wof time

**FROSTY:Me** · 31st May 2004, 13:40

I had an interesting talk to Alex last night about Wof testing.
Who here will not let anyone else ride their bike -even for a WOF check?

**Motoracer** · 31st May 2004, 13:42

Originally Posted by XJ/FROSTY

Who here will not let anyone else ride their bike -even for a WOF check?

Is there really a choice?

**White trash** · 31st May 2004, 13:43

Originally Posted by XJ/FROSTY

I had an interesting talk to Alex last night about Wof testing.
Who here will not let anyone else ride their bike -even for a WOF check?

Eh?

You gotta be shitting me! They've got to ride your bike to see if the brakes/speedo work and all sorts of other shit.

There is nothing, NOTHING, anyone can do worse to my bike than I already do to it anyway.

**FROSTY:Me** · 31st May 2004, 13:44

well ya see thats what we were talking about. It seems lots of bikers wont let anyone ride their bike. Dumb really given that another set of eyes might see something needing fixing. But nope the attitude is Its perfect and you can't tell me different - worst case was a guy on a K1100 with a BALD front tyre

**White trash** · 31st May 2004, 13:49

Johann "Peoples hero" Bruns gets me to ride his bike and offer valuable set up advice.

So really, I should get at least partial credit for his Robert Holden Memorial title.

Fuck I crack myself up!

**Firefight** · 31st May 2004, 13:56

More than happy to let people I know and trust to ride my bike, not sure about a stranger, most of the younger guys I know on this site have takin my R6 for a blat, the only down side for me is watching them ride it better than me, aye MR !!

Firefight

**Motoracer** · 31st May 2004, 14:03

Originally Posted by Firefight

More than happy to let people I know and trust to ride my bike, not sure about a stranger, most of the younger guys I know on this site have takin my R6 for a blat, the only down side for me is watching them ride it better than me, aye MR !!

Firefight

The bike made me do it... Honest!

**Motu** · 31st May 2004, 14:16

I used to like this one - ''no one rides my fucking bike mate!'' oh,is that so - see ya!

It used to be so worded that a road test for a car was compulsory (but testing stations never do) but for a bike a road test was at the discression of the AVI,I don't see any mention of road tests whatsoever in the VIRM.In the old Motor Safe days we had to have a set of written proceedures - if my proceedures said I had to road test every bike then I had to do it,much to my enjoyment.

I like to road test a bike,need to see if the speedo works at least,but you can feel steering head bearings,tight or loose,brakes etc on a road test.Anything less and we are doing a disservice really.Most of the bikes I test are for friends,I have usualy ridden their bikes at some time,and if I ask are always willing to let me have a spin,in fact if it's a new bike to them they will insist.They all know their bikes well and I know they would never go out on worn tyres,with bad brakes or tight or loose steering heads.

Some young kid on a beat up commuter? he doesn't know shit and needs me to give it the works,some tough guy who won't let any wanker on his bike - sorry mate.Much to my embaressment I have smacked up a bike - a nice white Commando,the owner insisted I take it for a ride...being an ex Norton man myself.He had fitted some huge panniers to it,wider than the bars or footpegs - as I turned close to some cars I clipped a bumper with the panniers and dumped the bike in front of him,shit I was embarassed - they were glass and I paid for the repair.

**DEATH_INC.** · 31st May 2004, 14:29

I'm with WT on this one,pretty hard for anyone else to do more harm than I inflict on it myself......the exception is the turbo,I won't let anyone ride it,with the exception of one or two people,it's just too bloody dangerous in the wrong hands.......no worries with wofs,the guy at work that does them isn't stupid and doesn't insist on riding it,he does ride the gixxer though.

**matthewt** · 31st May 2004, 14:53

Originally Posted by XJ/FROSTY

I had an interesting talk to Alex last night about Wof testing.
Who here will not let anyone else ride their bike -even for a WOF check?

My dealer sold a new MV F4 last year and the VINZ guy dropped it while out checking the brakes etc. He was a biker as well, couldn't be bothered putting his boots on and ended up getting his shoelaces snagged in the footpeg, on his way off he wound the throttle around enough to send the bike into a flat spin on the ground.

I was there 2 weeks later for a WoF for my F4 and I knew about this happening. Same guy, looks at me, looks at the bike and says "I'll be back in a minute, just need to get my boots on.". Same guy the year before looked at my F4 and the fact it was pissing down at the time, asked me how the brakes were? I said fine, he ticked the box.

**White trash** · 31st May 2004, 14:55

Actually, Death. Its a shame we don't have our turbo FXDX Harley anymore. We could have swapped turbos for a bit of a laugh.

From the sound of it, the Kwaka would scare the shit out of me!

Anyone who has not ridden a (proper) turbo (cx500s don't count) should do so pronto! Pro-cycles in Napier are selling our old Harley if anyone reckons they're tough enuff!

**aff-man** · 31st May 2004, 15:31

Well lucky enough my mechanic is my wof guy

. But the guy i used before that was an absolute tosser. Took the bike for a blat (without a helmet on) heard him roaring arond and then comes back and tells me a whole lot of things that wern't really wrong with it. Went to bike shop got them to write a note about how what the guy says was bullshit went back to wof guy and he had the tanasity to phone the bikeshop. Never went there again. Secong wof experience was at a testing station i just sat on bike and guy tolk me to do all this stug (lights bounce forks ect) then he said ride over there and come back and brak using front and then rear i was like ok and walla i got a wof easy as. But from now on i go to bike shop cause i really trust the mechanic and i know he will give it to me straight

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**Racey Rider** · 31st May 2004, 15:50

Originally Posted by White trash

There is nothing, NOTHING, anyone can do worse to my bike than I already do to it anyway.

SO,,,

What the selling price at NOW?!

**vifferman** · 31st May 2004, 15:51

My attitude is that I will let anyone I know ride my bike, but it's on the basis of "You break it, you pay for it". I'd be the same riding anyone else's bike.

When it comes to WOF's, the guys I've been to have just ridden a very short distance to tick the box that says "Brake to a stop from 30 km/h" or however it's worded.