Bike that doesn't put out. (RANT)

[aff-man]

Well this is it i am bloody pissed off. I am a student, an engineering student in fact and so am broke almost constantly. And due to this brokeness i have not been able to afford the kind of bikes i want. I am sick and tires of owning bikes that just do not allow me to push myself. I owned a vt250 who's engine i had to replace, a zxr250 which i started on slow but ended up going past the front edge of the tyre trying to weezlel some more corner speed at high revs so that was ok but the number of time i had to change gears was irritating. And now the 400. Bought her spent $1000 on her to get her running all smoothly and so i couldn't afford decent tyres. And thus the other day i found out how to recover and not bin when the front tyre starts sliding out. The bike is a constant pain in the ass and i have no money to buy something more reliable. Do any of you have the same problem. Bikes just buggering up when you try and push them. I am sure there is a decent good bike that i can ride hard and get to my limit before i get to the bikes but as of yet i havn't found one. And what has this done to me. WELL you can ask CK and he'll definatly ratify that i am becoming a nana. And it just irritates me that i don't feel comfortable pushing myself because i don't know if the bike will f$#k up on me. Hence me not going on the track.


*takes deeeeeeeeeeeeeeep breath*

[StoneChucker]

Hard luck mate, that sucks. But, I reckon you'll find, after finishing your degree, you'll get a job which will be more than sufficient to allow you to get whatever bike you want, within reason ofcourse.

[Paul in NZ]

Mate! You want a new bike? I mean a brand new one right? Well, I'm afraid everything has it's limits and the sign of a great rider is one that can ride around the bikes limits.

Nothing is perfect (well except me of course but I'm unusual)

My bikes are so imperfect it's a joke. Front end damping on the Guzzi? Ha Ha! I virtually change lanes going up the hill on some bends. I can fix it for $400 but I aint got it because I just spent $711 on Triumph bits (it has not run for 6 years now). I earn good dosh and I could have a flasher bike I suppose but I like making my old ones slowly better myself. Point is, I have a ball riding the nuts off it at the ragged edge!

Cut your cloth to suit your means my friend. Learn patience and you will be a better rider for it when you can afford a better bike!

Paul N

You can have anything you want in life, you just can't have everything you want!

[Magua]

I know how you feel. I've tried to push my fzr, but it just doesn't want to go there I accelerate hard and get into 3rd or 4th gear (can't remember) and it starts to jump like someone pulled the clutch in and let it go suddenely. Money seems to be the source of both our problems, not to mention our poor choices in bikes .

[aff-man]

Mate! You want a new bike? I mean a brand new one right? Well, I'm afraid everything has it's limits and the sign of a great rider is one that can ride around the bikes limits.

Nothing is perfect (well except me of course but I'm unusual)

My bikes are so imperfect it's a joke. Front end damping on the Guzzi? Ha Ha! I virtually change lanes going up the hill on some bends. I can fix it for $400 but I aint got it because I just spent $711 on Triumph bits (it has not run for 6 years now). I earn good dosh and I could have a flasher bike I suppose but I like making my old ones slowly better myself. Point is, I have a ball riding the nuts off it at the ragged edge!

Cut your cloth to suit your means my friend. Learn patience and you will be a better rider for it when you can afford a better bike!

Paul N

You can have anything you want in life, you just can't have everything you want!

No not necessarily a brand new one but one that i know i will screw up before the bike does. It's just i am sick of having problems with bikes and they aren't even big problems but it's just one after the other, and never having the money to fix them. I am just frustrated read my other post "frikken annoying" and you'll understand

[Blakamin]

Do you enjoy engineering???? if so, you're doing better than a lot of us... i have a qualification thats next to useless, a job i hate sooooo much (at a company that might not be the most stable at the moment) and not much of a brighter future employment-wise...
If you're doing something you like, everything else is a bonus.... and a matter of time


[edit] I've spent over half my life working and only now have I got a bike I like enuff not to want to sell it for something else tomorrow!

[justsomeguy]

Do you enjoy engineering???? if so, you're doing better than a lot of us... i have a qualification thats next to useless, a job i hate sooooo much (at a company that might not be the most stable at the moment) and not much of a brighter future employment-wise...
If you're doing something you like, everything else is a bonus.... and a matter of time


[edit] I've spent over half my life working and only now have I got a bike I like enuff not to want to sell it for something else tomorrow!

Poster in my Gym: Find a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.

Once you become an electronic engineer and get a job in your line. You will be just laughing.

[aff-man]

i have to work in industry for the next 6 months as part of the programme. So i was gonna spent the money i will be earning on like a race bike or something for the track but methinks it'll all be going into a nice little pile so i can afford something that will come with a warrenty hahahahahah.

No this zxr i have runs great but i just don't have the $500 for rubber i won't get to the edge of i am in the process of trying to sell it anyway cause i have made myself to broke fixing this one up. So if anyones looking..... With all the extra;s special KB price of 5k

[Motoracer]

With all the extra;s special KB price of 5k

Lession # 1 in marketing. Do not bitch about the product to possible customers, when trying to sell something (eg. the "fekking annoying" thread).

P.S. Even this whole thread is about how the bike doesn't put out.

[aff-man]

Lession # 1 in marketing. Do not bitch about the product to possible customers, when trying to sell something (eg. the "fekking annoying" thread).

Hahahahaha i realise this but hell what's a guy to do. It's a silly little problem that i have fixed by diconnecting ,cleaning and reclipping the clips. Alls well that ends well. The point of this thread is not that the bike is broken is that it was some minor little thing that went wrong and pissed me off. Imagine if it had happened going into my exam tomorrow i would have been totally screwed

Anywho if you look on trademe you'll realise that i put this bike up for sale a while ago. Looking to move up in the world. Cajun's mate's 97 gixxer600 to be exact

[Motoracer]

Anywho if you look on trademe you'll realise that i put this bike up for sale a while ago. Looking to move up in the world. Cajun's mate's 97 gixxer600 to be exact

I hope it works out for ya mate. Good luck.

[Blakamin]

No this zxr i have runs great but i just don't have the $500 for rubber i won't get to the edge of

I've got a veeery sticky "not for highway use" tyre sitting in my garage
has tread!
in fact, it's so sticky, it stuck to the wall!

[Motu]

Well,in a way I can relate to your problem,and I also think WTF???!!! When I came to the conclusion that the XS1 was just plain dangerous to ride anymore I went looking for bike I could ride how I wanted - I wanted to get right on top of a bike and push it hard,force it to my will,and to know exactly where it stood and what it could take....so I went out and bought a 15 year old bike (now 19) and have been happy ever since.I can jump on it and ride 1000km without more than checking the oil,it's reliable and fun to ride.I guess you would find it gutless with atrocious handling and totaly unreliable and not be able to get parts.Like Paul,I find the quirks in a bike possibly the most interesting thing about riding them,they are not faults....it's called character,and they are character building for yourself - fit into the bike,become part of it,and it will work for you...fight it....and you've got problems you'll never solve.

[riffer]

I agree with Motu and Paul on this one.

No matter what bike you get, its not going to be perfect. Hell, my fizzer has its moments where it does my head in - if you've read any of my bitches about my steering you'll know where I'm coming from.

But my point is, I've stuck with the bike. I know I'm in a different place to you - I'm 37, I have 3 kids (two at school, one there in 8 months) and one on the way - but I still know about financial stress. It was bloody hard to fix my bike when I binned it back in June and we had to scrimp and save and find money from somewhere in order to do it - but we managed somehow.

I'd love to have a new bike. But you know, at least I have a bike. You call them imperfections - I call them character.

If you can work around the imperfections your bike has, you will become a better rider.

There's plenty of deals on trademe on good used tyres. Bite the bullet - buy some cheap ones - learn how to put them on yourself even.

Good luck with whatever bike you get. Remember the 97 gixxers have issues too...

[Paul in NZ]

OK - Having worked my arse off today to get yet another magic proposal out the door...

Mate. Everyone one I have ever met in life that I thought was worth a damn has had to over come hardship and despair at some stage!

You are just stressed by your exams!

Focus on the exams.

The bike (and us) will wait patiently for you to get back to it!

As Celtic said, most problems really do your nut in some days but it's a test! Pass the test and you will soar with the eagles. Chicken out and you will ride with the wanna bes!

Paul N

'mazin how a half a bottle of cheap bubble wine makes you sore (I mean soar)