Done Riding for the Season

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Busted bike, cold weather, done riding. I'll be back on the bike in the spring but till then I'll have to find something to keep this video hobby going.

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Oct 26, 07 By: Thundercat98

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Posted Nov 3, 07 by ICEMANandSTACIESUNIVERSE
28,000 miles and 9 years, she did ya right though!...look at it this way, your pain is lesssened witht he fact that the riding season should be about over there anyhow, so get the new rear end and youll be all set to come up to Binghampton to see me more...

Posted Nov 3, 07 by Thundercat98
Yes sounds like a plan!

Posted Oct 30, 07 by Delboy73
Don't be defeatist! Get out on your bicycle and give us a laugh! :o)

Posted Oct 30, 07 by Thundercat98
You know I bought a nice Specialized MTB about 3 years ago to try and get fit again. I rode regularly for 3 months the summer that I got it and now it has been hanging in my garage without the tires touching pavement the whole time. I should dust it more...

Posted Oct 28, 07 by Chouse
Nooo, that sucks. Your bike vids will be missed :-(

Posted Oct 28, 07 by Thundercat98
Well I have the rear of the Cat on jack stands right now and I have received the lightly used shocks. I have to find time during the week this week to make it over to the racing shop where they are going to look into rebuilding my shock with custom more...

Posted Oct 27, 07 by Swipe
Dammit, what a bummer. Like you say, it probably has happened at the best time possible. Should be right as rain if you get one of those shocks rebuilt and not too pricey.

I think I'm also done for the season too. I have a couple more vids to upload more...

Posted Oct 27, 07 by Thundercat98
I've got one commuting in the car that I think I can make something interesting with. Like you said we can all keep it going through the down season just need to get a bit creative.

Posted Oct 27, 07 by zone07
My only concern is that you are saying that you're done for the season!!! WTF bro!!!! Anyway chief, good luck with the bike man. Till the spring. I'll be riding all year round as long as it is 35F or higher and no ice or snow. i guess I'm done too then! more...

Posted Oct 27, 07 by Thundercat98
Well I don't think I will have the bike back in running condition for at least 3 weeks and by then it's going to be pretty cold. I may take it out on weekends if it is above 50 F but I am not going to be commuting with it for now. I just gets too dark more...

Posted Oct 27, 07 by darkstarae
Had the same thing happen on my thundercat few months back, phoned up yamaha and they wanted 400 ($800?) for the shock without fitting so I went to a breakers and they gave me one for 20, fitted myself that afternoon, still going good. Dont think my more...

Posted Oct 27, 07 by darkstarae
By options you mean more custom parts? They're dying out a bit now tho since they stopped making thundercats in 2003 here. Not sure whats wrong with the gearbox, never slips out of gears jus so difficult to change gear, it jus crunches and grinds. Shift more...

Posted Oct 27, 07 by Thundercat98
The OEM shock is not worth that kind of money that is why I am going the custom route. Unfortunately in the US we don't have as much options for the Thundercat as you do in the UK and if I had something shipped over from there it would cost double or more...

Posted Oct 27, 07 by cadd918
Does the R6 suspension fit on YZFs? If they do, I'm sure lots of YZF folks upgraded to R6 suspension. Maybe you can get their lightly used OEM suspension.

You should check out the classified section of the Yamaha forums.

Good luck. I really enjoy your more...

Posted Oct 27, 07 by cadd918
LOL Fud. I didn't mean you were fake. hahahahaha. It's just when I watch Thunder's videos, I'm able to feel like I'm riding because he travels on the same roads that I do.

Posted Oct 27, 07 by Fudmottin
I've never felt fake.

Posted Oct 27, 07 by Thundercat98
Hey I appreciate that you like my vids and I am sorry to have to let you down but I'm not going anywhere and will continue to post vids as soon as I can. Unfortunately the R6 shock is not interchangeable. Too bad since there is a ton of stuff out there more...

Posted Oct 27, 07 by Fudmottin
I think cold weather is easier to overcome than the rear shock. I can understand the money issue. I've spent enough on booze this past year that I could have bought a good Ohlins rear shock for my bike. I don't have any advice to offer because I don't more...

Posted Oct 27, 07 by Thundercat98
Well I quit my monthly ritual of replenishing my Lagavulin stock about 6 months ago so that savings should go toward the shock. If I had quit a year ago then the Ohlins would be sittin on the backside of the Cat right now. I will either have the shock more...

Posted Oct 26, 07 by z33Tec
Hopefully the custom route won't cost you too much. Probably the best way to go. Sorry to see your riding season get cut short.

Posted Oct 27, 07 by Thundercat98
I'm guessing it will cost about what a new OEM shock would cost ($450 - $600) vs. $1000 for a completely new aftermarket shock (Ohlins/ Hypertech)

Posted Oct 26, 07 by stromrider
Good to see you didn't get hurt when it blew, could have been bad in the "right" situation. I'm not sure myself what to do for winter. Right now I don't have much "extra" on bike footage. Will have to come up with something motorcycle related. I was more...

Posted Oct 27, 07 by Thundercat98
That would probably be a good idea. Just to keep things going. I was thinking maybe a how to series of maintanence while the bike is on the stand.

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