General chat thread... Links, pictures, banter etc

Skill Magill

Agile, of course it makes sense to sell, however, are you sensible? Whats the bike worth? If it only worth a couple of grand I'd hang on to it, if its worth more, I'd consider selling it, and buying a cheaper bike.

AgileMyth

Its worth next to nothing but its all relative. My wages are next to nothing but so is the cost of living!

I've managed to always have a bike before, even though sometimes it didn't make much sense, but I think this might be the end of the line. At least for the time being.

Wossack

if you're not stuck for the cash, and arent falling over it, I'd hang onto it.. but I am a compulsive hoarder

CJhaughey

Sell the GSX and buy a cheaper smaller bike one that won't break the bank and you'll still have a bike to get your fix when you want it.
Think about an Enduro bike and explore more of the Island?

blade1

Ended up buying the Aldi cam.
Seems ok.
Exactly same as the sj4000.
Also came with a 4gb sd card.
For the price and the 3 year warranty you can't go wrong.

AgileMyth

CJhaughey wrote: »

Sell the GSX and buy a cheaper smaller bike one that won't break the bank and you'll still have a bike to get your fix when you want it.
Think about an Enduro bike and explore more of the Island?

There's no such thing as cheap here on the island unfortunately! Second hand prices are ridiculous. New bikes are good value cause of tax rates but we'll not even go there!!

blade1

blade1 wrote: »

Ended up buying the Aldi cam.
Seems ok.
Exactly same as the sj4000.
Also came with a 4gb sd card.
For the price and the 3 year warranty you can't go wrong.

Is it the same as the sj4000 though?

Ive been researching these the last few days ever since I saw the aldi cam for sale and anything I have read said it doesnt even come close, so I didnt buy it.
looking at youtube videos you cant even make out reg plates off it whereas the sj4000 by all accounts is as good as a go pro...

SJ4000 looks like high priced ebay or amazon is the only way to go to get an original, if its cheap its fake.

KonFusion

Hit a bug on the way to work, right between the eyes.

He was one big juicy ****er - burst on impact and I had to finish my journey trying to scrape bug juice out of my eyes

That'll learn me to leave the visor up...

TGIF :pac:

Max Headroom

Travis Howling Pocketful wrote: »

if its cheap its fake.

Cheap and fake are my middle names...i dont feel the need to read reg plates.....you get what you pay for imo..doesnt claim to be as good as a gopro..;):D

frozenfrozen

speaking of reading reg plates..

what is the reg on this bike



It's from this ad but I can't look it up on any of the car tell type websites?
I see 03L40387, isn't showing up anywhere though, so either I need new glasses or 'Sameer' hasn't got the right plates on this bike

I'm probably going to give up the idea of finding a pointy sv, I've been looking at fazer 600s and there's a gold one with small miles in limerick that I might go take a look at, although it's been lowered so I'll have to figure out what exactly would need to be changed to get it put back to standard height

Everything is very overpriced at the moment

Wossack

try 'C' instead of 'L' - 03C40387

frozenfrozen

nice one, new glasses it is

two wheels good

Just another scooter? Not quite: electric motor, faster than a 125cc off the line, with battery-swop stations around the city (of Taipei only).
Gogoro scooter
Battery station

Wossack

gotta hand it to em, thats pretty neat

frozenfrozen

got a pair of alpinestars gp plus gloves.. bad quality control there's a big loose thread on the index finger, don't really fancy that splitting open at speed



there's another loose thread on one of the palm bits too on the same glove. The other one seems grand

going to be a pain in the arse sending them back and getting a new pair it's with motocard.com and they claim they don't do advance RMAs so I'd have to wait for them to get the gloves in the post and process them before they'd think about sending out new ones.

Picking up a bike this week :cool:

Wonda-Boy

Not saying they are but alot of alpinestars fake gloves going around, if you don't want to send them back get a lighter and burn thread to ball the end it won't get loose.

D3V!L

I've had some problems with the fingers coming apart on my last few pairs of Alpinestars as well. Its only the left for some reason

frozenfrozen

I was looking at trying to tie a little knot but on the other glove the two threads loop back into the glove at that point and I was just like ****ing hell I spent 140 euro on this

I'd say I might send them back, whatever about them maybe splitting if I fell off, I just don't want the finger to split open in a month of normal use and have to pay that again. Wouldn't mind the roughness if they were 50 euro

I hope they're not fake, and it is the left glove with the split. I'd say a* might have some quality control issues alright

I still don't really want to go to the effort of sending them back because I'd be waiting 2 weeks before getting a replacement pair. I might look a bit closer at the thread and see if I could tie it in myself like they have it on the other glove

Richard tea

I'm looking for a pair of summer gloves. Limit of €80. Any recommendations? I can pick up a set of held air stream for €80. Anyone any experience with these. It's a pain trying get to dry out my gloves overnight so a second pair would give me more time.

Bandito909

Richard tea wrote: »

I'm looking for a pair of summer gloves. Limit of €80. Any recommendations? I can pick up a set of held air stream for €80. Anyone any experience with these. It's a pain trying get to dry out my gloves overnight so a second pair would give me more time.

I got these in cotters about two years ago and find them excellent value for money, Very tactile, and have great airflow and decent protection. Couldn't do better for 50euro
http://www.cottermc.com/gloves/richa-mugello-glove-black-m

Richard tea

Bandito909 wrote: »

I got these in cotters about two years ago and find them excellent value for money, Very tactile, and have great airflow and decent protection. Couldn't do better for 50euro
http://www.cottermc.com/gloves/richa-mugello-glove-black-m

They are exactly what I'm looking for. Nice one. And I'm in the area tomorrow. Do they usually have a good stock?

Bandito909

Richard tea wrote: »

They are exactly what I'm looking for. Nice one. And I'm in the area tomorrow. Do they usually have a good stock?

Sorry pal, I've been offline. They do usually have them, a friend of mine borrowed these and decided to buy a pair for himself only a few weeks ago, and I'd say because they have them listed on the site they should have them in stock

sleepysniper

Lads, need to get a rear tyre fitted, not too familiar with Dublin in terms of tyre fitters - anyone have any recommendations?

goodlad

Just head to cotters. Ya wont beat them on price

arybvtcw0eolkf

sleepysniper wrote: »

Lads, need to get a rear tyre fitted, not too familiar with Dublin in terms of tyre fitters - anyone have any recommendations?

If you already have a tyre then they're all the same, are you north or south side?.

If you're buying a tyre then I don't think anyone can beat Cotters on price.

sleepysniper

Paityn Acidic Rattan wrote:

If you already have a tyre then they're all the same, are you north or south side?.

I do. I'm on the northside.

Skill Magill

On another thread (have you been fleeced by bike world(something like that)), D3vil mentioned the liftstick sold by Louis in Germany. I got it today and it is small and can easily lift the TDM off the ground, its a great little gadget if your bike doesn't have a centre stand. I got it delivered for €40 compared to the €75 that bikeworld are charging according to D3vil.

Link to Louis

The_Chap

How does that compare to a paddock stand? Doesn't look steady watching that?

Skill Magill

Because the paddock stand needs the bike to be at a 90 degree angle in order to lift it, it needs two people, I bought one and it needs two. this yoke is lite weight and is a piece of píss to raise the back wheel.

Anybody need an unused paddock stand

Pique

Skill Magill wrote: »

Because the paddock stand needs the bike to be at a 90 degree angle in order to lift it, it needs two people, I bought one and it needs two. this yoke is lite weight and is a piece of píss to raise the back wheel.

Anybody need an unused paddock stand

A little bit of balancing and a long arm and the paddock stand is cool.