[Quin_Daddy]

RIP

[TERRA Operative]

Having to sort through the massive picture sigs to find the one word posts, I'm not surprised..........

[Harte]

well i'm not dead.
I'm still riding my across and loving it.

we need to get a headcount cos many people only post here when their bike has a problem. maybe all the acrosses are in a smooth running patch

[J.B]

Harte, on Sep 11 2007, 08:56 AM, said:

... maybe all the acrosses are in a smooth running patch

That's a little optimistic isn't it?

I'm still here, still got the across even, tho it's not getting the lovin' it deserves.

[gsxman]

ive never had an across and not planning to but im still here lol.
i have the across's very big brother thoe...

[IllusiveDreams]

The old generation, did staff, Travel ride,

The new generation does f##k all apart from asking for advice if that,


As people grow up and move on the younger guys should have taken over.


Lastly the managment have done nothing to avoid this by brodering the forum to Bandits and other Suzukis.

Any how that is my 2 cents

[Greg]

IllusiveDreams, on Sep 12 2007, 01:22 PM, said:

Lastly the managment have done nothing to avoid this by brodering the forum to Bandits and other Suzukis.

Any how that is my 2 cents

And what per chance would the name of these forums be Mr Illusive?

Yes this place has died off, the opportunity was missed long ago because members at the time did not want to seperate from the car guys. No offence to the coroola guys, but motorcycles aint cars. Most riders dissasociate from car forums so new members have been far and few inbetween.

[stick72]

From what I see a lot of the "older" members all have moved on from the Across yet still come on here, sometimes. It seems as thought the bike culture a lot of us knew is now changed dramatically as getting people to ride their bike seems harder to do. A lot of people won't ride in winter either as it's "too cold". Get some wet weather/winter gear and suck it up.

[dvsacross]

I for love this place and have only been here a little while ... you have to rember that alot of infomation is in long forgoten posts and the need to post something new is lost when a quick search finds more than enough infomation ...

Dont kill it off Please ...

[Nate_Dog]

Ok, us newbies suck. I'll grant you, bat at least we all speak and post in english not ENGRISH!!!!!! Anyway, i just passed my Ps today WOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm stocked and ready for rides. Theres a ride day at eastern creek that lussive has been trying to convince us all to go on. Any takers? I'll try and book this weekend. Anyone interested, let me know.

[Harte]

Is that on thursday?
I talked to a bike salesman and was considering testing out a 600 with him that day and he said no, cos he's at a ride day and invited me to stop by and have a look see. Might see if I can take that test ride on Friday (not that I can afford to buy an upgrade just yet, is that a mean thing to do?)

[mustangX913]

IllusiveDreams, on Sep 12 2007, 01:22 PM, said:

The old generation, did staff, Travel ride,

The new generation does f##k all apart from asking for advice if that,

Yep these younguns are damn lazy shytes...........but then most of the old gen weren't much better.
They sat here day after day biatching and whining with very little riding, and as i cruise back through the forums I still see the same names biatching and whining...

This forum died a long time ago.............

[stick72]

How's the shoulder going Musty? Did you get another bike or still taking a break?

[mustangX913]

still got 1 op left on my shoulder to repair the damage the surgeons caused in the first place. After this op I say prolly about 12 months and I'll be back on a bike again

[stick72]

Good to hear. Hope all goes well with your last op.

[Harte]

i'm unrestricted now!

am still up for bike maintainance, BBQs, short rides and happy laps in the industrial areas nearby.

... am planning to hang on to the Across for a while yet.

[burntheroof]

I still own an Across and ride it every so often. Its in the (not so) trusty hands of James after his little doozy but its still on the road.

It seems like mine is the town bike that get ridden every time someone rings me up and says "Dude, I've just stacked my bike, can I borrow your Across?".....I didn't name her Bardot for nothing

Oh, and as for James, I'll leave him to tell the story.

[stick72]

burntheroof, on Sep 26 2007, 11:50 PM, said:

I still own an Across and ride it every so often. Its in the (not so) trusty hands of James after his little doozy but its still on the road.

It seems like mine is the town bike that get ridden every time someone rings me up and says "Dude, I've just stacked my bike, can I borrow your Across?".....I didn't name her Bardot for nothing

Oh, and as for James, I'll leave him to tell the story.

OK James, what's the story? If you're riding burn's across you must be alright.

[burntheroof]

Harte, on Sep 24 2007, 10:41 AM, said:

i'm unrestricted now!

When did they take the plug out of your ass? :LOL j/k

[JamesLaugesen]

stick72, on Sep 27 2007, 10:00 PM, said:

OK James, what's the story? If you're riding burn's across you must be alright.

Well I finally got around to visit back here

Not much of a story. I was just heading home from a late night Maccas Mistake (~1:30am I think), a couple of K's from my house.
Did my usual hoony stint on these roads I know "tool well" (big lesson; don't get complacent!! EVER!!!), pop it up pulling out of maccas, down and brake hard for the right-angle corner at the end, planning to slide the back out a bit, then I see a glass bottle a few CM from my front wheel.
I hit the bottle (it was smashed afterwards), but I image I freaked out and grabbed more front brake. With the full weight of the bike on the front wheel, and the back probably already out about 15 degrees, everything SMACKED the ground very very quickly .
Probably doing 50 or 60 when I hit, then we just slid a few metres, up a gutter (driveway part likely) and into a fence.
No major injuries, just a few bruises and I've healed up 99% by now (after 3 or 4 weeks I think?).

Buelly sustained the usual damage along one side; bent mirror, handlebar, gear lever and linkage, scratches, a few snapped bolts, etc.
Also (another) midly nasty dent in the frame which I'm not worry about (a new frame is about the same as my insurance excess anyway, so I don't care much ), and some (more) small dings in the swingarm.

I got it back on the road with about $15 of stuff from Bunnings and Woolworths, + extra for some metalworking tools I didn't already have.
Still waiting for some parts from the US to fix it up a bit nicer (apart from the frame and swingarm).

But essentially it's fine now, and looks quite rustic : .

Still has a few other issues, but they're unrelated. More to do with regularly being submerged in water & cooked in the sun, and me messing with complicated things I probably shouldn't touch.

As for this forum...
I'd love to catch up with more of the friends I've made through here, and I do still see a lot of you's.
I'm happy to help out with rides and stuff where I can, but I feel a bit of lack of enthusiasm from the newer crowd, so I just can't justify much, when I could be out riding in the bush with Jacob (Vash) and Andt.

[stick72]

Glad to hear you're ok now. It's always been a bit hard for me to get down to Sydney for rides so I just go with some friends from up here. Went on the Pink Ribbon Ride up here on Saturday then went for a bit more of a ride woth some relos on a road I got told about. Only saw 5 cars in 170k's and 2 of those we overtook. It's amazing how many good roads are only a stones throw away and how liitle used they are. Could easily do a 500k round trip and only do about 100 only policed roads.

[rezinate]

Geez James, youve already managed to crash the Buell TWICE???? I havent even seen it yet!!

Anywayz, how u doin? Long time no see. Howdy to the other lurkers on here who i know too!


After getting it all back on the road for around $1800 (new tyres, full service, rego etc) ive been enjoying my firestorm once again.
I even managed to rack up my first licence infringement EVER EVER. They got me doin 70 in a 60 zone...ha! Only $78, but fingers crossed i can get out of it.

I think i might sell my baby though, i really wanna get somethin a little less petrol hungry, and a little more sensible for sydney roads (i never leave the inner city really).


PS I bought myself a 2BR unit. And it only cost me $160K! (Lakemba though)

[Greg]

Better get a road trail bike then mate so you can lock it up in your unit (ride it up the stairs)

As for the fine, if your licence is clean request a section 10. Basically its an admittance of guilt but asks to be let off on the grounds that you made a minor mistake. Only works the once however. Pays to play dumb and just ask to be let off, mentioning a section 10 letts on you have been researcing ways to get out of it.

[x913]

yeah i pop in from time to time just to see whats going on. still a few names i remember kicking here. I lost interest in the forum back when it was more about what you could and couldn't say or do or write about. But it seems to have chilled abit which is nice, it would be a real shame to see this forum be absorbed into the WWW, keep on keeping on guys, long live the Across forum!

[Cunkle]

Quin_Daddy, on Sep 11 2007, 02:30 AM, said:

RIP

Hi There,

I wanted to let you all know that i have found this forum extremely helpfull despite not being able to make any posts till now (Computer probs) ;o)
I Bought my Across 5 months ago in about 4 boxes and have been putting it together... slowly ;o) It's almost done now!

Anyway just wanted to introduce myself and say thanks to everyone who has posted all that good stuff that helped me with my bike.

The forum's not completely dead ;o)

C

[Greg]

Welcome Cuncle, by the end of geting your bike sorted you will probably know more than all of us about the Across

[bluecraka]

As a former Across owner and now a gixxer 600 owner. I still pop in here occassionally to see what's going on. I have found this forum exellent for info on the Across when I had it and would be a damn shame if it ended, there are still plenty of Acrosses out there.
Although I have noticed a lack of web traffic of late.

[Harte]

Sorry for not "doing stuff"...

Interest rates have seen to it that I have no money an upgrade, no money for modding the across, no money for track days, no money for un-neccessary rides (cos it leads to new tyres, maintainance and more petrol).



I can't see my finances getting any better either.

[Cunkle]

Greg, on Nov 5 2007, 07:11 PM, said:

Welcome Cuncle, by the end of geting your bike sorted you will probably know more than all of us about the Across

Hey thanks Greg!

The bike is now registered and I have been riding for the last week, it's a little rough but she goes... yeeeehaaaaa!
I took it out for my first ride ever, just around a car park and i dropped it and smashed the right indicator off Ooops
All good now though

Have a good day guys.

Cunkle.

[blackbox68]

Hope it isnt dying - have had a Across since getting my l's 4 weeks ago

This site and the Across maintanence site have helped in replacing the throttle slides eliminating the flat spot/roughness up to 8k. Did an oil change last weekend too.

My housemate and a mate at work went on the L's course with me and both own Across's now