Mini motorbike recall (29 Dec 06)

[crshbndct]

i saw that on the news... cheap chinese crap....

funny story:

i bought my 3 year old girl a barbie bicycle for christmas and she was riding it along when the back wheel valve just popped (under the trmendous force of 28psi of air pressure) and i picked it up looked at it and said exactly the same thing "stupid chinese crap" and as i said it a family of chinese people walked past (i didnt see them)

they all turned, looked at me and looked very offended. the most embarassing thing was that i said it while walking with my mrs her mum and family (who i only just met)

[pervert]

So, if the gates open ya need rego then ?

That's where the 'whether public has access by right or not' part comes in I believe.

If someone can freely drive onto your property its an issue, but if it's fenced and gated its sweet.

[nudemetalz]

funny story:

i bought my 3 year old girl a barbie bicycle for christmas and she was riding it along when the back wheel valve just popped (under the trmendous force of 28psi of air pressure) and i picked it up looked at it and said exactly the same thing "stupid chinese crap" and as i said it a family of chinese people walked past (i didnt see them)

they all turned, looked at me and looked very offended. the most embarassing thing was that i said it while walking with my mrs her mum and family (who i only just met)

ha ha ha that's great !!!

[MVnut]

The Warehouse should have to replace the crap minibikes with better quality ones, then they might think differently in the future.

[MotoGirl]

When I have kids eventually, I want to get them a little bike. We saw these ones at the warehouse and thought they looked 'cute' but we're going to invest the money in proper bike that won't crap out!

I feel sorry for the kids who received these bikes 'cause mummy and daddy will now have to fork out for a more expensive version or tell the kid that santa stole their present

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

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The more cheap shit that we import from china or anywhere else in the world and the more out sourcing of work we do... the less jobs in that field we have here in NZ...

Classic example is I where I work we import pens (there is no company that makes them in NZ) we also print on them... We are getting more and more people wanting us to do it cheaper which is kinda far enough however more and and more are asking to get them printed in china as well... if we got all the pens printed over in china then I and 5 printers are out of a job...

There is already a company that is set up in NZ that sends out pens to every company in NZ every so often... what most people don't realise is that this is an irish company, the and the pens are from china (you do the math)

Im all for imports and exports but to a limit... a certian amout of cheap disposable, a certian amount of medium quality and a certian ammount of top gear...

If you flood the market with cheap shit and people buy it because its cheap and thats all they have to buy... you have to remember just that its cheap... We get complaints that refills in pens dont last... (a couple of months) well for fark sake 9 times out of 10 its a cheap throw away pen with a 2cent refill

If you want quality... pay for it.

WAKE UP NEW ZEALAND... for crying out loud, if you buy cheap you will have to buy again in 6 months time if you buy quality you have pay the extra and the item should last longer. I bought a pair of Nike Airs for $80 and the lasted 8 years, I bought a pair a cheap sneakers from BigRed for $20 about 6 months ago and I need to replace... you do the math

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[MattRSK]

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The more cheap shit that we import from china or anywhere else in the world and the more out sourcing of work we do... the less jobs in that field we have here in NZ...

Classic example is I where I work we import pens (there is no company that makes them in NZ) we also print on them... We are getting more and more people wanting us to do it cheaper which is kinda far enough however more and and more are asking to get them printed in china as well... if we got all the pens printed over in china then I and 5 printers are out of a job...

There is already a company that is set up in NZ that sends out pens to every company in NZ every so often... what most people don't realise is that this is an irish company, the and the pens are from china (you do the math)

Im all for imports and exports but to a limit... a certian amout of cheap disposable, a certian amount of medium quality and a certian ammount of top gear...

If you flood the market with cheap shit and people buy it because its cheap and thats all they have to buy... you have to remember just that its cheap... We get complaints that refills in pens dont last... (a couple of months) well for fark sake 9 times out of 10 its a cheap throw away pen with a 2cent refill

If you want quality... pay for it.

WAKE UP NEW ZEALAND... for crying out loud, if you buy cheap you will have to buy again in 6 months time if you buy quality you have pay the extra and the item should last longer. I bought a pair of Nike Airs for $80 and the lasted 8 years, I bought a pair a cheap sneakers from BigRed for $20 about 6 months ago and I need to replace... you do the math

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Free trade with china. WOOHOO.

[RT527]

If it's behind a gate (e.g. your own land) then its not a public road and you can ride and do whatever you want to an extent.

Actually not ...if you can gain access to the road way beyond a gate by opening the gate its still considered public access , as I understand it the gate needs to be padlocked or a controlled access for it not to be public access.

Any track ie farm track, track or driveway which is wider than 1.5 metres is considered a road .


Now who can tell me who they made this legislation for?

[pervert]

Actually not ...if you can gain access to the road way beyond a gate by opening the gate its still considered public access , as I understand it the gate needs to be padlocked or a controlled access for it not to be public access.

Public access and a public road are two different things...

[rok-the-boat]

I saw those cheap bikes in Warehouse and stopped for a second - just a second - then carried on. A second was all I needed to realise they were not good enough for my kid.

[pervert]

Does anybody know anyone that works for the Warehouse and can confirm what is going to happen to the recalled bikes?

I'd love to pick up a half dozen or so if they are dirt cheap, fuck they would enhance drunken evenings with a few mates.

[lb99]

Does anybody know anyone that works for the Warehouse and can confirm what is going to happen to the recalled bikes?

I'd love to pick up a half dozen or so if they are dirt cheap, fuck they would enhance drunken evenings with a few mates.

I tried my best to get my hands on the last lot of recalled ones, but my warehouse contact said they would crush them, to prevent anyone from damaging theirselves

[Sketchy_Racer]

well thats just completly gay.

NZ needs to harden the f**k up.

F****n poofters

[Steam]

but my warehouse contact said they would crush them,

The crushing will be done at a Metal Recycling yard, and you can bet they'll be hawking those motors off at the back door.
I worked at one for a short time in Dunedin and that's the sort of thing that happened there.
It'd be right handy to have a bunch of wee 2-stroke engines around.

[pervert]

It'd be right handy to have a bunch of wee 2-stroke engines around.

For sure, especially considering most of the motors in the Chinese bikes are direct Honda copies because they stole the moulds when Honda tried to outsource the work.

The bikes might be shoddy, but the motors are usually pretty strong.