[OrthoPT]

D, I'm just warning you....It quickly turns into a whirlwind of anxiety and panic. With near-limitless color choices and endless possibilities in combinations, one can easily lose all rational thought in the decision-making process. You'll lay awake for hours on end in the middle of the night wondering what color you'd like your bike to be next. You'll forget to feed the kids and kiss the wife. Lose clients because you'll threatened them with a higher voltage on that little shock patch thingy, until they tell you what color you should paint your bike. The millions of options become one enormous albatross because you must make a final decision. You can't turn back because you've already taken the bike apart. So you throw caution to the wind and make your final choice, drop the bike off at Brooklyn......

AND WAIT.

and wait.

and wait.

And wonder if you've made the right color choice.

Wait more.

Wonder more.

Waiting and wondering.

And even if it's a fluke chance that your bike came in at the perfect time and you have it back in a miracle week or two, it still seems like forever. And you still torture yourself wondering during the wait.

Of course once you get the call that the beast is ready for pick up you drop everything to fetch it. It's beautiful. The most beautiful thing you've ever seen. You carefully wrap it up, take it home....set it out for the rebuild....and....you stop with a halt! Put your old worn parts on your fabulous freshly painted frame? That is when the component quandary begins and the kids are back to making themselves CheezWhiz and crackers for dinner.

Umm... yeah. Well, maybe geen is the best color for the TMX after all.

 

[tmx]

Hehe. Yeah. But then I remembered how long you've had the frame and thought maybe having it checked out at the shop while it's stripped ain't a bad idea either. D'oh!

Either way, you're right. Green is the best color for your TMX.

 

[OrthoPT]

Has it really been that long?

Thanks for talking me out of the paint job thing. The thermoflage did look pretty tasty though...

 

[tmx]

Has it really been that long? ...

Dunno...what year did you get it? It's at least 4, no? If yes, then we'll call it 3 becase you were MIA at the mtn last year.

 

[OrthoPT]

Yeah, sounds about right. I kinda had my hands full last year after April 26th...

I'm in the process of building some new wheels for it right now. Actually, they're round and true, but I need to check their spokes' tension before i throw some tires on 'em. I can't wait to ride them.

 

[Eddie_Lad]

just rattled another can of halfords own near my frame, brooklands green!
was sorta aiming for a british racing green look, its not as dark as i really wanted it this brooklands colour.....

i have a plan which involves just layering my frame with ****eloads of layers, and then do something that looks so dodgy its brilliant, take a blade to it and sorta cut into the layers (not the metal). looks like a gobstopper but all over your frame. guarenteed to never get your bike stolen!!

edd

 

[Shortbus]

OMG. It's 2am. I just came back from a rave, but couldnt make it home so i stopped at work to pee. I'm so trashed. So seriously drunk. I've never been drunk at work. This RULES. I wish my park and ma limey mini were here. I'd hug em. I'll go home and hug em!!! YAY! :heart: :heart: I'm so drunk. I LOVE you guys.

 

[tmx]

LMAO!

Ultimately, I'm probably relieved you didn't have your bikes with you at that moment. Not happy that you likely had the Pizzorsche, or any motorized vehicle for that matter. Though it's amusing to think of the seriously salacius shots we'd be seeing of those bikes if you had the camera too.

OrthoD, babies schmabies. :heart: :heart:

Can't wait to see Edd's new paint job.

OMG! And I wonder how practice is going in Anaheim. I hope this season has the most series lead changes in the history of supercross and that by some miracle or proper planet alignment, KW is in that mix. Imagine if it was a tight series the whole way through and Dub ended up with the title??! What a hootinany that'd be.

Feeling the love Shorty. How was the hang over?

 

[Shortbus]

oh geez. Everyone please ignore my drunken post

 

[DHS]

oh geez. Everyone please ignore my drunken post

HA
you're funny

lets Sticky this thread just cause of that....

 

[Shortbus]

Hey I'd do much more embarrassing things than that to get this post sticki'ed

 

[DHS]

hm, the great invention of the search feature!

 

[macmx]

Do you go to all the SX/MX races around the country? The world?

You guys need to come to Europe and see some REAL motocross....

 

[Shortbus]

You guys need to come to Europe and see some REAL motocross....

Or even better some super motard. I LOVE supermotard. :heart:

 

[macmx]

Haha. yeah. You're crazy.

And what's up with the Supermoto hype in the US? I mean it's cool, but it's not THAT cool.

They stole Mike Metzger from freestyle! Damn you TT racing!! which is it anyway TT or Supermoto?

Weird stuff.

 

[Shortbus]

gold rims, slicks, huge rotors, lots of torque and big travel. mmmmm. travel

 

[macmx]

Slicks.. Pfff...

Sad how European motor-engineering is so superior to the US. Your car concepts are pretty bad.

Muhahahahahahahaha!!!!

 

[tmx]

paging xy9ine. paging xy-9ine. please go to the nearest white courtesy phone. xy9ine, please go to the nearest white courtesy phone.


or um....check yo pm's mah brothah.

 

[Shortbus]

paging xy9ine. paging xy-9ine. please go to the nearest white courtesy phone. xy9ine, please go to the nearest white courtesy phone.


or um....check yo pm's mah brothah.

oh man, you're in SO much trouble.

:dancing:

 

[tmx]

oh man, you're in SO much trouble.

:dancing:

LMAO!!




that'll keep me giggling throughout the day. thanks shorty.

 

[seismic]

DOnt you guys have anything interesting BMW stuff to talk about ???

 

[xy9ine]

ummm... i drilled holes in my jackshaft cog! how fun is that? (snow on trails lead to idle hands). speaking of which, are the new left hand cogs narrower (than 1/8")? i've seen a couple rl's with narrow chains, but wasnt sure if this was a custom setup.

 

[Jimmy_Pop]

ummm... i drilled holes in my jackshaft cog! how fun is that? (snow on trails lead to idle hands). speaking of which, are the new left hand cogs narrower (than 1/8")? i've seen a couple rl's with narrow chains, but wasnt sure if this was a custom setup.

i did not notice any difference between the RL and TMX JS chainwheels. im using a 1/2 bmx chain BTW.

COOL work btw. i like that cool of the holes.

 

[tmx]

i c u

 

[xy9ine]

*looks nervously over shoulder*

hey - the mailman cometh! happy xmas to me! you rock, t!

 

[tmx]

i c u in the reflection of the bike.

who would have thunk our equally feable postal services could outshine fedex?

 

[xy9ine]

i'm not as blurry in real life. go usps!

 

[tmx]

DOnt you guys have anything interesting BMW stuff to talk about ???

This might generate a lil' something for ya' seismic. Was out visiting the shop the other day and saw this rather unsual set-up.

 

[tmx]

ummm... i drilled holes in my jackshaft cog! how fun is that? (snow on trails lead to idle hands). speaking of which, are the new left hand cogs narrower (than 1/8")? i've seen a couple rl's with narrow chains, but wasnt sure if this was a custom setup.

found out this is true, and it's been this way for many years. though i'm guessing it was after your's. which would explain why joel hadn't noticed a diff, his bike musta come later.

got a little more info on it which i'll share since seismic is .. um .. requesting more bklyn-related talk. they said the cogs you have are .125" thick, requiring a bmx chain. newer cogs are thinner (sorry don't remember the measurement) and they still sell them with a bmx chain, but an 8 speed chain could work with a really tight fit. i think they said it wouldn't work for a 9 speed.

(how am i doing seismic?)

 

[tmx]

btw, working in an office doing accounting on a saturday after a full five days, for the umpteeth saturday in a row with loads of sundays in there too is not my idea of fun. my employer is extremely fortunate it's winter and the lifts are closed to bikes. and i should add that i do not get overtime. rassinfrassin sonofa management salary booooool sheeeet. i don't even manage anyone. i'm the only person in the department.

please, don't anyone go see the movie ong bak because even though it's coming out in february, my job is to collect the dough from the theatres and that usually happens about 3 months after the films release. which would mean being overloaded with work during the prime riding season. it's a great flick if you like martial arts movies, but it'll come out on dvd eventually and i have nothing to do with that side of the biz. your cooperation in the matter is greatly appreciated.

back to the grind.

 

[seismic]

This might generate a lil' something for ya' seismic. Was out visiting the shop the other day and saw this rather unsual set-up.

Thanks a lot !!!! And cool bike indeed !!!

 

[Sverre]

ummm... i drilled holes in my jackshaft cog! how fun is that? (snow on trails lead to idle hands). speaking of which, are the new left hand cogs narrower (than 1/8")? i've seen a couple rl's with narrow chains, but wasnt sure if this was a custom setup.

Nice job on the cog. I not trying to copy or anything, but I was thinking of doing that to my cog aswell. It came up when I went through the "how-to-make-this-frame-lighter-list". (Pluss it looks good too).
I'm also thinking of swapping the sloppy 1/8" leftside-chain, for a nice DA 8s chain. But it takes a narrow cranksprocket to do it. Anybody got some tips on narrow 28T sprockets??


Sverre

 

[xy9ine]

I'm also thinking of swapping the sloppy 1/8" leftside-chain, for a nice DA 8s chain. But it takes a narrow cranksprocket to do it. Anybody got some tips on narrow 28T sprockets??
Sverre

the profile imperial sprocket can run a 3/32" chain - most bmx racers use this narrower / lighter chain, so there's most likely a few other sprocket options as well - it doesnt get much lighter (or tricker looking) than the imperial, though.


any other interesting weight-saving tricks you employing on your ride (tmx or rl?)? i'm on the verge of cracking & ordering a ti avy spring...

 

[xy9ine]

please, don't anyone go see the movie ong bak

as luck would have it, that very dvd mysteriously appeared on my doorstep just the other day!

 

[Sverre]

the profile imperial sprocket can run a 3/32" chain - most bmx racers use this narrower / lighter chain, so there's most likely a few other sprocket options as well - it doesnt get much lighter (or tricker looking) than the imperial, though.


any other interesting weight-saving tricks you employing on your ride (tmx or rl?)? i'm on the verge of cracking & ordering a ti avy spring...

Tnx xy9ine. Than I have to get the Imperial ring. Hmmm.. I know there's an Ti Imperial too I got a 05 RL.
I didn't gome up with any revolutionary ideas to save weight. I'm going for a Ti bb, and a Ti spring, (gotta ride the bike for a while first, to find the right stiffness on the spring). I was also going to get a Ti brake-rod, but I'm not sure after all the talk about failing rods..

S

 

[macmx]

That RL is Doc's with another fork on isn't it?
Would love to try that thing....

 

[tmx]

ummm... i drilled holes in my jackshaft cog! how fun is that? (snow on trails lead to idle hands). speaking of which, are the new left hand cogs narrower (than 1/8")? i've seen a couple rl's with narrow chains, but wasnt sure if this was a custom setup.

love that extremely well used cog. the teeth on that little guy look deadly. skewer some crickets during the descent, pluck 'em off after every run then roast 'em up at the end of the day.

yes mac, it is.

 

[macmx]

Okay my Mini is up for sale if anyone is interested. Drop me a mail.

 

[Sverre]

Okay my Mini is up for sale if anyone is interested. Drop me a mail.

What-what-whaaat !!

What's up, going bigger?


S

 

[macmx]

You I'm probably going for something bigger this spring. It's to wet and cold to ride here right now, so might as well get the Mini sold instead of it collecting dust in the garage.