My Sinnis Apache..

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LiamB

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7,930 posts

143 months

Tuesday 8th April 2014
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y2blade said:
As soon as he said he rides around with main-beam on in daytime he became a tt nerd .

Bike looks decent though, he mentions they changed tail light to LED to stop it blowing bulbs yet the sidelight it still a regular one that he said keeps blowing.


Sounds nice and fruity through the DEP.
I ride around with my HID looking LED light on in the day and normal low beam at night. The lights are plenty bright enough unless mine has uprated bulbs or something.

I love the noise, managed to get a better video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7csxZBGZdY

sc0tt

18,039 posts

201 months

Tuesday 8th April 2014
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y2blade said:
He looks like a right melt rofl

Mr OCD

6,388 posts

211 months

Wednesday 9th April 2014
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Has it gone bang yet?

y2blade

56,097 posts

215 months

Wednesday 9th April 2014
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sc0tt said:
y2blade said:
He looks like a right melt rofl
"A right melt" hehe that's one way of putting it.
27 years old, 6 years of riding nothing but 125s and still lives with his parents.


Liam please don't become a "Sniffy110" frown

y2blade

56,097 posts

215 months

Wednesday 9th April 2014
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Mr OCD said:
Has it gone bang yet?
I doubt it.
He's probably out enjoying the nice weather on it.

LiamB

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7,930 posts

143 months

Wednesday 9th April 2014
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y2blade said:
Mr OCD said:
Has it gone bang yet?
I doubt it.
He's probably out enjoying the nice weather on it.
yes

Went out at 9 and just got in, lovely weather biggrin. I cleaned it yesterday too as places like the swingarm were annoying me with dirt and I started taking stickers off.



Still not clean enough. I need to attack it and get all the dirt off. And that tank sticker is a bd. The tank is metal, does that make it harder to get a sticker off? I'll be attacking it with the hair dryer again today.

hostyle

1,322 posts

216 months

Wednesday 9th April 2014
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Attack with a hair dryer and peal back slowly. If the glue isn't shifting, (carefully) try some white spirit to dissolve the glue.

If you're not sure how the tank material will react to the white spirit, try it on a small spot that's out of sight.

LiamB

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7,930 posts

143 months

Monday 14th April 2014
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Something catastrophic has gone wrong that has made me never want to buy a chinese bike again. Pieces of st.
















The left fork seal went biggrin
While I get that replaced, I might as well put a new front sprocket on with a tooth up.

All is going well. I have almost done 1000KM already, it is such a fun little bike. I love it.

SAS Tom

3,402 posts

174 months

Monday 14th April 2014
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Why would you purposely make a 125 accelerate even slower? Isn't it slow enough for you already?

LiamB

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7,930 posts

143 months

Monday 14th April 2014
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SAS Tom said:
Why would you purposely make a 125 accelerate even slower? Isn't it slow enough for you already?
No, it's fine.

LiamB

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7,930 posts

143 months

Tuesday 15th April 2014
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Just had a look online, £10 for the front sprocket (Would be £5 if I was getting normal size) and £4 for the fork seals.

Aren't parts just sooooo hard to get on chinese bikes?

grahamr88

421 posts

173 months

Tuesday 15th April 2014
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LiamB said:
£4 for the fork seals.
No wonder they don't last!

LordFlathead

9,641 posts

258 months

Tuesday 15th April 2014
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You may as well order two and do the other side at the same time. If one has gone, chances are the other will be on its way.

sc0tt

18,039 posts

201 months

Tuesday 15th April 2014
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LiamB said:
Just had a look online, £10 for the front sprocket (Would be £5 if I was getting normal size) and £4 for the fork seals.

Aren't parts just sooooo hard to get on chinese bikes?
Nope, you just pour the milk into the mould, add some renin, wait a few weeks and hey presto.... You have cheese!

RumpleFugly

2,377 posts

210 months

Tuesday 15th April 2014
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Out of interest, has the engine still got the oil it had in from the factory Liam? If so, could be worth swapping it out as the quality and quantity can often be a bit dodgy.

Hooli

32,278 posts

200 months

Tuesday 15th April 2014
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LordFlathead said:
You may as well order two and do the other side at the same time. If one has gone, chances are the other will be on its way.
I'd do this & change the fork oil too. Factory stuff is ste in Jap & Yank bikes so I can only imagine chinky bikes have ste in too. Should improve front end feel at least.

LiamB

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7,930 posts

143 months

Tuesday 15th April 2014
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LordFlathead said:
You may as well order two and do the other side at the same time. If one has gone, chances are the other will be on its way.
£4 for the pair tongue out

RumpleFugly said:
Out of interest, has the engine still got the oil it had in from the factory Liam? If so, could be worth swapping it out as the quality and quantity can often be a bit dodgy.
Nope, the chap I bought it off showed me the oil used, I forgot what (Just normal 4 stroke engine oil I imagine, it's in my little book for the bike somewhere all the different oil grades and st confuse me) but it was castrol.

Hooli said:
I'd do this & change the fork oil too. Factory stuff is ste in Jap & Yank bikes so I can only imagine chinky bikes have ste in too. Should improve front end feel at least.
I might get them to change the oil if they have any in, but if they have to order it in I won't bother. I'm impatient..

topsprayer

211 posts

134 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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Surely no mechanic would re use old fork oil!!

LiamB

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7,930 posts

143 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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topsprayer said:
Surely no mechanic would re use old fork oil!!
I have no idea. I don't even know if you can choose to change it or what, never had to get fork seals done before.

hostyle

1,322 posts

216 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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The fork oil used determines a lot of the characteristics of your suspension. Thick oil doesn't flow as easy through your forks as thinner oil (the viscosity).