Bikedud

After a month of trawling through Ebay and Facebook Market place, I come across a 2005 SV650s on gumtree for £1500 with 30kmiles, 1 previous owner, full service history.

I honestly thought my search would lead deep into winter, but nope, found her Tuesday, saw her Wednesday & picked her up Thursday.

I'm SE London and she was in Wembley (NW). It rained all the way from me going to pick her up, to riding her home. My current Phone holder didn't fit so I had to rely on road signs (a strange notion for a millennial ) . I also didn't realise the S version is the leaned riding position until I was riding her away, so that took 20 minutes to get used to. My tight-ish textile trousers gave way in the middle when I climbed on and hugged the tank with my legs.

I'm no expert, so I will just change the oil for today, and book her in for a full service sometime soon.

Really happy with the purchase. I was Initially going to go for an MT-07, as that's what I learned on, but that's out of my budget at the moment.

Anyway, off I go to change the oil and off for a ride. The roads are still wet, but compared to yesterday's journey, today might as well be summer.

Enjoy it great purchase

Name and shame the dealer!!!

Congrats

Good luck with mod 2

Second reason make others aware of this before buying !there are plenty of you tubers who will put a review and rave about it but when things go wrong they don’t have the balls to tell us about it ,and we all know why!

 

Like when TMF let slip in a live stream that if the review is going to be negative he asks the manufacturers if they still want it put up. I'd guess that's probably pretty common too, seems to completely defeat the point of reviewing things though! I suppose getting free stuff is more important than integrity and actually providing people with an unbiased review.

Precisely !!! I did put a question to him few days ago ,why won’t he blog about that product now when in the past he was raving about it ?

NO Reply .

If you’re not going to use it what did you make such a fuss for?

Principle Tony main reason!

Second reason make others aware of this before buying !there are plenty of you tubers who will put a review and rave about it but when things go wrong they don’t have the balls to tell us about it ,and we all know why!

I will use it if it doesn’t ruin I phone camera as mine and my son already been fixed by Apple .The only way to find out is ask forum members as you will get an honest answer.unlike answers from manufacturers!!

Morning all !

Received vibration dampeners for quadlock yesterday .So question is: any of you using it?and is the I phone ok with the dampeners now ? Or she’ll I just bin this mount ?

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Wish you full and quick recovery !

Always half an hour before I get back home .

A lot of scammers on e bay be vigilant

Nobody does "heritage" like triumph.

Gorgeous machine enjoy

You can insist on returning the product as not fit for purpose for a refund. Otherwise I think the ball is in your court slightly on this one.

You haven't suffered any loss on the phone as Apple have repaired under warranty.

Full disclosure, I paid for the vibration dampener out of my own pocket, but then I guess I drank the kool aid on this product as I'm quite smitten with it.

Latest :This morning I have insisted of returning the products(mine and my son) as not fit for purpose for a full refund.

And ho presto been offered two dampeners free of charge which I have accepted.WTF

£16 not going to break the bank not £50 but that’s not the point .

If an item on your motorcycle gone and the bike still under warranty regardless how much it costs the garage will fix it and not ask you to pay for it.

I have bought mine in May 2020 quadlock were aware of this problem few good months before that ,and yet kept selling this item .

Now that’s wrong that’s and pure ripp off !

Now quadlock can’t afford to put it right then shouldn’t bring such item on the market in the first place .

Hi all

I am not sure if this subject been covered here but thought to make bikers aware.

This is not just my experience but a lot out there who had the same problem and stoped using this product.

Basically this mount transferred the vibration off the handle bars and that can ruin your phone .

I have used it with my I phone 11 and it’s seems to damage the camera on the phone . Something to do with image stabiliser.

Luckily phone is still under warranty and thanks to apple sorted it out .

At the time quadlock knew about it but kept selling this product.

After lots of complaints from bikers Now they are aware of this and they came up with a “fix”vibration damper which is an extra item for you to purchase .

Today I have e mailed quad lock and happy to share the shocking solution they offered me .

Basically they are aware of it now and advise me not use the mount without the new vibration damper which they will happy to SELL me at a discount price can you believe that ??

Here is copy of e mails :

Damage to my I phone 11 due to vibrations.

I am sure you are already aware off this issue.

Would like to return for a full refund as I cannot use this mount !!!!

Regards

Quadlock reply

Thanks for getting in touch with us.

We're sorry to hear about the damage to your phone, whilst damage to smartphones from mounting them on motorbikes is not a common problem, we have had a small number of customers report issues with the vibrations from their engine affecting their camera's stabilization.

Whilst this problem is not unique to Quad Lock and is affecting other mounting systems also, we are taking this issue very seriously.

After extensive research and testing, we have developed our Vibration Dampener which can be attached to any existing Quad Lock motorcycle mount. This significantly reduces the high-frequency vibrations from some bikes that affect the image stabilization mechanisms in cameras.

If your phone is under warranty the manufacturer may be able to repair the camera module under warranty. If you do get the camera repaired, we do not recommend mounting the phone on your motorbike without our dampening solution affixed as the same issue will likely occur.

To help with this, I’ve arranged a 1-off code for a 30% discount from the Vibration Dampener. This discount code cannot be used in conjunction with any other discounts.

My reply

Hi Gabriel

Thank you for the reply

I am quite shocked that you expect me to pay extra for the vibration Damper !!

This problem is not few as you mentioned so please don’t take me as a fool!

At the the time we have purchased 2 units one for myself and my son .

I don’t mind to try to solve the issue with the dampers but it’s absolutely disgusting that you expect us to pay more money to solve a problem with your product!!

Please let me know if you accept a return for full refund or not .

Regards

So far of course no reply

Now price of this quadlock mount and case is £62.90 for the I phone 11 plus you now will need to purchase the vibration dumper at £15.95 They do offer 10% discount code when yiu go on the website so total will be around £71

Please spend your money on something else !

More pics ,dog not included

Hi all

Kawasaki KZ250 LTD 1980

I Have got this lovely Kawasaki for sale which I have resurrected. Rides superb start first time .

Uk Reg ,MOT June 2021 from April 2021 this bike will be exempt from Tax and MOT.

2500 miles on clock although I keep riding it so will be bit more then that.

£1800

New Mobatt battery

New front break and tachometer cables (Kawasaki)

New starting switch (Kawasaki)

New air filter ((Kawasaki)

Breaks cleaned and checked they are like new

Clutch like new

New plug

New oil and oil filter

New front tyre (Michelin)

Carburettor cleaned and works superbly.

ACF 50 treatment

2 keys

Everything works!

MOT UNTIL 15/06/2021

The bike is running superb and starts first time with no fail.

Watch reviews on you tube as many as you can .Then have a good test ride not only few hours try a whole day or weekend .

Don’t let China put you off as today nearly everything is made in China .

Yea absolutely right every year completely different and thats a good idea to shop around every renewal.

Last year bike sure were the best this year not that competitive,Bennetts most expensive ,comparison sites out of touch. so far best deal from

Bemoto.uk

Cheers

Hi all

Any recommendations for obtaining insurance quotes? Looking to get at least three .

Tried to get a quote from Bennett, nightmare ! Gave up .

At the moment with bikesure .

Cheers

Thanks guys !

geofferz give me a shout when you a bit nearer

Just to say hello to you all.

On my second year of motor biking caught the bug after a full restoration of a lambretta which used as part ex very quickly to F750 GS .Most of my riding on my own ,but will be nice to find a buddy to ride with sometime .