Thanks to.

[caseye]

Thanks to Phil's Motorcycle Centre. Address: 11 Tui St, Matamata 3400
Phone: 07-888 7604 Matamata NZ.
Wifey and I were heading home after a long 5 days of beautiful riding weather ( OK a coule of days of drizzley bits), been south with a bunch of old fart KB riders, we'd split with them after Wanganui and gone deep south=Welly for a couple of days, then eventually headed home, eventually arriving in Matamata, heading for Daughters place in Ngatea,via the best little Antique Shop in Paeroa!
Stopped in at Phil's Motorcycles to see if there was anyone who could have a look at me Banditty old girl, who was making a clicking sound when taking off in 1st through to 3rd.
They stopped their Main Mec= Rusty working on a cruiser and put him on my bike. 2.30pm on a Friday arvo.
He took a look, took her outside did a lap of their parking area, came back inside out of the incredible Waikato ( home for this kid) sunshine where it as a lot cooler and proceeded to work some magic on the back end.
Turns out that if you don't give your chain enough lubricant it'll start clicking as it goes over stiff bits, after an adjustment and some nice white wees, Wax, she worked beautifully again.
The buggers tried to charge me $25.00 for the privilage.
I kicked up and said na, make it more, hell it was worth much more.
We compromised I paid for Rusty's iceblock and added a few bucks to the bill and we rode off very happy and feeling all was right with the world,. I'm sure the cruiser owner got his bike back that day too.
While it wasn't 2017 YET, I thought it needed mentioning that there are still some bloody good outfits OUT THERE who regularly do great things for ordinary people! and of course they will be working just the same in 2017!
I'd like to mentiuon Rusty again, a good man with tremendous knowledge of many things motorcycle, who laid aside one job to take on my little problem, who knew immediately what was required and did it, by the way fixing a f..k up from a previous mechanical issue while he was at it.
Phil who was at work that day and remembered that we'd once been down to his place a year or so ago and took a big old Bully for a day long excursion to Rotorua in case I'd wanted to buy it, turned out the M90's are hopeless pieces of tin and I didn't, another story.
The young lady who's name I didn't get on their service counter was exceptional and looked after us as if e'd shopped there our entire lives.
Overall,. Great Product Knowledge, kind and empathetic Service, actually what most of us older riders would think a good bike shop should be.
Just a wee note of thanks to everyone at Phil's Motorcycle Centre Matmata NZ.

[MadDuck]

Holy crap my login still works. Lock the doors and run!

Awesome to see you at some remote petrol station in the middle of the North Island on Xmas Day.

[jasonu]

Good on Phills but shame on you. Keeping the chain properly lubed is about as basic as it gets when maintaining a motorcycle.

[oldrider]

Good on Phills but shame on you. Keeping the chain properly lubed is about as basic as it gets when maintaining a motorcycle.

True! - .......

[pritch]

That's better, a positive story about a business or product. Much nicer to read than some hereabout.

[IkieBikie]

been south with a bunch of old fart KB riders.

I hope you are referring to Nigel!!

[caseye]

Holy crap my login still works. Lock the doors and run!

Awesome to see you at some remote petrol station in the middle of the North Island on Xmas Day.

Ducky! Was the best pressie a bloke could have on Chrsitmas day, catching up with an old mate and Mikey, of course.
Wonderful to see you, got next week off, where we going?

[Madness]

I hope you are referring to Nigel!!

Of Course I was!
As for chain, it was replaced and tensioned just 2000K's ago.
You are right it is basic maintenance, and I'm sorry for abusing my most delightful Bandit by taking it away for so long and not once looking at it's chain.
Got some of that white wees stuff for it now as well.
Thanks again Rusty and co.

That moment when you're a a Mod and all the different buttons get confusing.

[caseye]

That moment when you're a a Mod and all the different buttons get confusing.

Yep!
Course one realises too late and ya get sprung by the observant ones.

[caseye]

I hope you are referring to Nigel!!

Of Course I was!
As for chain, it was replaced and tensioned just 2000K's ago.
You are right it is basic maintenance, and I'm sorry for abusing my most delightful Bandit by taking it away for so long and not once looking at it's chain.
Got some of that white wees stuff for it now as well.
Thanks again Rusty and co.

[Murray]

Of Course I was!
As for chain, it was replaced and tensioned just 2000K's ago.
You are right it is basic maintenance, and I'm sorry for abusing my most delightful Bandit by taking it away for so long and not once looking at it's chain.
Got some of that white wees stuff for it now as well.
Thanks again Rusty and co.

Glad you got home safe. Bit of a mission for us getting through Wellsford in drizzling rain but we made it back.

By the way I did have a can of chain lube in the backpack. Always carry one on long trips

[old slider]

Awesome post Caseye,

I wonder if the mechanic was Ken Clarke the service foreman, a fantastic guy, He was the top man at Paragon Yamaha in Wanganui in the 70-80s, Both Ken and Paragons were incredible sponsors who helped me immensely when I first started speedway racing with a XS650 engine sidecar.

[caseye]

Awesome post Caseye,

I wonder if the mechanic was Ken Clarke the service foreman, a fantastic guy, He was the top man at Paragon Yamaha in Wanganui in the 70-80s, Both Ken and Paragons were incredible sponsors who helped me immensely when I first started speedway racing with a XS650 engine sidecar.

To be honest, I was introduced to Rusty as Rusty, could have been Ken, but I don't know.
Awesome bloke, checked tension, adjusted that, cleaned entire chain off, with appropriate cleaner on rags, then carefully applied white wax lube, Noise Gorn! jus like that.Replaced 3 hex head bolts that were all so tight they nearly turned out the heads and that would have been a major,generally checked over my cycle and gave her a clean bill of health , once he'd quickly test rode her around thier out back car park.An OL XS 650 donk aye, they're good at keeping on them old units.
Side car! Argh yer one of them nutters, lol, I take my hat off to anyone who rides or swings one of them beasties, once saw a sidey go off the main back straight at Whenuapai at one of the early Wings and Wheels events. It disappeared off the turn, came back into sight spinning like a top, dropped out of sight again then reappeared as it came to rest upright and in the middle of the 18th Green with two very white as a ghost crew still safely on board. They fired her up, quietly coasted back to the track, re entered and picked up to about 5th or 6th finishing position.
Naturally way back then we rode out there and simply passed all the cars on the road to ride in and take up our preffered position and the end of the front straight, riding an ol XS400 Special then, beautiful little bike she was.

[old slider]

To be honest, I was introduced to Rusty as Rusty, could have been Ken, but I don't know.
Awesome bloke, checked tension, adjusted that, cleaned entire chain off, with appropriate cleaner on rags, then carefully applied white wax lube, Noise Gorn! jus like that.Replaced 3 hex head bolts that were all so tight they nearly turned out the heads and that would have been a major,generally checked over my cycle and gave her a clean bill of health , once he'd quickly test rode her around thier out back car park.An OL XS 650 donk aye, they're good at keeping on them old units.
Side car! Argh yer one of them nutters, lol, I take my hat off to anyone who rides or swings one of them beasties, once saw a sidey go off the main back straight at Whenuapai at one of the early Wings and Wheels events. It disappeared off the turn, came back into sight spinning like a top, dropped out of sight again then reappeared as it came to rest upright and in the middle of the 18th Green with two very white as a ghost crew still safely on board. They fired her up, quietly coasted back to the track, re entered and picked up to about 5th or 6th finishing position.
Naturally way back then we rode out there and simply passed all the cars on the road to ride in and take up our preffered position and the end of the front straight, riding an ol XS400 Special then, beautiful little bike she was.

I preferred the sidecars that went around in circles, we usually played silly buggers after the stockcars and saloons had made the track more interesting. lol

Phils website has a picture of Ken.

http://philsmotorcycles.co.nz/images/P1030513.jpg

[Big Dog]

Of Course I was!
As for chain, it was replaced and tensioned just 2000K's ago.
You are right it is basic maintenance, and I'm sorry for abusing my most delightful Bandit by taking it away for so long and not once looking at it's chain.
Got some of that white wees stuff for it now as well.
Thanks again Rusty and co.

www.motobriiz.com
Had one on for just under 10,000kms.
Get 2-3000 per reservoir fill.

Much less faffing about, swing arm and chain are cleaner and noticeably less chain noise than even a new chain.

Ps, good work to the mech and shop.

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