A dumb mistake and some good customer service

nobby · Post by **nobby** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:04 pm

A stupid bloody woopsy this morning in my own friggen driveway...
I didn't put the side stand down properly and the bike fell over on the bloody concrete, snapped the clutch lever which doesn't worry me too much cause there easy to replace, but I scratched the bloody faring and that pisses me off.

Anyway my question is, does anybody know if touch up paint is available, I have tried 3 kwaka dealers and all they sell is bloody green "go figure"

As for the clutch lever, rang the Kwaka dealer in the gully and was quoted $26. rang PS in Dandy and was quoted $23, when I got to PS they didn't have one after all, but they rang Sharps for me and they had one... cost $12.

Thanks to Petes in Dandy for good customer service and Sharps.... I'm shopping there again... good prices, and a real sweet 10 (in green) just as you walk into the shop.

balanse · Post by **balanse** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:16 pm

Bugger .. hate it when dumb shit happens. Always catches you by surprise and f*cks yer day at least.

Good recovery by PS in the end ..

nobby · Post by **nobby** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:40 pm

The only good thing about it was the ride to work, I was so pissed off, I just rang the 6's neck all the way, Lysterfield Rd can put a smile on your face in if you get a clear run at it.

Tones · Post by **Tones** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:52 pm

Sorry to hear...sounds like one of those "if I could turn back time" moments....buggar now i have a vision of fish nets and big hair on the brain...grrrr

Cheers

nobby · Post by **nobby** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:02 pm

what you wear in the privacy of your own home is entirely up you Tones

but yeah, my wife was still in bed until she heard, the bike fall over, quickly followed by me yelling, darn, heck, poo, bum and poop..... at least that's what I told her I was yelling..... she still reckons she heard me say something else

Tones · Post by **Tones** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:16 pm

nobby wrote:what you wear in the privacy of your own home is entirely up you Tones

Ohhhh...you were swearing at the bike getting scratched......now im with ya...pmsl

actually what about those "we come to you and fix scratches and stuff" type businesses. I dont know of any in particular, nor have I had any experience with any. But I have seen some that specialise in even repairing scratched wheels. Anyway perhaps some one may know of someone, or suggest someone. Of course teh quality would vary from person to person, but they may be able to closely match the paint. Have seen a few vans around advertising this sorta work, just cant remember any more than that sorry.

Cheers

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:25 pm

My first real bike "OMFG" was when I knocked my Suzi GF250SS over with a high pressure hose........ that sucked SO much...

Bad luck dude....

Rossi · Post by **Rossi** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:54 pm

Stereo wrote:My first real bike "OMFG" was when I knocked my Suzi GF250SS over with a high pressure hose.......

Sorry mate,

but I am pi**ing myself laughing here.......I can just imagine you there having soaped it all up, looking nice & shiny and then you go and blast it off it's stand with the high pressure hose

Kishy · Post by **Kishy** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:09 am

Stereo wrote:My first real bike "OMFG" was when I knocked my Suzi GF250SS over with a high pressure hose........ that sucked SO much...

Bad luck dude....

How da fuck does that happen?

You use the hose from a Fire truck or is ya bike as heavy as
drenched poodle?

Kishy · Post by **Kishy** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:11 am

Hey Rossi,

If ya not doing anything Sunday, should come over to GPTC
U just around the corner from it. I'm going with coupla dudes
from this site

chameleon · Post by **chameleon** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:31 am

bit of a pisser there nobby

if ya cant get the match at a kwaka dealer go to one of those huge auto barns with the paint codes and they "used to" be able to knock up a spray can on the spot to match the codes. ring em first and suss em. Other wise go to a reputible auto paint distributor and get the wise old paint master to match it. This usually involves taking a piece of the bike off so he can look at at on his bench and mix and match till he gets it right.

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:50 pm

Stereo wrote:My first real bike "OMFG" was when I knocked my Suzi GF250SS over with a high pressure hose........ that sucked SO much...

Bad luck dude....

ur not a lil retarted are ya mate?? thats the funnyest shit i heard all day.....u tool...

bad news nobby..but unless u knock it over with a bag of dildoes or sumthin, ur not gunna beat stereo's effort...

mrmina · Post by **mrmina** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:30 am

Stereo wrote:My first real bike "OMFG" was when I knocked my Suzi GF250SS over with a high pressure hose........ that sucked SO much...

Bad luck dude....

fair enough

did u wash it with a fire hose

nobby · Post by **nobby** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:44 am

Yeah .. but it was only bloody Suzi that Stereo knocked over, not like it was a real bike or anything.......

shit I damaged a bloody Kwaka

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:49 am

mrmina wrote:
Stereo wrote:My first real bike "OMFG" was when I knocked my Suzi GF250SS over with a high pressure hose........ that sucked SO much...

Bad luck dude....
fair enough

did u wash it with a fire hose

My parents grew flowers, in fact we had the second largest flower nursery in NZ for a while.... I used the hose that connects to the watering system... Roughly the size of a fire hose (although fire hoses are more flexible, these were roughly 4 inches in diameter and solid re-enforced rubber) ...

Generally that hose doesnt really have all that much pressure (although you could fill up 10 buckets in about 20 seconds with it) because it runs the roof sprinkler system.... but because my brother had been the last one to use the sprinklers he had switched it off at the hose ending rather than the wall... so the pressure had built up in the 150m or so of pipe...

the lever at the end of the hose usually comes open gently, but because of all the pressure in the hose it wouldnt open.... gave it a bit of force and it opened all in one go.....

In hindsight I should have pointed it away from the bike to start with, but because I had used this hose so many times before I never even considered it...

The bike went down within a second of the water hitting it....

It gets funnier from this point in looking back on it.... but Im not telling...

suffice it to say there are some things you need to consider next...

1. Do you try to save you bike from falling over or do you hold on to the hose?
2. What happens to a hose when you let go of it if it has lots of pressure?
3. How hard is it to catch the end of a 4" hose when it is writhing around?
4. How much water can you pump out of a 4" hose when it is fully open?
5. How much does your father laugh when he walks in on a flooded workshop with a bike lying in bits on the ground, all of his tools covered in water.... and a son who looks like a drowned rat?