"Metric Rider" for Australian Metric Cruiser Owners

Hi Everyone,

First time poster here and I hope I aren't breaking any of your rules by
doing a vendor post.

Metric Rider is a new Australian business dedicated to serving Australian
metric cruiser owners. We will be starting out with a line of exhausts from
US manufacturer "Bub Enterprises" and hopefully within the next month or so
we will have a selection of their exhausts for the Yamaha Star line of
cruisers. We plan to expand the product line as quickly as possible to
include other cruiser products such as air boxes and no end of chrome, but
naturally we have to start somewhere. Metric Rider plans to have all
products in stock locally in Australia, and by us buying in bulk there will
be savings over importing products yourself directly plus the added benefit
of local support on an Eastern Australian time zone.

Please feel free to take a look at the Metric Rider website and I am more
than happy to hear any feedback you may have. Although if you are going to
flame me for a vendor post I hope you are nice about it...

p.s. In the next couple of weeks we should have in stock oil filter
relocation kits for Yamaha V Star 1100's which turns a minimum one hour job
of replacing the oil filter at service time to mere minutes.

Glenn "Toasty" Martin
Sales Manager
Metric Rider
"Bring Your Cruiser to Life"
http://www.metricrider.com.au

 

No way, get fucked, **** off! (I gotta stop listening to old songs)

 

You won't get flamed if this is a one time post.
you are more than welcome to participate in the usual bullshit that goes
on around here.

 

Have another Crownie on me, Pete.

Glenn "Toasty" Martin
Sales Manager
Metric Rider
"Bring Your Cruiser to Life"
http://www.metricrider.com.au

 

Well if there is any cruiser talk on here I'll be all over it like a bad
rash. I've been a long time poster on the Delphi Road Star Riders Forum and
love to talk cruisers.

Glenn "Toasty" Martin
Sales Manager
Metric Rider
"Bring Your Cruiser to Life"
http://www.metricrider.com.au

 

hehehehe I think cruisers will earn you flames in here

 

In aus.motorcycles on Tue, 03 Feb 2004 21:17:31 +1100

Nah. Not unless they are Overweight Underpowered Euro Esoterica, and
Theo's the only one with a cruiser one of those,

Zebee
- whose GT Guzzi isnt the California version so doesn't count, It's
still an OUEE but that goes without saying!

 

Ahh well, it's not what you ride but that fact that you do ride, isn't it?
Guys? isn't it?

<crickets>

Glenn "Toasty" Martin
Sales Manager
Metric Rider
"Bring Your Cruiser to Life"
http://www.metricrider.com.au

 

Not from cruiser mounted short arses ....

Glenn, why oh why do they build a bike you can happily sit on all day,
and then put a miniscule tank on it??!! Why is no one selling
aftermarket tanks in the 20-25 litre range? Find one for a carby Nomad
(ie pre 99) and you'll be my friend for life!

Cheers
Goaty

 

I know what you mean, my Roadie has a 20l tank (16l reserve) and on the
highway I can get about 300k's before switching over, but my buddies on the
1100's and 650's don't have near the same range.

Glenn "Toasty" Martin
Sales Manager
Metric Rider
"Bring Your Cruiser to Life"
http://www.metricrider.com.au

 

What, not one "**** OFF SPAMMER BITCH"? Is harsh week over
already or something?

G

 

In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 4 Feb 2004 08:42:16 +1100

Styling, styling... grrr.

Lots of bikes have small tanks, bods at servo cash registers often
comment about the size of the T's tank. I suppose 25l isn't that common
these days...

Zebee
- 370-380km main tank around town, 400-420 on the highway.

 

I had a look, and I'll bet Yamaha is kicking themselves that THEY
didn't think of naming the whole bike "V Star 1100 Big Willy". ;-)

(Cue the "Big Johnson" joke)

BTH

 

For me, the term 'cruisers' conjures up images of Al Pacino dressed ala
Village People and sugary alcoholic drinks for girls...

Doug Cox.
Work to ride, Ride to work...

 

Buddies? You're a yank then?...

Doug Cox.
Work to ride, Ride to work...

 

Tell me about it Goaty. I'm lucky to get 200 outta the proper Road King.
Even had no luck trying to source a damged tank so I could split and widen
it. Frasers (don't tell Big) say they destroy all theirs, even going thru
inside sources with offers of bribes. What's the world coming to!

 

I heard that!

I actually had to spend money there on Monday...

3 orings at 47c each.

I paid by eftpos

big (and _finally_ the damned Monster is back on the road...)

 

Had a look at the website and still don't understand where the term
"metric" cruiser comes from?

Cheers

-------------
Kevin Gleeson
Technical Director
Blue Rocket Productions
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
www.blue-rocket.com.au

 

Nah, don't feel special, you also earn flames in here for:

riding a flash sportsbike
riding an outdated sportsbike
riding a "standard"
riding a tourer
riding a commuter
riding a "classic"
riding a Harley
riding a scooter
riding a 2 stroke
riding a 4 cylinder
riding a v twin
riding some other wierdo engine configuration
riding an old bike
riding a new bike
riding a small bike
riding a big bike
riding a 250
riding a dirtbike
using brand X petrol
using brand X oil
using brand X tires
using brand X chains
wearing brand X leathers
wearing brand X boots
wearing brand X helmet
riding fast on the road
riding slow on the road
riding at trackdays

and, of course, you'll also get flamed for _not_ doing any of them
either...

(oh, and you'll get flamed for top posting, and you also get flamed for
not top posting ;-)

big (standard new-ish medium sized v twin rider and, bottom poster)

 

X-No-archive: yes
Doug Cox wrote;

Erk; I'd managed to expunge that movie from my memory and, with the help of
the 5-DVD Godfather set, accept Al Pacino as a trustworthy icon of
hetrosexuality.
Now I realise how stupid I was letting my guard down!
Clem
[Being a lert]