Thread: Suzuki GW250 impressions
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#101 Re: Suzuki GW250 impressions11-15-2013, 06:24 AM
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.
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#102 Re: Suzuki GW250 impressions11-16-2013, 03:55 PMDT
Keeping the rubber side down.....most of the time.
Nanjing wheels:BMW F800GS / Texas wheels:BMW R1200GSA & 70' Bultaco El Bandido
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#104 Re: Suzuki GW250 impressions11-17-2013, 04:00 PM
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.
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#105 Re: Suzuki GW250 impressions11-17-2013, 11:28 PM
TIC... logic free zone
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#106 Re: Suzuki GW250 impressions11-17-2013, 11:53 PM
And when the rear fails, just use the Fred Flintstone method ...
Brake-Specialist.jpg
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#107 Re: Suzuki GW250 impressions11-18-2013, 12:10 AM
^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
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#108 Re: Suzuki GW250 impressions
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#109 Re: Suzuki GW250 impressions11-19-2013, 02:38 PM
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.
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#110 Re: Suzuki GW250 impressions
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