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mechanic in melbourne
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:32 am
by seraph
hey troopers, I rode my zzr250 down from brisbane to melbourne and I need a major service in the next few days before I hit the great ocean road and then the massive ride back home. can someone suggest a good mechnaic who won't fuck me over? directions and a phone number would be great
also I need to pick up some motorcycle boots, so a good accessories store (directions please?
big city, no sense of direction) if anyone wants to go for a ride on the GOR with me, shoot me a pm by the way, I'll probably go wednesday-thursday, but am negotiable
beer is good too
cheers -J.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:51 am
by Neka79
great trip...qld to vic..the GOR is a gr8 patch too..have fun there....as for mechanics i cant help u, which way u heading back?? via SA?? haha
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 12:05 pm
by mrmina
depending where u are in melb, try race replica on geelong rd brooklyn.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 3:56 pm
by seraph
maybe via SA, not sure which way I'm headed from here. You cats in adelaide or elsewhere? Will call race replica in the morning
-J.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:25 pm
by 99coconuts
try performance bikes and watercraft in moorabbin. gets rave reviews from everyone that goes there and i've used him myself once and thought he did a ripper of a job for what was the best price i could find
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:36 pm
by Strika
mrmina wrote:depending where u are in melb, try race replica on geelong rd brooklyn.
The Guy who runs the workshop there is a nice guy. He has done some things for me over the last year, and have had no problems and all was done as per request and in good time for not too much dough.
They don't have the best range of accesories though. Peter Stevens on Elizabeth st in the city is one of the best for accesories range. HTH
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:37 pm
by Kishy
Re: mechanic in melbourne
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:44 pm
by Jonno
seraph wrote:hey troopers, I rode my zzr250 down from brisbane to melbourne and I need a major service in the next few days before I hit the great ocean road and then the massive ride back home. can someone suggest a good mechnaic who won't fuck me over? directions and a phone number would be great
also I need to pick up some motorcycle boots, so a good accessories store (directions please?
big city, no sense of direction) if anyone wants to go for a ride on the GOR with me, shoot me a pm by the way, I'll probably go wednesday-thursday, but am negotiable
beer is good too
cheers -J.
where are you camping out?
Good onya for doing the ride down too, especially on a 2fiddly
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:15 pm
by Blue14
Strika wrote:mrmina wrote:depending where u are in melb, try race replica on geelong rd brooklyn.
The Guy who runs the workshop there is a nice guy. He has done some things for me over the last year, and have had no problems and all was done as per request and in good time for not too much dough.
They don't have the best range of accesories though. Peter Stevens on Elizabeth st in the city is one of the best for accesories range. HTH
The guy there his name is Rhys.. he is the only one i let touch the 12..
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:27 am
by SocialSecurity
99coconuts wrote:try performance bikes and watercraft in moorabbin. gets rave reviews from everyone that goes there and i've used him myself once and thought he did a ripper of a job for what was the best price i could find
just dont try to get him to tune an old cbr250
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:33 am
by Neka79
well if u make it to SA let us kno...i got a patch of carpet or a lounge if u like...had the outlaws here last nite- not happy as i slept on the lounge, and the mrs on the floor... but yea if u need a place let me kno...depends how long u be here we may even get a few of the boys outt for a ride..
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:19 pm
by seraph
Hey Neka, I may be in adelaide tomorrow night, unless I get no sleep tonight and am too tired to ride the whole way
Do you lads want to go out for some beer and stickball tomorrow night? I might be able to drag the kid with me aswell, since he's on the way
I would definitely appreciate a patch of floor to sleep on too
Cheers for the advice on mechanics too, folks
-J.
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:29 pm
by 99coconuts
SocialSecurity wrote:99coconuts wrote:try performance bikes and watercraft in moorabbin. gets rave reviews from everyone that goes there and i've used him myself once and thought he did a ripper of a job for what was the best price i could find
just dont try to get him to tune an old cbr250
oh yeah, you had issues there didnt you
did you ever get it all worked out? i dont remember....
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:52 pm
by SocialSecurity
he told me he couldnt get it to run right because it had low compression in #3 cyl ... turned out to be BS when i tested it myself a few months later... it just needed rejetting, if i knew then what i know now i could have fixed it too
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:45 pm
by seany
It's probably too late but in the Northern burbs Stafford Yamaha are very good.
http://www.staffordmotorcycles.com.au/
Stay away from Redwing Honda. They hate Kawasakis and make a point of treating Kawasaki riders with contempt.