Freshening up a high-ish mileage bike

Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

Nice but I prefer the Relentless rep

I used to too.....then so did everyone else...got too popular (and that's even the inverse relentless rep shown above).

Originally Posted by muffles

I used to too.....then so did everyone else...got too popular (and that's even the inverse relentless rep shown above).

bike snob!

Originally Posted by Fizzy Fish

bike snob!

Says the one who is contemplating getting rid of her Gixxer because it's done too many miles.....

Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

Says the one who is contemplating getting rid of her Gixxer because it's done too many miles.....

ahhh, you see you misunderstand my relationship with bikes, and why I'm thinking about changing it. It's a combination of economics (will it start to cost me more in repairs than shelling out for a newer bike?), and the potential for it to become unsellable in the future, and thus stop me from changing bike for several years.

And somewhere in the decision-making mish-mash, I'm trying to find an excuse to shell out for a fancy paintscheme

Originally Posted by Fizzy Fish

ahhh, you see you misunderstand my relationship with bikes, and why I'm thinking about changing it. It's a combination of economics (will it start to cost me more in repairs than shelling out for a newer bike?), and the potential for it to become unsellable in the future, and thus stop me from changing bike for several years.

And somewhere in the decision-making mish-mash, I'm trying to find an excuse to shell out for a fancy paintscheme

Excuses, excuses, you are a snob!!

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Fizzy Fish

ahhh, you see you misunderstand my relationship with bikes, and why I'm thinking about changing it. It's a combination of economics (will it start to cost me more in repairs than shelling out for a newer bike?), and the potential for it to become unsellable in the future, and thus stop me from changing bike for several years.

And somewhere in the decision-making mish-mash, I'm trying to find an excuse to shell out for a fancy paintscheme

You're going to have the costly repairs with any bike even buying a newer one. Knackered chains, brakes etc. At least with yours now you know what it is going to cost you and when.

And, with running it for a while, proper servicing avoids most of the worst expense.

Originally Posted by Fizzy Fish

bike snob!

Haha - bike paintjob snob, thankyouverymuch! I have a common-and-garden GSX-R like you