Do I strip or not?

[martybabe]

Robert Taylor ...

Cheers Mark.

[helenoftroy]

I fookin would. Don't tell anyone but I have been known to take bikes on test rides, take em home and clean em up and return em. There's something very wrong with that.

If you had that DR you could be doing it in the dirt all winter and work on the strip as well

Actually mite be a bit nippy outdoors for the pale skinned boy......

Lol I have so wanted to clean up some bikes Ive test riden too.Just want to give them some TLC

[MIXONE]

I fookin would. Don't tell anyone but I have been known to take bikes on test rides, take em home and clean em up and return em. There's something very wrong with that.

Strip it then when you need a ride come over borrow mine and take it home and clean it.

[martybabe]

If you had that DR you could be doing it in the dirt all winter and work on the strip as well

Actually mite be a bit nippy outdoors for the pale skinned boy......

Lol I have so wanted to clean up some bikes Ive test riden too.Just want to give them some TLC

This pale skinned boy was actually a member of a short lived, fireman based, stripping group, called hot stuff. We did two shows and we're laughed off stage twice, apparently the fireman get up wasn't enough to overlook the 3 inch winkies. Cruel cruel women.

Helen, could ya pm my wife and tell her to stop spending my goddamn DR650 money on unnecessary household crap please. She's so gonna get it.

[CB ARGH]

I fookin would. Don't tell anyone but I have been known to take bikes on test rides, take em home and clean em up and return em. There's something very wrong with that.

You should've been my mate two years ago... I would've let cha take my off road bike for a testy after the bike and I got "Dirty".

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My tip, do the strip now. Get it over with, so that you can be back on the road in time for summer.

[martybabe]

Strip it then when you need a ride come over borrow mine and take it home and clean it.

Ha, you wish............................ok, when can I come and get it.

[helenoftroy]

This pale skinned boy was actually a member of a short lived, fireman based, stripping group, called hot stuff. We did two shows and we're laughed off stage twice, apparently the fireman get up wasn't enough to overlook the 3 inch winkies. Cruel cruel women.

Helen, could ya pm my wife and tell her to stop spending my goddamn DR650 money on unnecessary household crap please. She's so gonna get it.

Hot Stuff eh......the mind boggles

Think I'll stay out of marital discussions on 2nd bikes

Im divorced and theres 3 bikes in the garage......

[martybabe]

Im divorced and theres 3 bikes in the garage......

Mmmmm, well it's worth thinking about innit.



So, kiwi meteorologists, have I got time to strip her down before the good weather comes back, I'm guessing but I think maybe a month before she's ready to go back out there.

Any tips for attacking and preventing the rust on the frame, without powder coating, big job innit.

Gonna book the engine cases in for some polish and powder but it's the frame that looks shabby and I don't wanna take the engine out.

[AllanB]

I like this thread - its good to know that there are others out there that look after their bikes - especially when purchased new - it is easy and rewarding to keep them tidy and pays off in the long term with resale.

I've often walked around bike shops looking at two year old bikes that look surprisingly tired. More surprising when the shop has a couple of salesmen just standing around doing nothing - grab a cleaning cloth ya lazy buggers.

[martybabe]

I like this thread - More surprising when the shop has a couple of salesmen just standing around doing nothing - grab a cleaning cloth ya lazy buggers.

Oh yes!, picked up one of those small windscreen jobbies in a shop in Wanganui, covered in dust. so I gave it a quick rub down and the salesman said I'll get you a price on that sir. I said, I don't want it mate, it just needs a clean, look at the state of it .

Dusty things in a bike shop and all you buggers do is go on about climate change, perspective people!

Think I may have a touch of o.c.d eh.

Ere, wheres my anti rust advice, mighty oracles?

[ynot slow]

Be warned the winter in the Naki can be great,I personally used to take a weeks holiday around mid July,if lucky you get fine weather and no wind,if lucky it might be 3 or 4 days in a row.Then in August/September it can be crappppppy,just when you think the shite winter has gone,or should have,as the season approaches spring or early summer.

Do us a favour and strip the bike,that way weather will turn out great for us,it'll just piss you off,especially if your wife is unchained,clothed and let out of the kitchen to spend another bikes' money on trivial things like food,beer(delete beer must have),clothes,batteries for her watch(why she needs a watch when the stove has a clock),et al.

[Max Headroom]

Do a careful estimate of how long it will take, and an even more thorough budget, allowing for any unexpected surprises.

Then triple the timeline and double the budget.











P.S. Don't ask me how I know this formula.

[FJRider]

I fail to (see) your point.

Thats because he has his back to you....

[martybabe]

Now then, perfect bloomin example, just about to get the spanners out, resigned to a long and abysmal winter, when we have one of the best riding days in the Naki for ages.

Just been for a lovely ride round the mountain, covered in snow, sun shining off the sea, bloody glorious. What would have happened if the bike was in bits eh eh. the dog would have got a piece of my mind that's what.

Two bikes is the only bloody answer. I'm on it.

[MIXONE]

Don't give the dog too big a piece of your mind.Save a bit for yourself or you'll end up being an Ozzy.