its about time

[crazzy #1]

well hopfully this weekend i will be picking up two thumpstars :twisted: thanks to my sisters boyfriend who is willing to pay for mine until i can pay him off, here is a link of what we will be getting, 2 identical thumpstar copys but unfortunatly we will get confused,

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4594071848&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1

may be picking 2 up another day if we can get a cheaper deal

 

[gazza2003au]

finnaly

 

[crazzy #1]

gazza2003au, may be going out there tomoro afternoon, if i can get ur mobile number ill message you to tell you if we are going out, ill pm u my number ok?

 

[gazza2003au]

got your PM, we already had minto in mind for tomorrow if weather is good (fingers crossed) she wont ride at cecil hills untill i get my bike fixed as she'll more than likely get lost

 

[crazzy #1]

damn, why did u think that we would seperate?

 

[No-Fear]

that bike look ok man, better than the bikes farts_are_funny_aus was lookin at.
have fun with it bro :!:

 

[gazza2003au]

crazy1 we only have 1 bike going at the moment my husqvarna needs a couple of parts i should have it going again in a week :wink: my missus wants me to ride with her so she wont get lost doing this we need two bikes she also knows i have a good sence of direction and i wont get lost i have rode in that area alot of times back in 1994-1996 and she dont know u so she wont go for a ride with you unless im there lol also minto is a big open paddock if she gets into trouble i will see her where as cecil hills is all bush

 

[farts_are_funny_aus]

Is your nose getting bigger :?:

 

[macka]

No offence, but Gazza and Crazzy why don't you guys just PM your conversations with eachother because basically all of the posts in this topic are you two talking to eachother, and it doesn't really have any relation to the rest of us on the forum.

Just a thought, thanks.

 

[gazza2003au]

macka, we are talking about mini dirt bikes are we not? title does say "Mini Dirt Bikes Discussion" we dont have a forum on "where to ride pit bikes" or "post your ride reports" the other forums are under pocket bikes not mini dirt bikes

 

[macka]

Gazza - thanks Captain Obvious.

I'm quite aware that it is part of the Mini Dirt Bikes Discussion however a 2 way conversation regarding where you went riding on the weekend and how you want to meet up with them for a ride at some point doesn't seem to relate too much to the topic which is "it's about time" - i.e. Crazzy finally got his dirt bikes.

I would have thought that possible discussions would include how the bike is going, any problems so far, whether they think they got their money's worth on the bike etc etc.

I believe that the idea of a forum is for people to share opinions/viewpoints etc and the idea of different topic posts is for indexing so that people can identify what the post is going to be about.

Anyway that's my opinion, i was only suggesting it before so that it would be easier for others to know what a post is going to be about by reading the topic.

 

[gazza2003au]

Gazza - thanks Captain Obvious.

I'm quite aware that it is part of the Mini Dirt Bikes Discussion however a 2 way conversation regarding where you went riding on the weekend and how you want to meet up with them for a ride at some point doesn't seem to relate too much to the topic which is "it's about time" - i.e. Crazzy finally got his dirt bikes.

I would have thought that possible discussions would include how the bike is going, any problems so far, whether they think they got their money's worth on the bike etc etc.

I believe that the idea of a forum is for people to share opinions/viewpoints etc and the idea of different topic posts is for indexing so that people can identify what the post is going to be about.

Anyway that's my opinion, i was only suggesting it before so that it would be easier for others to know what a post is going to be about by reading the topic.

it does relate to this topic if u followed my post and PM's mate.... and if u had givin me the chance the ride we were ment to go on was to sus out his new bikes and give my own review by seeing the bikes in person but now thats jumping the gun isnt it :roll: i dont see how u could be forced to read this thread u read a few lines u dont like it u leave right? your just itchin to scratch arnt you :roll:

 

[minidirt]

i owned one of these for a while,
I'd say they are one of the better cheap bikes.
the suspension is soft, but a few beers will make it handle a 45ft table top, however the footpegs will most likey snap off.
the carby is to small,
the gear lever hangs out to far.
some good points are however,
they handle extremely well when there aren't any big jumps,
they come with good wheel, tyres, tyres, handle bar style, breaks- apart from the rear being touchy and dependinf on what you want they are relatively low geared.

 

[gazza2003au]

i owned one of these for a while,
I'd say they are one of the better cheap bikes.
the suspension is soft, but a few beers will make it handle a 45ft table top, however the footpegs will most likey snap off.
the carby is to small,
the gear lever hangs out to far.
some good points are however,
they handle extremely well when there aren't any big jumps,
they come with good wheel, tyres, tyres, handle bar style, breaks- apart from the rear being touchy and dependinf on what you want they are relatively low geared.

is the rear shocky adjustable? i just had a another look at the link the bike is 6kg's lighter than our bikes :shock:

 

[minidirt]

spring pre-load is adjustable, but it's still to soft and their is a bolt in the shock to make changing the oil easy, for when you add thicker oil.

 

[jon1]

the bike stil looks like its got sum beef the engine looks top qwality

 

[General-Lee]

hey crazy#1 and minidirt, have you had any problems with these bikes? i was thinking of purchasing one, would you recomend them?

minidirt, did yours come with the mikuni carb? i found he is now selling them with 25mm mikuni's...

If the suspension was a bit stiffer, and the foot pegs and mount were good, would you trust them over a decent sized jump? are there any other cheap/bad points of the bike?

 

[minidirt]

the one i purchased didn't have a mikuni, and it wasn't advertised as having one, this would probably bring the engine to life, a bit anyway.
If big jumps are what your after then i'd recomend you get a ciniworx or something like that, i do jump mine, but i've had to strenghten the footpeg mount, get new pegs, change the fork and shock oil, to rediculously heavy weights, I haven't bent the frame biut others i know have, i guess it depends on your riding style and weight.
After having said that these are probably the best of the cheapish bikes on ebay, you'l have these problems with all cheap bikes, these problems don't cost much to fix, just a bit of your time.

 

[crazzy #1]

got my thumpstar, bent the rim the day i got it, and a couple days later i snaped the gared, its not to bad but it tends to overheat and blow FLAMES from the exaust, i also broke the foot peg on the right side but they gave me a spare set

i need to find out where the oil filter is, can anyone help?

thanks

 

[No-Fear]

got my thumpstar, bent the rim the day i got it, and a couple days later i snaped the gared, its not to bad but it tends to overheat and blow FLAMES from the exaust, i also broke the foot peg on the right side but they gave me a spare set

i need to find out where the oil filter is, can anyone help?

thanks

ur bike broke coz it not a real thumpstar, cheap bike break quicker than more higher quality bikes.
These bikes dont have oil filters, they have an oil pump which u can clean, incase there is small bits of metal stuck or anything.