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5676
« on: 03 September 2014, 10:31:12 am »
My apologies Arbi for my remarks (for which punkstig agreed by the way ) I was wrong to assume you were just another with all the talk and no idea. Dispatch riders have my total respect, and are totally beyond my riding ability or knowledge.
5677
« on: 28 August 2014, 12:18:40 am »
Wait a cotton pickin minute. I throw it down the street and cause say £1200 damage and loose my £500 to the dealer to cover their £500 excess then what happens is that the dealers own workshop do the work for the £1200 damage and insurance company pays them £1200. BUT £600 of that is labour and part of the amount of the £600 on parts would also be a mark up on said parts so in total out of the £1200--- £500 of that is profit to the dealer.
So they patch it up and send it out again and again so by the time the bike is finished its demo life it has paid for itself in profit to the dealer in the dropped repairs. And then they sell the bike on as an ex demo and make even more dosh as the bike has now paid for itself.
Im not sure on the markup un parts or what the labour aspect of £1200 total would be. All of my maths has been made up - but do you see the angle on this.
Sorry YAMAZA for taking your post off track
5678
« on: 27 August 2014, 10:00:31 pm »
Too shiny!!!!!!8)
"STOP POLISHING IT AND RIDE THE BLOODY THING" springs to mind. :P
You are in fact 100% right I do spend far too much time polishing it and no where near enough time riding it.
MC680x0 we all take the piss out of each other on here and mostly everyone knows its just a laugh.
Search the forum for polishing / buff/ mops and stuff as there was a thread a while ago about it all, I am no expert
Fine, I was defending you.  off then 
There you go --- you got the hang of it now
5679
« on: 27 August 2014, 09:58:48 pm »
Ok we are paying their £500 excess, my excess is £100 on my insurance. Why theirs so high.
£500 is a massive % amount towards the total cost of the bike.
Does anyone know a dealer that instead of that - has a damage waviour fee instead, which is basicly an insurance to cover the £500 excess
5680
« on: 27 August 2014, 08:43:50 pm »
Too shiny!!!!!!8)
"STOP POLISHING IT AND RIDE THE BLOODY THING" springs to mind. :P
You are in fact 100% right I do spend far too much time polishing it and no where near enough time riding it. MC680x0 we all take the piss out of each other on here and mostly everyone knows its just a laugh. Search the forum for polishing / buff/ mops and stuff as there was a thread a while ago about it all, I am no expert
5681
« on: 27 August 2014, 10:30:27 am »
I wish they were stainless steel but Gear link rod --------steel with som sort of paint coating Gear arm --------steel with som sort of paint coating Front pegs---------- alloy  I took it off and I have a bench grinder with a set of polishing mops which is the only way to get the gear leaver like this.  Then a coat of clear laquer Pegs you can do with any metal polish autosol/brasso and can do by hand
5682
« on: 26 August 2014, 07:50:00 pm »
I've got contis on my tiger (ok, not one of the affected tyres), and will happily buy them again.
Any manufacturer will have production problems (whether it's tyres, calculators or butt plugs that they make). It's how they handle the problem, that's important - in this case Conti have stepped forward, held their hands up, and are taking (urgent) steps to rectify. Good on them, I say.
Your comparisons for if stuff goes wrong makes no sense because if my tyres fail then I end up in casualty with a sore arse but if my but plug fails then --------------------- er hold on, wait !
5683
« on: 26 August 2014, 08:30:21 am »
My previous set of tyres were Bridgestone T30's. Great grip....mileage 10000 front...10500 rear. Thought it strange that front wore out first so went back to my tried and trusted 023's. Grip not quite as good as the t30s but still very good. Mileage front on 12000 and still going strong. ....rear...16000. Sorry Arbie mate but I dont wish to upset you but you talk about, you can "feel" a grip difference. But pushing a tyre so far that you can "feel" a grip difference dosent tally with getting intergalatic milage out of them. IMO
5684
« on: 26 August 2014, 08:22:59 am »
Cannot understand anyone who would not sign a £500 excess when taking a bike for a test ride. I cannot understand anyone who would. He did buy the bike and when he came the next night to collect it he dropped it at the top of the road , okay it was only a stationary slow drop , you know the one, shit I can't hold this and down it went. Costs for repairs not far short of £800.00, Thats the thing I dont even have to bin it to loose my £500. - some knob does somthing (like they do every day) Its going to be a strange bike - different feel, blah blah, all it needs is a drop and my £500 is gone. So now I cant afford the bike anyway. They have not lost any excess but they have lost a customer. If they want to sell the bikes then they are going to have to take some risk, maybe like has beed said if some joker turns up just looking for a blast, or maybe they could just say you have to sign the £500 if you have under 5 years experiance or somthing. I know somone who is doing a driving experiance on a track - lambourgini etc and will have to pay the first £5000 of any crash. But had the option to pay a £25 damage wavior fee so in the event of a crash wont have to pay anything. Why cant the bike dealers do this.
5685
« on: 26 August 2014, 08:04:50 am »
WTF so thats me NEVER going to buy conti, I need to have 100% confidence in that credit card patch of rubber between me and the road
5686
« on: 25 August 2014, 09:47:00 am »
they want you to sign that you will pay £500 if you bin it
It was £1k deposit at Blackburn Triumph, and they take it off a credit card before you take the bike out!
It's probably the most cautious I've ever ridden a bike in my life!
£1000 -------jeez ! And so not a proper test ride in that case
5687
« on: 25 August 2014, 08:27:08 am »
No outside wall --- so put in a vent top and bott of door (or just leave it ajar) when damp kit.
Have a look at Ikea as they have lots of good storage ideas -stuff
Im thinking mesh racks to let the air flow
5688
« on: 25 August 2014, 08:16:42 am »
I went to test ride a street triple - all pre booked in, I askded what do I need etc and got there to be told they want you to sign that you will pay £500 if you bin it as this is their insurance excess that thy have to pay. I walked away. There is no way I am going to do a test ride with £500 over my head, my local yam dealer was the same.
Why dont they just do a non returnable damage wavior - insurance somthing like £25 which will cover the £500, I would gladly pay that.
Oh and another thing it was a second hand bike at a triumph dealer with an advertised price but then was told there is an EXTRA £50 admin fee that will be added so the advertised price was a CON. I also came across this when buying a car, this con is going to become the next ppi.
5689
« on: 24 August 2014, 06:01:16 pm »
how about compensating by not doing the them same in the first place my 2mm and then when you tourq up it will finnish the same
5690
« on: 21 August 2014, 04:53:27 pm »
think its a no-go to polish the swing arm as the original finish is not paint (I think) and it is almost impossible to do.
The torque arm is just an extra dangly bit that in my view is best painted black to help it disappear
5691
« on: 21 August 2014, 01:08:10 pm »
Whilst I don't particularly want to put down the sentiment and thought behind this endeavour I think that last years fell flat. I think there were pockets of groups but nothing like a ring of red, it was even muted that sky news were going to film it from the copter but there is no way that they could of got the whole ring in let alone getting enough riders to form a ring to be seen from above.
I think its just too ambitious.
I think last years raised £2.500
And they are trying to do one around the M60 too - so that will be even less people around the m25
I thought why don't they do it at a race track like silverstone which is right in the centre of the country, £10 entry or whatever and a good red ring would could then be seen from a helicopter and then even sell aerial photos of the ring to all the bikers. Get printed up proper red teeshirts to sell.
They could sell fast food pichtes to make even more money and would raise far more than last year.
5692
« on: 18 August 2014, 09:43:36 pm »
Thats a no from me.
Ive never thought the fzs 600 belly pan looks quite right
5693
« on: 10 August 2014, 11:27:54 am »
As I said I took off my grab rail looks much better without it and I prefer a pillion to hold on to me anyway.
5694
« on: 29 July 2014, 10:38:01 pm »
looks a bit new to me, don't like the catch to hold the doors shut, there should be lots of wear on that as it has to be turned every time it's used?
Like I said above looks like was brought last week from matalan
5695
« on: 28 July 2014, 03:07:34 pm »
I know enough to know that I aint looking at one.
Looks like it came from matalan last week
5696
« on: 28 July 2014, 10:29:19 am »
Tank slapper----------- oh I always thought that was refering to your danglies "slapping " the tank during any big "moment"
5697
« on: 24 July 2014, 10:51:19 pm »
TOO fussy!
5698
« on: 24 July 2014, 10:39:50 pm »
I hope they include these again
5699
« on: 24 July 2014, 10:38:19 pm »
I had this when I firt got the bike and I changed the grips to (i think) pro sports or somthing and it sorted it
5700
« on: 24 July 2014, 04:37:41 pm »
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