DT125R ARCHIVE

kebabby · DTR Respected Member

Watch out for that DT Danny

Dt Danny · Guru

Was good seeing you and the ride chilled me out before the interveiw :D

kebabby · DTR Respected Member

Hope it goes well - I'll be in for lunch to see you! My warehouse is only down the road past Chapelhouse.

Dt Danny · Guru

Ahh nice :p and yeh i find out tomorrow hopefully i get it then supermoto's for the dt :D

kebabby · DTR Respected Member

Peter at the MOT place offered to do my chain and sprockets and after hearing yours - I'll get the DEP ordered and he can do that as well. He only lives a few houses down from my Mum in Haydock.

Dt Danny · Guru

Thats good just watch he will charge you lots like he wanted £60 for my fork seals and i know for a fact i can change them with dreads help for a tenner lol and that £60 was just labour and yeh the dep makes a diffrence

kebabby · DTR Respected Member

I'll check what he wants and run it my the bike mechanic I use. Maybe Dreads could do it and I'll pay him instead.

Dt Danny · Guru

For your chain and sprockets ? there easy enough to change :p if you need i can do them for you

Victor · Guru

Changing a chain and sprocket's is as simple as it get's mate.

Then again how do you seize a chain lol

Energized · DTR Legend

Hahaha lol and gooooooarn lads DT brotherhood yolo

dread123 · Moderator

hahaha whatever...:p

is the bike ok Danny? not losing any coolant now? dont forget it needs to be torqued up again prob this weekend/next week otherwise back to drawing block! when you get the seals - i will come and help as i said its not long at all.

chain and sprockets is easy mate- tkaes next to no time also- even if your not mechanically minded :p

Dt Danny · Guru

lol yeh dread ill have a ride up to yours on the weekend or if your not busy you could come 3 sisters with me and a couple of mates supermoto track day again :D

dread123 · Moderator

sounds good that mate-but away this weekend-but free in week- tell me more about this supermoto thing :p

Dt Danny · Guru

Yeh no worries and i went to one in january with nath and liam its loads of supermoto's on a track :D like crf450's and wr426's

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Luke · Guru

Chain and sprockets aren't as easy as fitting a pipe.

You're going to get shafted by mechanic labour if you can't do the basics. Do you ever change your coolant / gearbox oil? 2 Strokes are high maintenance, I wouldn't buy one with no mechanical knowledge...

kebabby · DTR Respected Member

If I wanted to do everything myself, I'd have become a mechanic. I have far better things to be doing with my time than fixing bikes. I don't try to fix my car when that goes wrong, I fail to see what the difference is with a bike.

Energized · DTR Legend

I'm pretty sure gear box oil flushing is at the bottom of the bucket list pal, like every 20k+ miles lool?! wink

kebabby · DTR Respected Member

Well my bikes only done 5000 miles so I've got ages yet!

Victor · Guru

kebabby wrote:
If I wanted to do everything myself, I'd have become a mechanic. I have far better things to be doing with my time than fixing bikes. I don't try to fix my car when that goes wrong, I fail to see what the difference is with a bike.

Oi!!!!!!!!!!! furious you're on a forum full of people who love nothing better than tinkering around with bikes, show some respect...

Unless you make more than the £40-70/hr most mescamics charge, i'm sure you have nothing better to do.

Also a well maintained bike, is a safer bike.

kebabby · DTR Respected Member

Show some respect - are you serious?

If people like mucking around with bikes, that's fine - I actually prefer riding them. If the forum prevents people posting who don't like pulling a bike to bits, then I'll **** off.

For your information Victor, I am 42 years old and run a business and have very little spare time, if I want to spend my hard earned money on a mechanic - I will.

-- Edited by kebabby on Thursday 20th of March 2014 02:02:40 PM

Dt Danny · Guru

Chill out guys

Victor · Guru

kebabby wrote:
Show some respect - are you serious?

If people like mucking around with bikes, that's fine - I actually prefer riding them. If the forum prevents people posting who don't like pulling a bike to bits, then I'll **** off.

For your information Victor, I am 42 years old and run a 2 million a year turnover business and have very little spare time, if I want to spend my hard earned money on a mechanic - I ****ing will.

How can you fail to see how disrespectful it is to say you have far better things to do with your time, when it's a lot of peoples passion/hobby?

Would you see it as respectful if i came to the location/website of your business saying it's a waste of time?

Being 42 i would have thought you would be able to respond better to criticism/suggestion

Sorry for trying to save you a few bob, won't happen again. Feel free to throw your hard earned money away

Nathlaad · DTR Legend

bunch of mincers

kebabby · DTR Respected Member

But its not MY hobby - how is that being disrespectful? I come on here and ask advice when I want to play around with something - I would suggest that IS showing respect to the people who have more knowledge than me.

This isn't your website, its a forum and its posted in the general chat section - it would be a completely different matter if I was being disrespectful in a specific section related to a particular repair.

AND I didnt say it was a waste of time - I said it was a waste of MY time. Learn to read.

bigrvg · DTR Respected Member

Surely it's a forum for enthusiasts. Some like to ride, some like to tinker and ride, some just like to tinker and because of that never get the chance to ride. Some people don't have mechanical skill, but still like to ride. They know that if something goes wrong, they'll have to pay to fix it and they're happy to do so. But this forum is surely for everyone?

dread123 · Moderator

it is for everyone regardless of they own or don't own... tinker or not... the end!

unless you come here just to sell your goods... then you won't be around for very long lol

2strokemx · Guru

Anyway... Did you get the job Danny?

Dt Danny · Guru

Nope mate, i was wounded, i have no idea where i went wrong. and the bad thing is where the building the pub where i applying for the job i came off my bike outside because they left mud and crap in the round ( it was an exit of a roundabout)

dread123 · Moderator

contact them for feedback.. a lot of people never bother and end up none the wiser. you will be surprised how many companies are happy to do this!

bike still running ok... coolant level alright?

Dt Danny · Guru

Yeh they said there going to send a letter out i should get it this week if not when the place is built ill ring up