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Clubroom => Vinduro => Topic started by: Ted on January 30, 2014, 09:43:23 pm
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After a marathon 17 hour session at Teknik last Saturday it lives.
A huge thank you goes out to my mate, Nick Dole at Teknik Racing for turning this old bike into what you see here.
After wheeling it into his shop at 8am he pulls it completely apart. Supplies and fits new steering head bearing kit, new swingarm bearings, new linkage bearings, new front and rear tyres, new tubes, new rim bands, new rim locks, new gear lever, new 34mm carby, new throttle cable, new grips. Services and fits V4S travel control valves and new springs in the fork. Drills out PFR pegs to accomodate larger pins. Cuts and bends DG pipe to fit neatly and makes new brackets to mount pipe and muffler. Fits new engine bolts. Machines nylon spacers to space sidecovers. Machines new chain roller. Heat guns plastics to fit properly.
At 10pm he has the shock dismantled on his bench. He tells me its fu...cked and he doesnt have the parts in stock to fix it. I say no prob, you have done well and it is 10pm after all. He then walks out the back and grabs a 50mm solid piece of aluminium bar, sticks it in the lathe and makes a new seal head and all the other bits he needs.
At 1am Sunday morning he starts it up and rides it down the road to test it, adjusts carby and we load it into my trailer. Job done.
All of this work was done in house, on one day by one man. There wouldnt be a bike shop around with the capability and the inclination to give a customer this type of service.
People ask me why do i always take my bikes to Teknik. Well there are bike shops with mechanics and then there is Teknik Racing.
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WOW... Great story, well done Teknik. ;)
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A very nice looking IT 200 Ted. Sounds like Nick Dole has a lot of pashion for bikes.
That was a big day. Enjoy your updated ride.
Cheers Chippy.
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Looks nice Ted
You Gunnar give me a ride :)
Ps is that a sme seat cover? I got one for the cr. How nice are they!!!!
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SME seat cover, tank cover and tool bag
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SME seat cover, tank cover and tool bag
Looks nice!! Great quality
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Looks nice Ted
You Gunnar give me a ride :)
Ps is that a sme seat cover? I got one for the cr. How nice are they!!!!
NO you are not Gunnar get a ride :P
With unbridled talent like you possess a trail bike wouldn't cut it. I'm saving my YZ 5 for ya at the Nats in Evo 500 ;D ;D
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Looking forward to seeing it cut some laps at Bulahdelah , great looking bike Ted . cheers Relfy
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Open your cheque book Stephen. We'll have your KX schmicked up by then ;D
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Mate I am a poor farmer couldn't entertain owning such a machine ,however I am sure they could tidy up that KX judging by the quality of this bike.
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Would you like to share prices for upgrades to your bike. Teknik is pretty expensive as far as i know.
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Job done, very, very nice.
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Very nice bike Ted ,
Great job
You going to ride it ?
I can try it out for you .....if you want . ;D
Regards , as always,
Steve 8)
P.s Cheap Taiwanese tail light (had one on my 490) will fall apart after a while ;)
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Hey Ted that is fantastic , a great job done by Tecknic racing. The amount of work Nick has done in that time frame is a credit to the man.... That would equate to about 3 months work if I was doing it !
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May I ask how much this work costed ?
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Looks geat Ted well done.
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Another great example from Teds shed 8)
Don't want to know or care what it cost , the point is its been done properly and will be a pleasure to ride :)
Ted your man is a rare find in this day and age , that's a hell of a commitment to work right through to finish the job and the results speak for themselves 8)
Now don't FFS mention on here what the investment was or we will have 20+ pages of "you will never get your money back " and "I could have built a chamber out of 147 baked bean cans" and "I do all my own work ( takes me 5 yrs and spend all day at the races patching things up rather than riding) but it only cost me a marriage and half a house "
Not to mention the legal anoraks , there's bound to be something they will convince themselves isn't kosher ::)
Looks great mate and I bet it will ride even better :)
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Now don't FFS mention on here what the investment was or we will have 20+ pages of "you will never get your money back " and "I could have built a chamber out of 147 baked bean cans" and "I do all my own work ( takes me 5 yrs and spend all day at the races patching things up rather than riding) but it only cost me a marriage and half a house "
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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May I ask how much this work costed ?
Far cheaper than Gambling smoking or a prostitution habit!!!!!
Good value at least Ted has a nice bike to show for it!!!!!
Great looking bike Ted.
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Far cheaper than Gambling smoking or a prostitution habit!!!!!
Good value at least Ted has a nice bike to show for it!!!!!
Dam straight, and at least we know if we ever sell Ted a bike,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Its gone to a good home :)
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Far cheaper than Gambling smoking or a prostitution habit!!!!!
Good value at least Ted has a nice bike to show for it!!!!!
Dam straight, and at least we know if we ever sell Ted a bike,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Its gone to a good home :)
And if you buy one off Ted you know your getting a gooden :) not just a mudguard bike ;)
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May I ask how much this work costed ?
As you can see Topari you can walk into Teknik racing on saturday,they will spend seventeen hours working on your bike and all that will cost six pack of vee bee.
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May I ask how much this work costed ?
As you can see Topari you can walk into Teknik racing on saturday,they will spend seventeen hours working on your bike and all that will cost six pack of vee bee.
Why is what another man spends on his hobby so important to you ???
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May I ask how much this work costed ?
As you can see Topari you can walk into Teknik racing on saturday,they will spend seventeen hours working on your bike and all that will cost six pack of vee bee.
Why is what another man spends on his hobby so important to you ???
Well, It isnt important how much someone spends on bikes Bill. Two people politley asked how much it cost to get their motocycles serviced at Teknik and got ignored by many. Not everyone have unlimited budget. I go to Greg Ball. He is a nice guy, is always happy to help and does not care who you are or where from. He does a good deal for everyone. Last time i got a crank shaft rebuild plus thread repaired for $85 and cylinder rebore plus some helicoils and new wossner piston for $260. I consider that an afordable price and happy to share this info so everyone can get a good deal. :)
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May I ask how much this work costed ?
As you can see Topari you can walk into Teknik racing on saturday,they will spend seventeen hours working on your bike and all that will cost six pack of vee bee.
Why is what another man spends on his hobby so important to you ???
I was thinking the same thing William. There is an old saying.....If you have to ask the price first, you can't afford it anyway.
Tomas,
You care to put a price value to the works and materials I acquired the other day? Let me know what you think would be a fair thing for both parties. Ask Greg Ball what he would charge. Can he do all the work himself in store ? Can he design and construct the complete shock internals on this bike in store ? Does he design and construct his own travel control valves for the fork on this bike? Have you built up such a great rapport with Greg that he would give you 17 hours on a Saturday. Or do you just go to the cheapest bloke around because you don't have an unlimited budget ( whatever that means ) Can you ring your guy at home 10pm Friday night to open up his shop and fix your bike because you are going riding Saturday morning. I can. If I can offer you a tip Tomas, Stay loyal to all of your tradies. With the occasional " pissoff mate, don't worry about it " the price is way cheaper than continually jumping ship.
To help you with your pricing, the last shock I had custom made by Ohlins cost me $1,600.00.
Nick is also a good guy, happy to help, doesn't care who you are or even where you are from. What pisses Nick, me and any other decent tradesman off is guys that whinge about a QUOTATION with comments like " But I can get the guy down the road to do it for half the price, just like last time " Well the answer to that is simply, " Why would you be talking to me then if he was any good."
I'll say it again....There are motorbike shops with mechanics and then there is Teknik Racing
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It looks great Ted enjoy it every time you ride it.
I know a bloke who resently got an IT 175 built up
the same way by a shop it cost him but it was all
done properly..
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Looks good Ted. A word of warning though, take that rear head stay off and save your self from the heartache of a broken barrel. The L and N models were prone to breaking because they have a hollow casting across the front barrel mounts. Apparently Yamaha released solid castings by the time the S model came around but I wouldn't be chancing it. I've got 3 barrels in the shed which are all broken. It's a 200 thing that they to suffer a bit of frame flex.
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It's been on there for 28 years, but I will look into it. Thanks Adam.
Dennis has got some Vinduros coming up this year for you to come to as well.
Am coming to Cookardinia now. Nice little bike. No excuses. Send me an entry form NOW ;D ;D ;D
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If im honest im jealous ::) Ted works hard for what hes got and he shares the love by employing good people to help him with his projects so he has a good product come race day :)
I try to do 90% of things myself and the reality of it is A it takes forever , B its never quite right ( or could be better ) C why am i forking around with shit when i should be earning a quid and and sharing it with others in their field and keeping the economy rolling ???
I know its not for everybody but IMHO Teds got it sussed 8) add to that hes forward thiking enough to put a young fella on his bikes occasionaly therefore securing the future of VMX :)
Whats it cost in $ is irrellevant to what he gets out of it i think is the point .
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I try to do 90% of things myself and the reality of it is A it takes forever , B its never quite right ( or could be better ) C why am i forking around with shit when i should be earning a quid and and sharing it with others in their field and keeping the economy rolling ?
I don't have a problem with Ted getting old mate at the bike shop to sort things (nice bike btw Teddles, Steve has one in bits and is jealous.) but don't discount the fun (cathartic) you can have working on your own stuff if you're wired that way.
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That is a cracking looking IT, I never knew I liked them so much until I saw that bike 8)
FWIW some things are great to do yourself however I also don't see any problems with farming the work out when you get results like that.
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Looks great Ted. It's a race bike. Should bring it to Conondale at the end of March and race it.
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I try to do 90% of things myself and the reality of it is A it takes forever , B its never quite right ( or could be better ) C why am i forking around with shit when i should be earning a quid and and sharing it with others in their field and keeping the economy rolling ?
I don't have a problem with Ted getting old mate at the bike shop to sort things (nice bike btw Teddles, Steve has one in bits and is jealous.) but don't discount the fun (cathartic) you can have working on your own stuff if you're wired that way.
To be honest Paul I don't have the time. I am always busy with work and what few days I get off I don't do anything whatsoever.
I have tried to build bikes but always come up against something and the whole thing just sits there for ages. Do you cut and shut DG pipes that don't fit? Do you make updated shock and fork internals that are rooted in your shed? Do you mill your own bushes and rollers? Could you possibly achieve in the same timeframe what he did that day or would your bike still be sitting there waiting for parts to arrive.
People come to you to build their house. Why? Because you are good at it and they are not.
Same with a motorbike.
I have always maintained hire the best professionals available to do work for you, just as my clients do when hiring my company to build for them.
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Any spare time I get seems to be occupied with picking up, storing and transporting bikes for Qlders.
What is it with you guys, can only afford the bike and not the freight. ;D ;D ;D
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I had a bit of a peek at Teds IT the other day and it's a little sweetie, almost too nice to take it out in the mud.
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Well you certainly did a whole lot better with Nick than I did.
Many years ago I had great service from him etc, last time was a nightmare, that much that I refused to take it back for his, "if your not happy we will fix it for free, or I'll come to you"
But that was but one experience.
Never again for this little black duck, but could have been worse, there were no physical injuries.
Lastly, no I will not elaborate on here, if you want to know more, ask me in person.
Cheers :(
Kim
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Any spare time I get seems to be occupied with picking up, storing and transporting bikes for Qlders.
What is it with you guys, can only afford the bike and not the freight. ;D ;D ;D
;D
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Back in the 80's it was almost impossible to beat an IT200 in single track,
Mine had the DG pipe, silencer and YZ125 forks with the twin leading shoe brakes,
The secret was matching the power to traction,
I ran Ten Master Trelleborg rears, IRC VULCANDURO fronts
Another Novocastrian Trevor Ingold was amazing on his, made me look slow,
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Lovely bike Teddybear....be a waste on you though. ;D
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Lovely bike Teddybear....be a waste on you though. ;D
Heartfelt thanks d/c regarding your comment as to my ownership aspirations of this bike. Much appreciated.
BTW How are you going with your Popular Mechanics and Fiddlers - Level 1 - course you enrolled in over Xmas. Would be good if you could find someone dumb enough to take you on if ( unlikely ) you pass the introduction exam. Don't get your hopes too high though as the disappointment could scar you for life. Best of luck with your pursuit 8)
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Back in the 80's it was almost impossible to beat an IT200 in single track,
Mine had the DG pipe, silencer and YZ125 forks with the twin leading shoe brakes,
The secret was matching the power to traction,
I ran Ten Master Trelleborg rears, IRC VULCANDURO fronts
Another Novocastrian Trevor Ingold was amazing on his, made me look slow,
Just had a ride on the revamped IT . Dead right Boydy. These things are a treat in the single track. So so so much better than my KX 500 I've been using.What a pleasure to wind it on without it going sideways and upwards at the same time. We'll done Nick. Not only does it look new it feels new
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Where the springs out of the B-double enough to hold you up Ted, the popular mechanics course will come in handy now when I put the 84 KX500 motor in my spare 79 KX125 roller. 8).....maybe when you can control the IT200 motor, I could stick your 83 KX5 engine in it, or better still, I can put it into Liams all concouring RM125B....and a titainium repro/new swingarm?
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Funny Fuka
Get back to the text books Especially the section on changing wheels on a Datto 200 B Your assessment came up very tardy 8)
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Either you enjoy fiddling with bikes or you enjoy riding them. No one likes having to fix them when their out riding!
if your always fixing them on your rides, get a professional fixer!
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I can vouch for Nick Doles (Teknic) work on suspension. He was the only guy I ever trusted to do suspension revamps on my modern enduro racers back in '02, '03, '04 and '05 and I can honestly say that I always got what I asked for and in short turn around time. Hell, he even got a poxy WR450F to resemble some sort of racer for me.
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+1
See, I'm agreeing with you now ;D
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All's good Ted