Pivot Pegz Group Buy $180!

[Anonymous]

Steady on ‘chunk’ :laugh:

[Scott BattyeMember]

Just what I like to see, some good old fashioned school yard name calling.

I’m good at this game, becuase I love being a cranky old fat arsehole.

Stop picking on my new cuystomers
Hey TB, pull your head in!

Shit yeah, forgot, you can’t pull it in any further:laugh:

97 kilos is a good weight Moto, that is if you are 6 foot 3, but if you are like Old Mate No Neck, it’s just plain FAT

[Eric SmithMember]

I’m not fat, I’m just short for my weight! 😆

[Anonymous]

Nah, I was 6’0 the last time I checked so could do with losing a few Kg’s

TB loves me really, he’s just afraid to show it :p

ECKS is on the money :laugh:

[GregMember]

I have been communicating with Allen from Pivot Pegz this morning regarding some up and coming things we are going to do here at OBT and he said the OBT order through Battye’s was placed yesterday and shipped yesterday as well.

Good job Pivot Pegz !!

Mick you may have yours for the weekend, what day does the Cob & Co ride into town this week?

TB

[Eric SmithMember]

Trailboss wrote:

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I have been communicating with Allen from Pivot Pegz this morning regarding some up and coming things we are going to do here at OBT and he said the OBT order through Battye’s was placed yesterday and shipped yesterday as well.

Good job Pivot Pegz !!

Mick you may have yours for the weekend, what day does the Cob & Co ride into town this week?

TB

Man I hope I get mine for this weekend! Got a nice little secret ride planned with a couple of mates… You’ll see the ride report, rest assured!

[Nick AgainMember]

Trailboss wrote:

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I know about the grip, wear thing, remember I ride a 650 with bucket loads of torque

Ok….what sort of tyre is it? I’m getting tired of trying tyres out just to see $140.00 greasing off down the road..I’m trying out the MOTOZ 140/18..tractionator..it seems to be holding its own on the black top…on the tracks..wow does it hook up!! Climbing hills has become scary, it hooks up that well.( close to flip time at the crest) I know its cruel to others who ride behind me too, so it sorta makes me more gentle for their safety sake. ( haven’t put a MOTOZ obn the front end..yet..i have a DUN.952 at present) How many k’s do you reckon the pirelli is good for TB?

[Anonymous]

TB has done 1500K’s on it and still reckon’s it’s good. He gives em’ some grief too.

He highly recommends them after Scott at Battye’s put him onto them. With such high accolades how could I ignore the chance to test one. I’ll let you all know what I think when I get the chance to test it.

[Scott BattyeMember]

Hey Husky

Have you ridden in the mud with the Motoz yet?

We used to stock them until one of my sponsored riders highsided tapped in 3rd gear, it was muddy, he was going in a straight line. He was a bit fucked up from the crash
Then a friend of TB’s,’the no neck fat head’. bought 6 rears & 3 fronts, him & his mates did a weekend ride, the trails were a bit muddy & greasy, they cut the weekend short, because they couldn’t climb any hills. I spoke to Motoz about this & was told that pure rubber will not work in wet conditions.

[Eric SmithMember]

That’s ridiculous! What’s the point of a tyre that can’t get wet?? (Not that we get a lot of that around here I must admit!)

I’m interested in the Pirelli’s as well. My pick of tyres to date is a Maxxis intermediate rear. At the moment I’m on a Dunlop intermediate – we’ll see how it goes, but it looks like wear is going to be an issue.

[Scott BattyeMember]

Ecks

I used to be the largest stockist of Maxxis in NSW. We carried over 250 tyres in stock, had 7 sponsored riders, 3 were on a free tyre deal. It just goes to show that Distributers are dickheads. Our Rep left, the new rep started, he didn’t like the discount structure, so he changed it. Maxxis are awesome tyres, I love them, ask TB, the SI’s are by far their best, it’s better than the IT you have been using. Unfortunately they have very poor stock levels in Oz & they only receives 3 stock orders a year. As I said the distributors are dickheads. The new Pirelli MX eXTra as it is named is a High Durability tyre, especially designed to suit the Australian conditions, not like those shitty Euro tyres that are fitted standard to your KTM when you pick it up.
Give the MX eXTra a go, you won’t be dissapointed.

On another note.
I have just unpacked the Pivot Pegz, they are all ready to be posted.
Can you all please let me know when they have arrived.

Thank you
The Fat Angry Bat

[Eric SmithMember]

Bugger eh? I really liked that Maxxis, it held on and didn’t wear much. They would be able to sell thousands of them if they got their shit together!

I’ll check out the Pirelli once the current rear bites the dust!

Oh, and what is it with OEM tyres? The ones on the DRZ were shit! I’d heard bad things about the Yamaha ones too so I pissed them off before I even rode the bike!

[Scott BattyeMember]

They tend to fit whatever they can get at a price.
I’ve never seen a bike with a good set of tyres OEM.
I just purchased an M109R road bike. The oem Dunlos are old outdated pieces of crap. I fitted a set of Metzeler ME880’s. It changed the handling charactristics of the bike immediately
The european bikes have soft Mud/Smad tyres fitted, because thats all there is in Europe. They are not going to fit tyres that suit Oz conditions. The Japanese brands, Well Dunlop & Bridgestones are japanese & they give them great bulk buy deals on tyres that will wear out relatively fast, becuase that means repeat sales. You have to remember there is no such thing as bargaining in some countries, so you don’t shop around, you return to your selling dealer always. When I work for Kawasaki Australia, the Japs could not understand why australians would shop around for the best bike deal, as far as they are concerned all the shops should be selling the bikes at the RRP & you should be loyal & shop locally.

[Eric SmithMember]

Mmmmm, the Japanese way of business, yes. I hadn’t thought of the repeat business thing. Bet they got a shock that not only are Aussies getting the bikes are the cheapest price, they are buying their tyres at *gasp* tyre dealers instead of the local bike shop!

I tried to be loyal to one dealer around here… took him 3 weeks to decide that he couldn’t get me a seat cover for the DRZ(!). I got the shits, took the seat to the upholsterer around the corner and it was done by the next afternoon. Loyalty gone.

Actually, it should also be said that I have changed where I shop to another centre and get bike stuff there instead – so I guess really it is loyalty shifted!

[Scott BattyeMember]

I agree, in this day & age we can shop anywhere we like, it is up to the dealers or shops to provide the proper service, because if they don’t there are business people out there that will do the work to please their clientele
Partly the reason why Louise & I opened our store. We were sick to death of working in K-mart dealerships where the customers are treated like dollars bills & not like people.
A classic one for you. Louise worked in Finance & Insurance in one of Sydneys biggest bike shops. (She is an Electronics Tech by trade, but has been a bike nut all her life) Louise decided she wanted to work in an industry that she was passionate about.
So she got a job in a bike shop, she thought it was great, being around bike riders everyday, talking to people that are just as passionate as her, until the GM dragged her over the coals for spending to much time signing people up for finance and or insurance. You see she was in the business of selling money, not the bike industry, that she loved. Mind you they didn’t see that her little bit of extra time she spent with people was sealing the deal. People were comfortable buying from her, because they could see she cared. Needless to say that cock head GM is now the GM of a toyota dealership, where he belongs, in the need industry, not the want industry.

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