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Offline Hush

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Something new in the shed
« on: March 08, 2010, 01:20:08 PM »
So my son's mate (another cop) turns up last night with a 2005 Suzuki DF200, not that I'd ever seen one before but my boy has full confidence that I can fix it.
Bought from the wreckers for a few hundred bucks and siezed rock solid, don't you just love the way farmers look after their bikes! >:(
Anyhow, I'll give it a go, if I can unfreeze the piston I'm pretty sure I can get it to run and he only wants a river hack anyway.
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Re: Something new in the shed
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2010, 01:36:32 PM »
never heard nor seen one either. has the wifes bike been put on hold ?
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Re: Something new in the shed
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2010, 01:52:03 PM »
Still working on hers, the bludy alternator still wont stay on even though I have lapped the shaft with valve grinding paste till its smooth.
These DF's are electric start too!
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Re: Something new in the shed
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2010, 04:26:12 PM »
Hey check out what cockies (farmers) expect these poor bikes to breathe through!
I was disgusted just trying to fish it out of the air (sludge) box, remembering this is only 5 years old this bike!
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Re: Something new in the shed
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2010, 04:37:16 PM »
comes as no suprise, they buy new then ride them until yhey wont go, buy another one.
friend of mine bought 4 bikes off a cockie for $250. got them all going with a bit of farting around, on my part not his  ;D
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Re: Something new in the shed
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2010, 07:23:55 PM »
Eureka I found the problem, the bike was so pissed off about being suffocated that it committed suicide, looks like a 45 magnum through the brain followed closely by the exhaust valve. ;D
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« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2010, 12:13:41 PM »
Suicidal bike!
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Re: Something new in the shed
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2010, 01:22:29 PM »
Quote from: Hush on March 08, 2010, 04:26:12 PM
Hey check out what cockies (farmers) expect these poor bikes to breathe through!

 ;D ;D ;D
Farmers in my neighborhood would shoot you for calling them that!  Learn something new every day...
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Re: Something new in the shed
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2010, 12:45:05 AM »
Amazingly that bike might be saveable, the piston came out in one pice and the bore isn't too badly scuffed up.
Lots of things wrong with this bike but still fixable if the young guy wants it to be a runner.
Got the front disc brake working, the pads were down to metal and the piston siezed.
How does a bike under 5 years old get into this state?
When you consider the wrecks that regularly appear on this site that have been 30 years lying in a barn or under a tree, I'd rather be ressurecting one of those.
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Re: Something new in the shed
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2010, 03:13:37 AM »
The world is full of morons that either don't or don't know how to maintain stuff properly.
Years ago a guy was seen in town adding a quart of engine oil at the gas station.  
Hey that's good, right?  
Not when you add it to the gas tank!    ::)  His blue smoke sure was purty though!
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Re: Something new in the shed
« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2010, 05:24:59 AM »
Quote from: Kframe on March 16, 2010, 03:13:37 AM
The world is full of morons that either don't or don't know how to maintain stuff properly.
Years ago a guy was seen in town adding a quart of engine oil at the gas station.  
Hey that's good, right?  
Not when you add it to the gas tank!    ::)  His blue smoke sure was purty though!
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Hahah.. Must have been a 2 stroke. I once saw a lady at a gas station add 3 quarts to her van. I bet that engine liked running 3 quarts down. Either that, or 2 quarts over. She just dumped it in and went. Never once saw her pull the dipstick out.
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