MyBB Motorcycle Owners Thread

[Tickled_Tortise]

Now if you are worried about bolts coming loose as you ride or something....well then you should be equally worried about someone else doing it and whether they did it properly.

No one does it better than when you do it yourself...providing you know what you doing.

(Bike wheels are generally setup so the axles are self-tightening by the way and therefore won't just come loose by themselves.)

well that's good to know, thanks

 

[martin]

How is rust an issue in this day and age from the air. Even my family and friends in Mitchell's Plain don't have a rust problem, <3km away.

If you drive with your vehicle through water in land you will have the same issue as some living in Cape Town driving through water.

The air is not corrosive.

Atmospheric corrosion is actually a thing. I'm just not sure to what degree modern alloys and galvanised metals negate it.

 

[Willy Strong]

Atmospheric corrosion is actually a thing. I'm just not sure to what degree modern alloys and galvanised metals negate it.

Thanks, I understand. I'm not the right person the answer that.

 

[FNfal]

Atmospheric corrosion is actually a thing. I'm just not sure to what degree modern alloys and galvanised metals negate it.

Bikes do rust and corrode here in Durban if you dont put WD40 or ACF50 on them and they are stored for a while , got corrosion on my 690 Duke , that pissed me off no end .

 

[martin]

Bikes do rust and corrode here in Durban if you dont put WD40 or ACF50 on them and they are stored for a while , got corrosion on my 690 Duke , that pissed me off no end .

Thanks, what part of the your bike started corroding?

 

[Bundu]

Thanks, what part of the your bike started corroding?

many bikes 1st start rusting/oxidising on their spokes and exhausts

 

[FNfal]

Thanks, what part of the your bike started corroding?

The pipe end for the front brakes and some of the cap screws , they all supposed to be zinc plated but obviously no very good.

 

[Pox]

Thanks Sir. The year and mileage is not a issue for you? If you had R70k to waste now would you buy it or something else?
The price looks comparative as per other selling sites. I'm just considering maintenance for now.

The stance and upright ride looks good, the small-ish form/frame looks similar to my gixxer.

I'm not looking for a super bike/aggressive ride.

Daily commute.

When I bought mine, I did a ton of research, but it boiled down to the MT07 was the most-fun-per-rand new bike I could find.

Mechanically and maintenance: do a Google for any known issues - then when you test ride it, check for those. There are some large and active MT07 forums. Or Fz07 forums, since it's called that in the states.


The only issue I ever has was that the stock exhaust was criminally quiet.

 

[SykomantiS]

I fully understand this logic as relates to bikes that fall over by themselves if things go wrong.

However in the case of brakes they'll either work or not work. Similar with chains and sprockets and the like if it works when you put it on it won't magically stop working down the line.

Now if you are worried about bolts coming loose as you ride or something....well then you should be equally worried about someone else doing it and whether they did it properly.

Rebuilding an engine though or something like that where the rear wheel can possibly lock up when things go wrong...reservations in that regard I can completely understand.

(Bike wheels are generally setup so the axles are self-tightening by the way and therefore won't just come loose by themselves.)

Tell that to my sister- her first GSX-R600 (not her first bike though) is a write-off because something went awry at the rear wheel, it twisted in the swingarm and locked up, almost throwing her into oncoming traffic. She had had the bike for an hour at that point, maybe an hour and a half. I'll just leave it at that.

 

[Wasabee!]

How is rust an issue in this day and age from the air. Even my family and friends in Mitchell's Plain don't have a rust problem, <3km away.

If you drive with your vehicle through water in land you will have the same issue as some living in Cape Town driving through water.

The air is not corrosive.

Durban for example is really humid which makes it worse than in the cape perhaps.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Tell that to my sister- her first GSX-R600 (not her first bike though) is a write-off because something went awry at the rear wheel, it twisted in the swingarm and locked up, almost throwing her into oncoming traffic. She had had the bike for an hour at that point, maybe an hour and a half. I'll just leave it at that.

You relating it to my comment about someone else doing the work?

Was this a brand new bike? I’m guessing not.

And could it be a part failure rather than human intervention?

 

[SauRoNZA]

How is rust an issue in this day and age from the air. Even my family and friends in Mitchell's Plain don't have a rust problem, <3km away.

If you drive with your vehicle through water in land you will have the same issue as some living in Cape Town driving through water.

The air is not corrosive.

Leave your bike outside for even a single night and you’ll see rust build up on the brake discs.

Rest of the parts much worse if left out on the regular.

 

[martin]

So having established that rust could be a concern, can anyone recommend a shop they trust in the Cape Town area that I can send the bike to, to be inspected?

 

[SauRoNZA]

So having established that rust could be a concern, can anyone recommend a shop they trust in the Cape Town area that I can send the bike to, to be inspected?

Heh? Why would you need it inspected?

It’s not like a car where the rust would affect paint for anything.

It’s more of a visual factor and irritation.

If you can’t see it then don’t worry about it.

 

[martin]

Heh? Why would you need it inspected?

It’s not like a car where the rust would affect paint for anything.

It’s more of a visual factor and irritation.

If you can’t see it then don’t worry about it.

No çhances it could eventually affect the bike's structural integrity? If not, then I can live with it

 

[SauRoNZA]

No çhances it could eventually affect the bike's structural integrity? If not, then I can live with it

Nah I figure that highly unlikely.

If anything it would make it better and some major bolts a nightmare to get loose.

I'm sure over a long enough time (decades) that could happen but I reckon the bike would die by other means long before that.

Mostly just an issue on brake discs as it makes them squeel for the first few kilometres every day.

 

[Tickled_Tortise]

Tell that to my sister- her first GSX-R600 (not her first bike though) is a write-off because something went awry at the rear wheel, it twisted in the swingarm and locked up, almost throwing her into oncoming traffic. She had had the bike for an hour at that point, maybe an hour and a half. I'll just leave it at that.

Must have been scary for your sister. Did you find what caused the failure?

 

[SykomantiS]

Must have been scary for your sister. Did you find what caused the failure?

We did not, sadly. Indications were the axle wasn't tightened to spec when the previous owner adjusted the wheel and chain just before she picked it up- couldn't confirm [prove] it though.

 

[SykomantiS]

You relating it to my comment about someone else doing the work?

Was this a brand new bike? I’m guessing not.

And could it be a part failure rather than human intervention?

2nd hand, someone else doing the work- and could very well be. Official cause of failure wasn't concretely determined.

 

[martin]

Nah I figure that highly unlikely.

If anything it would make it better and some major bolts a nightmare to get loose.

I'm sure over a long enough time (decades) that could happen but I reckon the bike would die by other means long before that.

Mostly just an issue on brake discs as it makes them squeel for the first few kilometres every day.

Shot man, that gives me a lot more peace of mind