Suzuki GW250 impressions

[Lao Jia Hou]

Damn, damn, damn. These guys don't fool around.

Got a apologetic call from Qili's owner. He said he'd punish the reluctant technician (who was also a little rude to me) by docking him a month's pay. Shit. I begged him to reconsider, perhaps a day's pay might be more reasonable ... or just a good talking to, and a stern warning.

[TexasAggie]

Damn, damn, damn. These guys don't fool around.

Got a apologetic call from Qili's owner. He said he'd punish the reluctant technician (who was also a little rude to me) by docking him a month's pay. Shit. I begged him to reconsider, perhaps a day's pay might be more reasonable ... or just a good talking to, and a stern warning.

Maybe the tide is actually starting to turn.............

It is always good to have some hope, no matter how little there might be of it.

[bikerdoc]

Maybe the tide is actually starting to turn.............

It is always good to have some hope, no matter how little there might be of it.

Seem to recall these or similar comments/sentiments expressed in other threads...

+1... there's always hope, no matter how big or small one perceives that hope to be, or representative of change or otherwise.

[branng]

Damn, damn, damn. These guys don't fool around.

Got a apologetic call from Qili's owner. He said he'd punish the reluctant technician (who was also a little rude to me) by docking him a month's pay. Shit. I begged him to reconsider, perhaps a day's pay might be more reasonable ... or just a good talking to, and a stern warning.

What? Is this Qili shop in China?

Seriously though, good to know that there's at least one non-expat person in Beijing who understands the notion of "preventative maintenance".

On a similar note. Went down to a 'local' motorcycle shop today with a friend to get his brake/fork/steering sorted - his front fork's clunking on hard application of the front brakes. Loose head bearing right? Well, the nut locking down the head bearing is already as tight as can be, so we think it's something else. After explaining the problem to the technician, he goes, "Oh that's easy! Stop using the front brakes and only use the rear brakes". I gave him a look of disbelief and asked him "You're joking, right? Is that really your solution". And he said, "Yes".

*smacks palm on forehead*

Oh China.

[bikerdoc]

TIC... logic free zone

[Lao Jia Hou]

Stop using the front brakes and only use the rear brakes.

And when the rear fails, just use the Fred Flintstone method ...

Brake-Specialist.jpg

[bikerdoc]

^Or not...
....just hit someone else (like a local yokel), and claim it was their fault... not yours since this is a non-liability, non-responsibility zone

[ChinaV]

the nut locking down the head bearing is already as tight as can be

Uhhm, I'm hoping you mean that it's properly torqued and not that it's actually tight?

Cheers!

[branng]

Uhhm, I'm hoping you mean that it's properly torqued and not that it's actually tight?

Cheers!

Well it's a bike which we got from a smaller Chinese manufacturer as a product sample - I can't say too much more for now (for commercial reasons). There were no torque "specs" per se so we were, as an experiment, trying to find the point where the fork clunking issues (bearing too loose) transitioned to steering and handling issues (bearing too tight). Having failed to find that point, we just thought we'd pop round to a local mechanic that we knew of around the corner for a second opinion.

Good thing we did. Or else we would've continued thinking the problem was the bike, and not the rider's insistence on using the front brakes.

[ChinaV]

Good thing we did. Or else we would've continued thinking the problem was the bike, and not the rider's insistence on using the front brakes.

You funny guy

Hope you don't develop a clunk in the rear as well.

Cheers!