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Offline Rota Ash

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products that you have liked/ disliked
« on: May 04, 2010, 03:14:51 AM »
post up good or bad experiences with product that you have used, for eg. did u buy an expensive good brand of boots that are falling apart or vice versa? post up your experiences, what would or wouldn't you buy again??

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« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2010, 04:08:30 AM »
Uni-Filter... which require an in depth explanation.

I like to do my best for the environment and was looking for an alternative way to clean filters. In the past I had used a bit of gasoline to remove the grease and oil from the filter. Then you had to find a way to dispose of the used gas.... and then my wife would hate the way the entire house smelled of gas...

So I bought the No Toil for my restoration Yamaha YZ125 (www.projectyz.jfn3.com) Of course the only filters still made for the bike (new anyway) were the Uni-filters. I went riding and it was now time to clean the air filter...

So I mixed up some No Toil cleaner and washed my filter. It worked great! Removed all the grease and oil from the filter easily with no stink! Yeah!!!  ;D ;D

But then I started to notice that the filter was coming apart at the seams. At first I thought that it had been caused by an old stock Uni-Filter. This was not the case, it turns out that the No Toil ate the glue on the Uni-Filter!

I called up Uni-Filter and the folks there were so nice to me. They said that No Toil does not work well with their filters and told me they would send me a new filter!! How cool is that?

A few days later I got a box via UPS from Uni-Filter that contained not one, but two new filters for my machine and a Uni Cleaning/Oil kit!! Those guys were heroes in my mind!!

The No Toil will work great on their filters... so don't think this is a bad review of their product... the one caveat about No Yoil is to use their filters with their cleaning products...
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« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2010, 04:20:21 AM »
You beat me to it John, I had the same problem with No-Toil, but I was using it on three different filters, one genuine Honda, one genuine Yamaha, one a uni filter, all disintergrated in approx the same time. :(
One the good side Motorex spray on air filter oil...love it. :D
« Last Edit: May 04, 2010, 04:22:29 AM by evo550 »

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« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2010, 05:25:27 AM »
use turps to clean the filter ;)

Hate NGK plugs love DENSO

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« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2010, 06:04:15 AM »
can't remember what series they where but I had a pair of thor gloves that didn't last me two rides before they started to fall apart at the finger tips.

Also some new thor paranormal pants are so hard to get off . The cuffs have a death grip on your ankles  and refuse to be taken off
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« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2010, 06:37:12 AM »
it may have been just my luck

but i got a fly racing chest protector  and the plastic cracked at the top.

then they sent a replacment
now the now the click system on the strap did fall off

looking for a better chest protector
or maybe make my own straps

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« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2010, 08:21:55 AM »
Sunline Vince V3 clutch and brake levers-
Almost indestructible, and very smooth action. I have crashed countless times with these levers, they just pop out of position, and then right back in.


Supersprox Tri-Metal rear sprocket-
Starting season 3 on this sprocket, along with an OEM front sprocket and a run of the mill 0-ring chain... no visual wear at all. This sprocket seems like it might last forever.

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« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2010, 08:45:59 AM »
Hate bosch plugs love NGK
"Everthing's the same just slightly different"

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« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2010, 11:37:01 AM »
-Shift over the boots freestyle pant.. Just had no feebacks at all from the bike..Can't feel anything. Feels like a double layer condom.
-Klotz racing fuel.. My N-style graphics on my gas tank was turning the same colors..brown and it smell frigging awful compared to VP!!!
- No-Toil with condom gloves=perfect match with a shitload of uni-filters so they don't go bad as fast.
- ASV clutch lever. It saved me a lot of time and money!
- Pro-Taper top of the line handlebar.. I bended every others brands and kind lol.
- Sidewinder sprockets and chains, best drive chain in the business.
- Renthal aluminium sprockets.. I ate them like crazy, this is butter with a sticker on it. Useless.
- V-force reed valve= yummy.Plug and play!Mototassinari rulez!
- RG3 triple clamps and Pro Action suspension..=mandatory if you are racing and take it seriously. It makes the bike feels completely different in a good way!
-Pro circuit engine mods=it makes me smile and give me the worst arm pumps ever!Only downside= vp racing fuel...it get expensive..
- My girlfriend naked with my AS or Fox racing boot socks. priceless! :o

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« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2010, 11:38:48 AM »
If your afraid of falling off you should'nt be riding
Hate bosch plugs love NGK Iridium
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« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2010, 12:41:59 PM »
Hate-Shift Assault pants!! Bought a new pair, tore the arse out in one ride!! And i didnt have to crash to do it!!!
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« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2010, 02:22:56 PM »
bought some cheapy X Brand goggle's have only had them for about 4 months but so far they are the best goggle's i have owned, better than my scott's and oakley o frame's

shift assult gloves are starting to come apart after a few months

cheapy otomoto boots , lost the top clip from ripping it off against my ute jumping down but beside that they have been good, mate has a set for almost 2 years now but still going strong, ohh and they where dirt cheap  :)

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« Reply #12 on: May 04, 2010, 02:34:08 PM »
Kenda K771 Rear.       Works well in all conditions and lasts a lot longer then the S12's I were using.
Progrip 788 grips.       Had them on my last 2 bikes and they seam to wear well.
TwinAir Filters.          Filter well and seams to breath better at high revs.
EVS Wrister gloves.   Great if you get arm pump.Since i have been using them i can ride harder for longer.Best bit of kit i wear.
M2R pants.              Had them for 3 years and still holding up well.Only 1 rip caused by sliding down a shingle track at 40mph.
If you don't fall off you are not going hard enough

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« Reply #13 on: May 04, 2010, 07:11:09 PM »
Never buy Dr. Scholl's sneakers.  They're friggin' terrible.  I once bought a pair, and they almost immediately had a hole in them and generally wore out, so I bought another, which wore out even faster.  Then I bought a Nike pair (Oregon, represent!) and they're in day-one condition two years down the road.  One time, (and only one time) I tried starting my Husky with the Dr. Scholl's, which caused useless hard plastic bit on the sole to slip off the starter, which attacked my calf like a redneck to a beer can.  I swore to never even approach a bike without wearing boots.  Then, another time, we unloaded the bikes and immediately took off, so I forgot I was riding with the Nikes.  Two hours later, I realized that shifting was way easier than usual, and that's when I realized I wasn't wearing my boots.  Was it safe?  Oh, no.  But that's only because it would be bad in a crash, in terms of being able to stay on and control the bike, I believe the Nikes were slightly superior.  The Scholl's would've been suicide.

That's as close as I can get on this one, I don't go through many "products."


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« Reply #14 on: May 04, 2010, 10:17:30 PM »
Never buy Dr. Scholl's sneakers.  They're friggin' terrible.  I once bought a pair, and they almost immediately had a hole in them and generally wore out, so I bought another, which wore out even faster.  Then I bought a Nike pair (Oregon, represent!) and they're in day-one condition two years down the road.  One time, (and only one time) I tried starting my Husky with the Dr. Scholl's, which caused useless hard plastic bit on the sole to slip off the starter, which attacked my calf like a redneck to a beer can.  I swore to never even approach a bike without wearing boots.  Then, another time, we unloaded the bikes and immediately took off, so I forgot I was riding with the Nikes.  Two hours later, I realized that shifting was way easier than usual, and that's when I realized I wasn't wearing my boots.  Was it safe?  Oh, no.  But that's only because it would be bad in a crash, in terms of being able to stay on and control the bike, I believe the Nikes were slightly superior.  The Scholl's would've been suicide.

That's as close as I can get on this one, I don't go through many "products."

Dr. scholl sneakers? lol Jetz ..are you for real?? you don't wear boots to ride? you are crazy man  :o
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