than me and a fuck around for the learning curve !!

On the other hand, my other bike (Speed 3) which don't have A fucked shock and DIDN"T need re-spinging (as it turned out to be a good spring rate for my weight) still has the OEM shock and forks !
Sure i could have knocked off a second or 3 in lap times on the track, if i had spent 2 or 3 k on it, but i was just playing and enduldging an adrenilyn need and wasn't a serious racer out for a podium ! I find it to be just fine on the road and can (if i feel the urge) handle the jandel when it comes to it !
If and when (i hear that the OEM shocks on these bikes do fuck out now and then) the shock gives out i will probably spend the coin and go top of the market !

Bit like my stereo amp really, a mate of mine who needs the perfect sound from his system to listen to thrash metal (where i can't even understand the lyrics) keeps harrassing me to buy a new amp !!! Hello !! It plays the beatles just bloody fine now, I'll wait till it fucks out, then think about it !

[Ronin]

^ wot he said there. Thats it.

[caspernz]

Then the Bike youre riding is unsafe, you say in one breath its handling is crap and it hasnt improved then you say you ride it within its capabilities kind of an oxymoron of a statement (clearly you ride it fast/well/hard enough to know its crap).
You should get the poor handling bike sorted out end of story.

Especially as a senior member of a biker site you should not be throwing out there comments suggesting its ok to ride a bike handles like crap, as it isnt, and the age of the bike isnt an excuse

If I had any vehicle that handled like crap It would be sorted, good handling = Safer to operate in .........period !!

This whole thread is clearly a "dig" at RT under a B.S based smoke screen as far as I can see it.

Nicely put....but yeah the mind is like a parachute for some folks huh?

[Owl]

but yeah the mind is like a parachute for some folks huh?

What sort of parachute?

Docile roundy, or a super zippy fast elliptical?

[HenryDorsetCase]

Bit like my stereo amp really, a mate of mine who needs the perfect sound from his system to listen to thrash metal (where i can't even understand the lyrics) keeps harrassing me to buy a new amp !!! Hello !! It plays the beatles just bloody fine now, I'll wait till it fucks out, then think about it !

Amps are the least important part of any system: spend the money where you notice it: Turntable/CD player, speakers/headphones.

[Maha]

This whole thread is clearly a "dig" at RT under a B.S based smoke screen as far as I can see it.

Well cleary you dont know shit from chewed dates where this thread is concerned Quasi.
Why the hell would I start a thread to have ''dig'' at someone who generously offered to fix a the potential problem of a brand new bike?
Mr Taylor knows where I stand and vice versa...PM's sorted that out.
The guy knows his stuff, no two ways about it..
One this occassion...you are WRONG!.

[Voltaire]

Amps are the least important part of any system: spend the money where you notice it: Turntable/CD player, speakers/headphones.

I used to say the records were the most important part.....

[bogan]

I used to say the records were the most important part.....

that and making sure it's turned on! had a guy going on about how much better his new sub made the music sound, until it was pointed out it wasn't plugged in and the sound was in fact just coming form his old speakers

[Quasievil]

One this occassion...you are WRONG!.

Sorry then, but im comforted in the knowledge that every other time im right

damn now I got to drive up your way to, what time is the jug on ?

your friend Quasi
0275430329

[Maha]

Sorry then, but im comforted in the knowledge that every other time im right

damn now I got to drive up your way to, what time is the jug on ?

your friend Quasi
0275430329

Just boiled..
But listen, I am not adverse to getting the work done on the Yamaha at all..
And if theres anyone that I would let at it, it is Robert Taylor.
But...and heres the thing, I will never again have work like that done via emails and postage/courier. It will be done in house (so to speak)

[imdying]

Why the hell would I start a thread to have ''dig'' at someone who generously offered to fix a the potential problem of a brand new bike?

Because you're an ungrateful little cock who didn't like to hear mean things about the bargain basement piece of shite motorcycle you wasted your money on

[Maha]

Because you're an ungrateful little cock who didn't like to hear mean things about the bargain basement piece of shite motorcycle you wasted your money on

Thats tame, even for your uneducated standards, is your herpes playing up again?..

[AllanB]

But...and heres the thing, I will never again have work like that done via emails and postage/courier. It will be done in house (so to speak)

That's how I ordered mine - it worked out bloody well for me!

[imdying]

It's mildly satisfying when some little cry baby who purportedly has you on ignore quotes your post. Mind you, that pales against the mirth generated by that same loser starting a thread trying to trash another members products because his little feelings were hurt. You're so transparent.. we can all see what you're really like.



To be fair it should be a picture of a baby having a wank, but I'm not image searching for that

[Hitcher]

Personal attacks will see more serious actions taken by the Moderators.

The current nonsense is not really off topic at the moment, but any more of this and the Red Cards(TM) will come out and this thread will end up in RorR or worse.