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Joined: Jan 12, 2003 Posts: 32,882 Location: Derailled
Posted: Wed 7/May/03 10:09am Post subject:
The XSIV's which are Sys12 Grimecas are sold here with Sys8 levers, work fine, I have a pair and they rock, there may be some marginal improvement with the remote reservoir Sys12 levers, but I dare say the volume of the master cylinder is the same and would be the place to get improvements.
Joined: May 06, 2003 Posts: 98 Location: Auckland, NZ
Posted: Wed 7/May/03 3:10pm Post subject: Grimeca question
Got me some system 8 levers at lunch time.
They are both secondhand but the righthand lever has got some of the paint or what ever it is coated in, coming off.
Is it possible to paint them or touch them up?
I know it won't affect the performance of the lever, it just dones't look the best?
Joined: Jan 12, 2003 Posts: 32,882 Location: Derailled
Posted: Wed 7/May/03 3:12pm Post subject:
Ahhh yes, the traumas of DOT fluid, it EATS paint like nothing on earth, you should be able to touch them up okay, just be careful when filling the fluid, not to spill on the paint
Joined: May 06, 2003 Posts: 98 Location: Auckland, NZ
Posted: Wed 7/May/03 4:13pm Post subject: Grimeca question
Any suggestions as to what type of paint to use to touh them up?
I am very finatical (don't know how that word is spelt) about my bike and like everything to be perfect.
Would they need to be primed as well ie lightly sanded ect?
Joined: Jan 12, 2003 Posts: 32,882 Location: Derailled
Posted: Wed 7/May/03 4:15pm Post subject:
You can get special brake caliper paint, boy racers use it, has to be high temperature rated which is not needed... any enamel should work a treat, sand it back a bit so it has a rough surface to adhere to and spray / brush it on
Engine enamel is best,cos its shiny unlike exhaust paint or boiler/stove paint!!
Its also chemical resistant,I painted the fuel tank of one of my moto's with if and petrol doesnt eat it,and if NZ petrol(which is mostly paint thinners anyway!!)wont eat it not much will!!
Joined: Dec 25, 2001 Posts: 18,130 Location: Showing my tan lines
Posted: Wed 7/May/03 11:52pm Post subject:
aww, cmon shelley, wel at leat if your the shelley I'm think ing off, and not some other sheely who hasbn't been around thescene as long as the shelly I'm thinking of, but who prolly doesn't know me (mmmm bourbon), you should know that most donwhillers wouild see beaten up gear and think, hmmm theres someone who rides hard.
Don't act like a poseur
Look at Ritchie Goldsbury, ride dodgy bikes get's respect (may have something do do with his spectating ability **I was luckly enuff to be present around some of his award winning spectator acheivements along side Fraser, I must say he is that pinnacle to which all mountainbike (XC & DH) spectators should aspire towards.
Be at oneness with your scummy looking bike, it will look the biss
Joined: May 06, 2003 Posts: 98 Location: Auckland, NZ
Posted: Thu 8/May/03 8:30am Post subject: You're not well in the head
Slackboy, I think you're got the wrong person or idea's....
Unfortunately for me, I have been brought up in such a manor that I respect and care for things that I have worked hard for and paid alot of money for.
Unlike some people, I don't get things handed to me on a golden platter!
I paid alot of money for my bike and I'll do my best to make sure it doesn't get damaged or look tihs and when the times comes to sell it, I may even get descent money for it.
If you don't give a tihs about the condition of your bike and you have an image to up hold of being a hardcore DHer with a trashed bike, then that's your doing but let me treat my bike how I feel fit and not just or the "image".
i got the same brakes thay rock. have you smashed up the oil cilinder if not dont bother intill it dose try the sys 8 leaver but sys 8 have smaller pistons so might not have enough presure
Joined: Jan 12, 2003 Posts: 32,882 Location: Derailled
Posted: Fri 9/May/03 8:25am Post subject:
I like my stuff to look nice too, don't really care what anyone thinks of my riding because of this, but part of the fun for me is having a nice looking bike, nothing wrong with that
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