Rotorua Suzuki "Bike Force"

[trustme]

Popping a couple of wheelies isn't thrashing it.
Back flipping a IT465in fourth gear, in front of the "new" owner might be. DAMHIK
(ok,ok,it was an AG100, in first gear, behind the workshop)

AG100 !!! probably still way too much power for you mate.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Oh and on the issue of mech's playing on a customers bike? I had one instance at my local where a young 'apprentice'? road tested my FJ after a service... when I went to pick it up, he made the comment 'it goes well doesnt it, I didnt realise they are that fast'..... my reply (roughly) was... Oh, good skills telling a customer you gave their bike a good handful sonny . !!

not even worth a retort mate... find something sensible to input, ay?

oh and by the way, go read up on the old V max and the FJ for top 3 gears roll on, they were within coeey of each other,,,,, hardly dickie licking!

At everyday speeds, the FJ1200 is simply a phenomenal performer. Let's talk roll-on acceleration from 45 to 70 mph. Pay attention here: With the exception of the 88 V-Max Cycle tested - and only in third gear, mind you - the FJ's roll-on numbers are better than those of any production motorcycle we have ever measured. The V-Max beats the FJ in third gear by two-tenths, but the FJ outmuscles the VMax in fourth and fifth. The FJ is faster in roll-ons than the FZR 1000. Faster than either of the 1100 Suzukis and the ZX-10.

Reprinted/Edited without permission from Cycle Magazine, July 1989.

Best you go and read the bit I originally quoted you on then eh. I know FJ's go very well. I worked at Brisbane Yamaha for a year and we specialized in them. That's exactly my point. You don't have to 'give them a good handful' to go fast. Hence the guy may've been just pumping your ego. Not thrashing your bike.

[imdying]

The moral of the story is don't buy a heap. Don't buy a bike you think is 'funny in the corners'. For all you know, that funny feeling is a frame about to break in half.

Those are all disposable items. If you can't tell your head bearings are shot, or that your chain and sprocket is shot, via your own cursory inspection, then connect with some members here and get them to teach you the ropes. Yeah I know, fuck all use to you now, but it's all easy stuff worth learning. Those are easy things to replace, you'd learn a lot just from finding out how to do those two jobs.

Bloody rose tinted spectacles, they get everyone at some stage.

[imdying]

Even a wiff of throttle will have a blade on one wheel.

Pete, I disagree. A Blade will wheelie all the way home if you want, but there are absolutely no accidental wheelies on one, that is complete tripe.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Pete, I disagree. A Blade will wheelie all the way home if you want, but there are absolutely no accidental wheelies on one, that is complete tripe.

First early blade I rode certainly took no provacation to do a wheelie. Like the 1st gen R1.

[nudemetalz]

....and RG500's....

(apparently...)

[imdying]

First early blade I rode certainly took no provacation to do a wheelie. Like the 1st gen R1.

First one I rode was in the rain (dicks at Timaru dealership assured me it was a tiger blade, wasted trip... like fuck I was going to buy a purple one... yay now we have the internet and lots of pictures!)... it didn't do anything untoward. Maybe the way you treat other peoples bikes (customers in this case) differs from mine. Any mechanic that can't ride an early blade without pulling a wheelie is just another fuckwit that needs to find a different job. If it were mine, and I saw it whilst I was out in the car, I'd probably just SMIDSY him... sure it'd suck insurance wise, but he'd naught do it again (or walk, or eat solids...).

[Crasherfromwayback]

. Maybe the way you treat other peoples bikes (customers in this case) differs from mine. .

I don't ride customers bikes mate. Only ones I ride are my own or ours.

[imdying]

I don't ride customers bikes mate. Only ones I ride are my own or ours.

Totally different kettle of fish then What your boss lets you do with the stock is entirely his own business. I have to admit, given what I know of you, that I was pretty surprised that you would disrespect your customers like that, I assumed that we were just talking at cross purposes

[Crasherfromwayback]

Totally different kettle of fish then What your boss lets you do with the stock is entirely his own business. I have to admit, given what I know of you, that I was pretty surprised that you would disrespect your customers like that, I assumed that we were just talking at cross purposes

Aye. I don't ride customers bikes for a number of reasons. Be the one time graddad does a u turn in front of me, or the thing throws a leg out of bed etc. That...and I cannae/won't ride like how I'd like to...so not much point!

[hyderabad]

bought last bike from them good to deal with

[Robert Taylor]

On balance the perpetrator of this thread owes the dealership an apology.

[Mully]

The moral of the story is don't buy a heap.

No, no, no. The moral of these stories is only buy brand new, 0km bikes from large dealerships. Paying full price for the bike (none of those "how much discount should I get for paying with rhubarb" threads) and full price for all your gear/accessories/servicing.

And ensure you're present when all the servicing is done so you can "contribute" to what the mechanic is doing wrong.

[Robert Taylor]

No, no, no. The moral of these stories is only buy brand new, 0km bikes from large dealerships. Paying full price for the bike (none of those "how much discount should I get for paying with rhubarb" threads) and full price for all your gear/accessories/servicing.

And ensure you're present when all the servicing is done so you can "contribute" to what the mechanic is doing wrong.

Of course you are being cynical. New Zealanders inherently and for the most part have a sense of fairplay. That should go both ways. Its just that forums such as this often bring out the dark side in people.

[gammaguy]

i have worked in the industry for many years including in workshops.

I guarantee the guy rode the bike in and told the shop to"just fix it up a little,dont wanna spend much cos im selling it"

Remember,he was their customer,you werent.

clearly what we have here is a case of your pitbull barking up the wrong tree.

learn from it and move on.