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Zer0Zer0
Posts: 878 Joined: Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:29 pm
Location: scotland
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by Zer0Zer0 » Mon May 22, 2006 6:50 pm
I AM THE STRANGE MAN YOUR MOTHER WARNED YOU ABOUT......
Have a sweetie and stop crying........
[Werthers Original...they never get rid of the taste]
Max
Posts: 878 Joined: Fri Mar 12, 2004 10:12 am
Location: Pembrokeshire
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by Max » Mon May 22, 2006 8:27 pm
Max
Stormin Ben
Posts: 1234 Joined: Sun Dec 01, 2002 12:23 am
Location: Birmingham
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by Stormin Ben » Mon May 22, 2006 9:47 pm
Hmmm, not too bad actually (maybe)
The wheel would cost ya £30ish - Dave East nr Leicester 0116 2848296
top bloke, will give you a totally honest opinion of if its saveable
New fork stancions - £80 ish??
Bend subframe straight with a long pole - £foc
roll of gaffa tape - £1.50
Cable ties - £0.50
T-cut - £2
I've got an inferiority complex
But its not a very good one!
thumper
Posts: 313 Joined: Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:57 am
Location: fife scotland
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by thumper » Mon May 22, 2006 9:57 pm
i will bring my big pole (usually for dancing round) to get her straight
the trouble is though alloy tends to crack instead of bending back into shape we will have a look in the morning
just because your breathing doesn't mean your alive
Stormin Ben
Posts: 1234 Joined: Sun Dec 01, 2002 12:23 am
Location: Birmingham
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by Stormin Ben » Mon May 22, 2006 10:58 pm
Good job the subframe's steel then!! :-)
I've got an inferiority complex
But its not a very good one!
gcs
Posts: 365 Joined: Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:07 am
Location: New Zealand
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by gcs » Tue May 23, 2006 7:57 am
Sad to see it like that, sometimes it looks worse than it is. Ive had the subframe sucessfully straightened on my bike after pallets of kindling fell on it..( dont laugh.. would I make up a story like that... damn stuff flattened the bike, bent sub, broke plastic, stuffed levers, dented fuel tank had to repaint whole bike...teal of course, fixed for around $1000, and I thought I got off fairly cheap) so mightnt be bad as Ben said
good luck
Craig from the land of the long white cloud. Teal VTR 2001.
Stormtrooper
Posts: 389 Joined: Sun Jul 28, 2002 9:17 pm
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by Stormtrooper » Tue May 23, 2006 8:15 am
The bike seems to have came out of that fight better than you marty,
most of it looks fixable,
plenty of storm spares about,
just look how many parts for sale on ebay.
Im sure she can be rebuilt
Rincewind
Posts: 433 Joined: Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:12 pm
Location: Goxhill
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by Rincewind » Tue May 23, 2006 2:25 pm
yup, i think the bike came off better thab you did!! and I would imagine will take less time to heal
oh well think of the fun you'll have rebuilding her
Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.