[Groups] Vintage and Classic Bike Cafe

[yd72]

Originally posted by rotisiao@March 20, 2007 09:16 pm

so u are saying if i want to use as daily transport i must get one at the best condition possible? how much would it cost to maintain one monthly? would $100 a month be enough assuming that i pay the bike by full cash? $2k should be enough for a cg125, helmet and all the accessories? then i can save up my other $3k..

I dont know, what kind of dist you travel?

 

For cg is way above the price for this bike, depend on the condition, it would come cheap like less than 1k man, or just 500 bucks. Helmet and accessories not that x lah.....depend on what you want your bike to mob like.........more ideas will cost more............

 

My opinion:

Get a new bike like rxz, or 2nd hand bike rxk,as transport, this are some reliable bike worth looking at with low maintanence.

 

Then look for the classic bike you are looking for, by then you would have save enough $$$ to restore or mob according to your liking. But when you are restoring the bike it will cost you a bomb!! Search in the net and read up bikee forum on how they restore bike for start.

 

Why we have two bike or other transport?

Classic bike like old antique which are very fragile, you would not want your beloved bike kana rain or any form of damage as far as possible. As far as possible dont stress your baby.

 

For any bike, the major concern is "petrol" and nothing else. I guss $100 for petrol i tik is enough lah, depends on the milage. As for engine oil we dont change often, must depend on your milage. For myself i would change my engine oil when it reach 1K, that depend on individual. Spare plug we also dont change like underwear........

 

 

 

[rotisiao]

Originally posted by yd72@March 21, 2007 09:10 am

I dont know, what kind of dist you travel?

 

For cg is way above the price for this bike, depend on the condition, it would come cheap like less than 1k man, or just 500 bucks. Helmet and accessories not that x lah.....depend on what you want your bike to mob like.........more ideas will cost more............

 

My opinion:

Get a new bike like rxz, or 2nd hand bike rxk,as transport, this are some reliable bike worth looking at with low maintanence.

 

Then look for the classic bike you are looking for, by then you would have save enough $$$ to restore or mob according to your liking. But when you are restoring the bike it will cost you a bomb!! Search in the net and read up bikee forum on how they restore bike for start.

 

Why we have two bike or other transport?

Classic bike like old antique which are very fragile, you would not want your beloved bike kana rain or any form of damage as far as possible. As far as possible dont stress your baby.

 

For any bike, the major concern is "petrol" and nothing else. I guss $100 for petrol i tik is enough lah, depends on the milage. As for engine oil we dont change often, must depend on your milage. For myself i would change my engine oil when it reach 1K, that depend on individual. Spare plug we also dont change like underwear........

 

 

 

haiya i thought this kind of bike so old liao sure very durable...seems i misunderstood them abit......

 

actually i did consider the RXZ at first but i hate the looks.....any idea if it is possible to mod the exhuast to horizontal like the rxk or cb125? and the headlight also change to look like cb125 round round shape.....cause i know the RXZ is durable and i like its performance too..but i cannot tahan its "try to look sporty" looks...

[gabriel06]

Originally posted by rotisiao@March 21, 2007 07:03 pm

haiya i thought this kind of bike so old liao sure very durable...seems i misunderstood them abit......

 

actually i did consider the RXZ at first but i hate the looks.....any idea if it is possible to mod the exhuast to horizontal like the rxk or cb125? and the headlight also change to look like cb125 round round shape.....cause i know the RXZ is durable and i like its performance too..but i cannot tahan its "try to look sporty" looks...

just get an RXK den

 

theres a person called replica selling his.. condition is tip top !

 

do check out the RXK thread..

[736cc]

RXK not bad. Part easy to find also not so ex.

not like CB. small small part get from oversea so ex.

[rotisiao]

thanks guys! after going downstair and look at the RXK and look at the pictures i think its the best bike suitable for me.....just one last question!

 

i realize the rxk is a 2stroke bike...what additional regular+long term maintenance would it need?

[gabriel06]

Originally posted by rotisiao@March 21, 2007 07:26 pm

thanks guys! after going downstair and look at the RXK and look at the pictures i think its the best bike suitable for me.....just one last question!

 

i realize the rxk is a 2stroke bike...what additional regular+long term maintenance would it need?

long term its hard to tell what will break down or wat will happen.. no one can tell the future..

 

if intrested add me on msn..

i will tell u more about the RXK..

[Hondas110]

Try to ride someting common 1st. Have a feel of the bike 1st. In your case, RXK is the choice now. In term of speed, it fulfilled u, in term of old vintage bike looks, it can really look nice if you know how to mod it (learn from the expert guys here, i am still learning from them too).

 

From the guys, taking over a CB bike now for you will cost you alot because of the limited spare parts available here in spore.

 

 

In terms of maintence, that depend how you are riding your bike.

 

Dun be like my KUKU frnz, he got a bike (kawasaki ZXR). He rode it for a week without realising that he has to top up his 2T. Guess what, he has to overhual his bike after he purchased it for 2 months.He didnt Know that this is a small (or common sense) responsibly to take care of his bike.

 

And this is the last thing we would want to see.

 

Hope that you got ur ideal bike soon.

[Phang]

To prolong the life of my W400 chromed fenders, I painted the underside of the fenders with some antirust paint.

 

7 months old and 7000km on the odometer already show sign of rusting.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Phang/DSCN4479.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Phang/DSCN4468.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Phang/DSCN4469.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Phang/DSCN4473.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Phang/DSCN4472.jpg

 

The paint

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Phang/DSCN4471.jpg

 

My W400 is the later version with reinforcement rib at the rear fender, earlier W650 doesn't have this and some bikes have distorted rear fender after a while.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Phang/DSCN4475.jpg

 

Scrambler?

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Phang/DSCN4476.jpg

 

I am a bad painter but fortunately the painted area is at the underside of the fenders

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Phang/DSCN4482.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Phang/DSCN4483.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Phang/DSCN4485.jpg

[rotisiao]

Originally posted by Hondas110@March 22, 2007 02:17 am

Try to ride someting common 1st. Have a feel of the bike 1st. In your case, RXK is the choice now. In term of speed, it fulfilled u, in term of old vintage bike looks, it can really look nice if you know how to mod it (learn from the expert guys here, i am still learning from them too).

 

From the guys, taking over a CB bike now for you will cost you alot because of the limited spare parts available here in spore.

 

 

In terms of maintence, that depend how you are riding your bike.

 

Dun be like my KUKU frnz, he got a bike (kawasaki ZXR). He rode it for a week without realising that he has to top up his 2T. Guess what, he has to overhual his bike after he purchased it for 2 months.He didnt Know that this is a small (or common sense) responsibly to take care of his bike.

 

And this is the last thing we would want to see.

 

Hope that you got ur ideal bike soon.

speaking about 2t...how often should it be topped up? i heard there are three kind of 2t right? mineral, semi synthetic and full synthetic......which would be the best for RXK? cause i heard that some engine cannot tahan good 2t? any brands to recommend? dont want to scrimp in regards to maintaning engine life..

[736cc]

Originally posted by Phang@March 22, 2007 09:04 am

To prolong the life of my W400 chromed fenders, I painted the underside of the fenders with some antirust paint.

 

7 months old and 7000km on the odometer already show sign of rusting.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Phang/DSCN4479.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Phang/DSCN4468.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Phang/DSCN4469.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Phang/DSCN4473.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Phang/DSCN4472.jpg

 

The paint

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Phang/DSCN4471.jpg

 

My W400 is the later version with reinforcement rib at the rear fender, earlier W650 doesn't have this and some bikes have distorted rear fender after a while.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Phang/DSCN4475.jpg

 

Scrambler?

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Phang/DSCN4476.jpg

 

I am a bad painter but fortunately the painted area is at the underside of the fenders

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Phang/DSCN4482.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Phang/DSCN4483.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Phang/DSCN4485.jpg

nice one!!

Btw where you bought the paint?

[Phang]

My favourite shopping centre - Mustafa Centre!

 

I bought 2 cans, only used up 1 can even though I applied 3 coats for both fenders. I can give you the other unused one if you need it.

[736cc]

Originally posted by Phang@March 22, 2007 04:23 pm

My favourite shopping centre - Mustafa Centre!

 

I bought 2 cans, only used up 1 can even though I applied 3 coats for both fenders. I can give you the other unused one if you need it.

sell it to me la..!!

[Throttle]

i simply love the look of Phang's W400 exhaust!

 

very "balanced". much nicer than the TB900's...

[Throttle]

say, is there some meet up tomorrow??

[SubaruSTi]

Originally posted by Throttle@March 22, 2007 10:18 pm

say, is there some meet up tomorrow??

Bro where? when?

[Phang]

Originally posted by streetbiker@March 22, 2007 04:53 pm

sell it to me la..!!

You can have it for free lah, just buy me a cup of coffee. I'll pass it to you during the meet up.

[Phang]

Originally posted by Throttle@March 22, 2007 10:15 pm

i simply love the look of Phang's W400 exhaust!

 

very "balanced". much nicer than the TB900's...

I did some tricks and it doesn't sond like a sewing machine anymore... vroom...vroom..

[RIX]

I totally agree with throttle about em exhaust of yours (think it's also to do with the angular shape for your front headers compared to the more rounded others) - angles define the muscular look while the smooth curves depict a more feminine profile

 

Phang, care to share with us what you did with your exhaust mufflers?

 

Yeah guys, let us know if there's any early meet. Didn't manage to catch you guys the last time round.

[Phang]

I bought this, spent 4 hours grinding and cutting and pulled out the silencers

 

http://i8.ebayimg.com/04/i/08/8f/fe/7a_1.JPG

 

started the engine, the cluck..cluck...cluck...cluck became boom...boom...boom...booom

[736cc]

Place: ????

Date: 31 Mar 07

Time: ???

 

1. Marco-cb400four

2. Phang-w400

3. Vennz-w650

4. Throttle - TB900

5

6

 

Any good place for meet up on this coming 31.

night time??

 

 

marco

[crazyhighway]

Place:????

Date:31 Mar 07

Time:???

 

1. Marco-cb400four

2. Phang-w400

3. Vennz-w650

4. Throttle-TB900

5. Crazyhighway-RD350LC

6.

7.

 

 

Any good place for meet up on this coming 31.

Night time??

 

 

 

Marco

[736cc]

no good place for us to park our bike?

[736cc]

http://www.cmsnl.com/products/piston-0-25-_06132333000p/

 

new piston and piston ring for cb350f but abit ex..

[RIX]

Originally posted by Phang@March 23, 2007 01:04 pm

I bought this, spent 4 hours grinding and cutting and pulled out the silencers

 

http://i8.ebayimg.com/04/i/08/8f/fe/7a_1.JPG

 

started the engine, the cluck..cluck...cluck...cluck became boom...boom...boom...booom

You actually DIY? Can't wait to checkout your new rumble during the meet up!

 

1. Marco-cb400four

2. Phang-w400

3. Vennz-w650

4. Throttle-TB900

5. Crazyhighway-RD350LC

6. RIX - CB175

[RIX]

Marco, Jali passed you the $150 from me yeah?! He was just teasing you about the $130 ya... I'm hoping to have em pipes installed for the coming meet up! Can't wait to hear how it sounds!