Vic Wasteland Thread

[Birds]

He was talking about bike gearboxes Pat...not a good idea to do it in synchromesh car gearboxes. You can get away with it but it will wear the dog teeth on your synchros faster.

You can get a "quickshift" for motorbikes that cuts your ignition momentarily as opposed to you rolling off the throttle during a gear change, it's suppose to make clutchless upshifting much smoother. Personally I just use the clutch..it's still fast as hell and you're talking tenths of a second in difference between clutch and no clutch. The slowest part of changing gears in a car is the gearshift itself, which is negated by how quickly you can change gears using a foot lever on a bike...as long as your hands are quick you can be fast with the clutch.

[Rekin]

He was talking about bike gearboxes Pat...not a good idea to do it in synchromesh car gearboxes. You can get away with it but it will wear the dog teeth on your synchros faster.

You can get a "quickshift" for motorbikes that cuts your ignition momentarily as opposed to you rolling off the throttle during a gear change, it's suppose to make clutchless upshifting much smoother. Personally I just use the clutch..it's still fast as hell and you're talking tenths of a second in difference between clutch and no clutch. The slowest part of changing gears in a car is the gearshift itself, which is negated by how quickly you can change gears using a foot lever on a bike...as long as your hands are quick you can be fast with the clutch.

sorry i forgot this was a bike forum

[xALmoN]

sorry i forgot this was a bike forum

i made that mistake too...

but i'm going for an old ninja... when i find the cash..

eh tj, how reliable are they?

[dezz]

SAU bike cruise for sure, but wait for me to get my rocket kunce

[Birds]

The GPX was the only 250cc bike to complete some notoriously hard 10,000km rally that most bikes can't finish without breaking down, if I recall correctly. Can't find the info on it but I think it finished 9th overall, out of like 100 bikes.

[R-SPEC]

probably start shopping for a bike next week

Anything in particular to watch out for? Or just the same as inspecting a car?

[RBPOWA-(TJ)]

i made that mistake too...

but i'm going for an old ninja... when i find the cash..

eh tj, how reliable are they?

So far so good, old issue I had recently was a fried spark plug and a small issue with the carb, but that's becuse i put 98 fuel to clean out the system so drained that all out, kinda jammed the jets in the carb. Other than that I ride this thing hard as!

If you kinda on the heavy side, the rear is a little soft or my shocks are gone, next thing I have to look at, bikes done 18,000 think their due anyway

[funkymonkey]

my current daily:

needs moar low.

[xALmoN]

So far so good, old issue I had recently was a fried spark plug and a small issue with the carb, but that's becuse i put 98 fuel to clean out the system so drained that all out, kinda jammed the jets in the carb. Other than that I ride this thing hard as!

If you kinda on the heavy side, the rear is a little soft or my shocks are gone, next thing I have to look at, bikes done 18,000 think their due anyway

i'm 68-70 kg, so not that big.

but i guess, i shouldn't be looking at those that's done 30+k kms huh.

[alr33x]

needs moar low.

Fark good to see ya still alive brah

[RBPOWA-(TJ)]

i'm 68-70 kg, so not that big.

but i guess, i shouldn't be looking at those that's done 30+k kms huh.

All depends, if things have been replaced and the majority of the bikes engine is under 10, why not, I got mine at 14000 for $2800 the dude even rode it from Geelong to drop it off

[Birds]

probably start shopping for a bike next week

Anything in particular to watch out for? Or just the same as inspecting a car?

Try and take someone with you who knows bikes, they are a different breed. Some guy put up a good guide in here: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/391934-bike-inspection-tonight/

[Birds]

my current daily:

Still doing better than Moh.

[xALmoN]

All depends, if things have been replaced and the majority of the bikes engine is under 10, why not, I got mine at 14000 for $2800 the dude even rode it from Geelong to drop it off

yeah, will just pull someone along to go inspect.

still need to find the time to go for the course.

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

what up Jamie!

been working messed up hours bad! living other side of the city now, no more SE for me haha

Oh really!

Where you at now?

needs moar low.

LOL!

[MrWindsurf]

Fk yeah, won a SAU nationals dvd from the FB group

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Fk yeah, won a SAU nationals dvd from the FB group

Any good?

[RBPOWA-(TJ)]

Oh really!

Where you at now?

LOL!

in the heart of Flemington now...

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

in the heart of Flemington now...

Ah ok, you change jobs or something?

I remember you were out towards Springvale that way...

[MrWindsurf]

Any good?

I'll tell you once I recieve it and watch it