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Title: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: evo550 on May 31, 2012, 10:26:20 pm: I was trawling ebay for an aftermarket front brake line guide, as the genuine one is NLA. After looking for a while I stumbled across this, http://www.ebay.com/itm/150678473673?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1952.l2649, thinking that's just what I need and just about to push the button and spend $10, the penny dropped.
What is it ?
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: firko on May 31, 2012, 10:31:27 pm: Quote
thinking that's just what I need and just about to push the button and spend $10, the penny dropped.
What is it ?

A drawer handle. Pure Genius!
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: Canam370 on May 31, 2012, 10:32:14 pm: Head off to Bunnings and buy the same drawer handle for $2. Kudos for advertising effort though.
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: Canam370 on May 31, 2012, 10:33:32 pm: Doh! Pipped by 30secs by Firko!
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: Freakshow on June 01, 2012, 12:32:58 am: had the same appifany today, been looking for a steel bush to shim out a 12mm shock eyelet down to 10mm ID. I found ones from old shock but there OD just wouldnt go in, then tried to find a piece of steel tube and so on in the end it all got to hard. but for the life of me i searched the house high and low because im sure i had seen one somewhere..... in the end i come across a dyna bolt and noticed the shaft was roughly same od and same ID but was crush and spaced. then i remembered using longer ones that had a top sleeve on them. Today in bunning found the 125mm dyna have 2 bushed on them $4 later i put them in fit perfectly and these ones were stainless too. Cant believe its such a perfect cheap fit solution. Should have seen my grin....
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: Nobby25 on June 01, 2012, 01:15:48 pm: Ahh Bunnings,I wanted to reproduce the cable guides for my RM's so wandered around Bunnings for a while and came home with a shower caddy and plastic nail in type dyna bolts?
(http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n546/nobby25/01062012003.jpg)
(http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n546/nobby25/01062012.jpg)
Nob
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: John Orchard on June 01, 2012, 01:43:34 pm: It's funny, when I'm walking around a hardware store or discount shop, the assistant asks "what are you looking for" I laugh to myself and think "man you couldn't comprehend if I told you". I've made lots of things from items that were never desiged for such uses lol.
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: steveo247 on June 01, 2012, 10:20:45 pm: i do part time work at bunnings.
and customers like you guys are what i call 'inventors'

can wander around and around for hours, you cant help em cause they dont even know what they are looking for. but when they see it they will know.
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: chrisdespo on June 02, 2012, 06:37:17 am: steveo so your one of those people who take all our money and time on the weekend ::)
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: EML on June 07, 2012, 05:23:46 pm: soooo...what we need is a Bunnings type store for VMXers...somewhere we can just wander around in 'till we find what we want-then work out what we're gonna do with it. :D :D :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: Hardo on June 07, 2012, 07:14:41 pm: ...yes... orrrrr...

Bunnings should have a sign next to each item with:
' Other buyers who bought this item used / modified it for _______ '

;D
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: Nathan S on June 07, 2012, 09:28:55 pm: Wow, this thread is a real surprise - I saw the title and straight away, I thought I knew the answer. Seems that the thread wasn't about Sean Hardman afterall...
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: yzhilly on June 07, 2012, 09:35:42 pm: Hah good thread i went to a well known MX Enthusiasts shed the other day and he had a stockpile of white dunny lids ???.
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: Hardo on June 07, 2012, 11:55:14 pm: PMSL Nath .... :D :D
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: YZ250H on June 08, 2012, 06:55:09 am: Quote from: yzhilly on June 07, 2012, 09:35:42 pm
Hah good thread i went to a well known MX Enthusiasts shed the other day and he had a stockpile of white dunny lids ???.

KB is probably the most ingenious bloke as far as inventing stuff and using things in ways they were never intended. His Dunny lid side covers are awesome ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: yzhilly on June 08, 2012, 11:55:37 am: It wasnt KB's shed but he did blame KB for startin it.
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: EML on June 08, 2012, 12:27:34 pm: Does this mean that the Big Japs will soon be bringing out a "Dunnydoor" ??? :D
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: YZ250H on June 08, 2012, 06:45:41 pm: Quote from: yzhilly on June 08, 2012, 11:55:37 am
It wasnt KB's shed but he did blame KB for startin it.

Yeah he has a lot to answer for that bloke :D :D
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: Kenneth S (222) on June 08, 2012, 06:54:32 pm: Speaking of odd things that work well on a dirt bike, I've seen some odd things that work on a dirt biker! Have any of you guys been unfortunate to see what Montynut puts on his nipples while he races? ;D Looks like a ballerina in drag.
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: mick25 on June 08, 2012, 08:42:50 pm: Quote from: KJ222 on June 08, 2012, 06:54:32 pm
Speaking of odd things that work well on a dirt bike, I've seen some odd things that work on a dirt biker! Have any of you guys been unfortunate to see what Montynut puts on his nipples while he races? ;D Looks like a ballerina in drag.
Thats a bit above the belt ken ;D it may be used to syke the other riders out :P it seems to work for him hes always at the front of the pack :-X
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: Flatout on June 09, 2012, 11:04:46 am: The question I love at Bunnings is..may I help you, or áre you looking for anything in particular..which my reply would be Naa I wont know till I see it..
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: firko on June 09, 2012, 11:26:26 am: In the past I've used rubber plumbing reducers for Maico carb-airboot rubbers and Adel electrical/plumbing clamps to mount things to my frames without having to weld brackets. My big problem with Bunnings is in the pissy selection of nuts and bolts they have on offer.

(http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m392/cherie_jones/STAINLESSSTEELCUSHIONCLAMP.jpg)
(http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m392/cherie_jones/fernco-reducer-large.jpg)
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: EML on June 11, 2012, 03:53:55 pm: Not sure that double hose adapter is homologated Firko :D :D
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: Harry on June 15, 2012, 06:53:04 pm: Me

Harry
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: Kenneth S (222) on June 15, 2012, 08:43:16 pm: Quote from: Harry on June 15, 2012, 06:53:04 pm
Me

Harry

Love it! ;D
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: VMX247 on June 15, 2012, 10:24:56 pm: My dad spoke of Whitworths quiet often. 8)
A handy little mate for the shed. 8)
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Whitworth-BSW-BSF-thread-gauge-MG-TC-TD-TF-Jaguar-XK120-Austin-Healey-AJS-BSA-/180903910424?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2a1eb69c18
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: pancho on June 16, 2012, 11:08:02 am: I used to work with a bloke called Mr Whitworth.
I always thought he was some kind of NUT.
cheers pancho.
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: Graeme M on June 16, 2012, 08:40:51 pm: Yep, plumbing adapters and toilet pan connectors make great carb/airbox boots! I also love Clarke's Rubber. So many great and useful things - grommets aplenty, chair leg plugs fit handlebars perfectly, walking cane tips come in different sizes and work perfectly as muffler bungs, tons of foams, rubbers and so on to make various cushions/protectors etc, and of course all the hose you could want...
Title: Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
Post by: VMX247 on June 25, 2012, 02:19:43 pm: Quote from: evo550 on May 31, 2012, 10:26:20 pm
I was trawling ebay for an aftermarket front brake line guide, as the genuine one is NLA. After looking for a while I stumbled across this, http://www.ebay.com/itm/150678473673?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1952.l2649, thinking that's just what I need and just about to push the button and spend $10, the penny dropped.

another 10 $$ saved,surely available from your local hardware/fishing shop.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CABLE-GUIDE-FOR-BSA-CCM-HUSKY-HUSQVARNA-MAICO-OSSA-MONTESA-BEAMISH-CHENEY-AJS-/120915212952?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item1c271bba98