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Offline evo550

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Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
« 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 ?
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Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2012, 10:31:27 pm »
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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!
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Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2012, 10:33:32 pm »
Doh! Pipped by 30secs by Firko!
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Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
« Reply #4 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....
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Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
« Reply #5 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?


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Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
« Reply #6 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.
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Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
« Reply #7 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.

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Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
« Reply #8 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 ::)
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Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
« Reply #9 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
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Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
« Reply #10 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 _______ '

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Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
« Reply #11 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...

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Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
« Reply #12 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 ???.
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« Reply #13 on: June 07, 2012, 11:55:14 pm »
PMSL Nath ....  :D :D

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Re: Odd things that work well on a dirt bike.
« Reply #14 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
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