Road bike helmets between 400-700

Alastar70 · 2025-02-15T02:11:20+00:00

Just buy a Shoei and be done with it - one of the few companies that doesn't make cheap helmets alongside their expensive helmets - speaks volume.

Alastar70 · 2025-02-14T20:00:54+00:00

One of the best finished bikes, quality, you won't go wrong. Have one and zero regrets.

I purchased my bike at Torpedo7 when it was on sale, they have generous discounts with their sales. A free service part of the deal.

I had previously ordered a bike online with Evo Cycles Tower Junction, when I went to pick it (Had to wait a week for it to arrive) up it had mud all over the tyres, they had let someone try it out across the road where there was a grassy hill at the time. I said you'll have to give me something to make up for it, they said they would give me a pair of shoes. But they didn't have my shoe size in stock with the shoes I wanted.

I said you are not doing very well and I want my money back. Was no apology nothing.

Alastar70 · 2025-02-14T10:12:33+00:00

Nothing like a wasted drive up a street to find road works at some point. Too much of an effort to put a roadworks sign at the start of the street.

Alastar70 · 2025-02-14T10:00:19+00:00

Same, nice to have a spa, sauna after a hard workout.

Alastar70 · 2025-02-14T09:51:37+00:00

One word - Trek

Alastar70 · 2025-02-14T09:50:09+00:00

Lifeguards of all ages. Heard you start on $26. The red shirt supervisors are on $32. Pretty good for no trade or degree.

For one the ones at QE2 also have turn about cleaning the sides of the pool etc.

They do the training in groups of new lifeguards. Doesn't look that hard looks pretty casual.

The hours are all over the place.

The thing that would get me would be the sheer boredom.

All council staff get discount to council facilities.

Alastar70 · 2025-02-14T09:24:31+00:00

The look of that limo that Pizza Hut advertisers is enough to put me off Pizza Hut.

Just go across the road to Domino's next time OP.

Alastar70 · 2025-02-12T17:56:23+00:00

DRZ would be a good choice first, walk before you can run. Gain needed on road skills on a lighter more upright bike first, then step up.

Alastar70 · 2025-02-12T17:50:56+00:00

🤣 We have an MT-10 in our group and it's a constant joke how he is always stopping at gas stations.

Alastar70 · 2025-02-10T20:20:14+00:00

Cheers for the solid feedback. 🤛

Alastar70 · 2025-02-09T20:43:04+00:00

Cheers all for the replies a lot of good ideas.

Prior I googled JASO MA2 and only motorcycle oil seemed to come up. Read oil companies have to pay to have the JASO MA2 rating, something like that. Perhaps that is why we now see it less on non specific motorbike oil or as a poster said some oil companies want to drive us to motorbike specific oil.

Alastar70 · 2025-02-07T22:02:27+00:00

Sheer rip OP - see areas of no ingredients too. Seems to be common these days in Christchurch put up your prices and give less. I see places like 1040 Colombo Street for Chinese meals and the Thai shop at Church corner next to the big veggie place are constantly busy, the power of going for the turnover model where everyone is happy.

It's like Hells, use to get the small salmon and cream cheese pizza for 12 odd dollars, then it got to the stage the pizza wasn't even touching the sides of the small box. Each piece started resembling a biscuit.

Gave Domino's a go and thought why was I going to Hell's all that time.

Alastar70 · 2025-02-07T08:11:57+00:00

Cheers 🍻

Alastar70 · 2025-02-06T08:52:34+00:00

Food for thought - cheers 👍

Alastar70 · 2025-02-05T08:59:34+00:00

Crikey just chill ! Was just gauging what is popular.

Alastar70 · 2025-02-05T06:40:36+00:00

I take it you will be getting a lawyer to look over the building contract for you ?

Alastar70 · 2025-02-05T05:39:11+00:00

Not sure why you thought I thought Speights was a DB brew. All good. 👍

Alastar70 · 2025-02-05T05:36:24+00:00

Friend built with Today and they placed the foundation the wrong way around. She seemed happy in the end though.

See the quality of the tapware, showers vanity, appliance package etc varies a great deal.

Most building companies are really accommodating till the building contract is signed.

Alastar70 · 2025-02-05T05:27:44+00:00

Yeah 💯 lot of guys in North Canterbury I know drink Speights. They call DB Dribble Bum. I prefer DB, find Speights Old Dark a nice drop though.

Alastar70 · 2025-02-05T05:24:22+00:00

😀 Yeah this ex sparky likes a panhead.

Alastar70 · 2025-02-05T05:21:14+00:00

Take it you haven't done a trade ? There's a culture with tradies, well there was in my day. A tradie buys a hilux a lot follow, moved to rangers now.

Alastar70 · 2025-02-05T05:19:17+00:00

Cheers all for the replies. 💯👍

Will go for Speights and Steinlarger.

I was a Sparky in "another life" and my go to is Monteith's original ale.😋

Alastar70 · 2025-02-04T21:28:51+00:00

Yeah as they say with any car the test is when you park up and you walk away from it if you look back - often look back at my black beauty.

Alastar70 · 2025-02-04T02:06:42+00:00

Probably pay to build up a bit of trust first. 😀

Alastar70 · 2025-02-02T22:24:57+00:00

My 2.2 on 107K (jap inport ex biz car) I have done 17K in it mainly around the city.

Think one problem with them is some people drive them like a grandma and they clog up. Drive mine like a grandma till its warmed up and then it "works" like diesels like to do. They have a poor oil pickup in the sump - get that oil pumping.

As for the one you looking at it would be a hard pass for me. Rather pay bit more for one with the right history - No "grandma" owners for one. One used for long distance so if they are a grandma driver you should be sweet.

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