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New OSS Trader – Havoc Paint

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We are pleased to welcome Havoc Paint as a new OSS Trader, complete with a discount available for OSS members.

Long time OSS member and regular events attendee Havoc has set up a new business and we are proud to help share that Havoc Paint is now up and running.

Whatever people need Havoc Paint can do… be it to replicate factory paint schemes, go full custom with flakes, candies, pearls etc, whatever you want really!

All work is done in paint, no decals – with masking produced on an ultra-accurate laser cutter for an amazingly detailed finish.

There’ll be no airbrush art however, so whilst no buxom Valkyries riding serpents (probably a good thing let’s be honest!), pretty much everything else goes.

Based in the East Midlands near Nottingham, Havoc is offering OSS members a discount on his excellent paintwork in the region of 10% as long as it’s done on an OSS bike. This is early days for working out pricing as it’s such a new business, however rest assured you’ll get a good deal as a member.

Keep an eye on the Traders section on the OSS forum for more info soon.

New OSS Trader – Buzz Motorcycles

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We are pleased to welcome Buzz Motorcycles as an OSS Trader, with a discount available for OSS members.

Long term OSS member going back to the original site, Rotty has spent many years as a technician, engineer and special builder. He’s spent a lot of that time taking standard bikes and modifying them with modern running gear, turbos, nitrous etc. Specialising in Suzuki oil cooled models yet having a soft spot for all makes and milestone models as they developed over the years.

Working full time as a technician in a busy main dealer workshop, he started on the side importing a handful of low mileage standard 70’s, 80’s and 90’s bikes from all over Europe. After selling a few bikes to collectors and building a client list, he’s now started importing more and more and has decided to set up Buzz Motorcycles.

No expensive showroom to pay for just a workshop where all bikes are fully checked over, fluids changed and any age related service items sorted. All bikes are low mileage, many have service history, most have tool kits and if non standard parts are fitted, then the original parts are also included.

He can also source bikes if a particular model is required. MOT, UK age related registration etc can be included in prices if needed. Nationwide and indeed worldwide delivery can be arranged, having already shipped bikes to the USA.

Whilst not the cheapest bikes around, the prices are a reflection on the excellent condition yet without massive profits. Bikes are backed up with a 3 month warranty (unless advertised clearly up front as being projects rather than road worthy) and each is supplied with a health sheet from it’s full check over.

An average of 20 photos of each bike are taken with a walk round video of cold start and warm up. If any work is done on the bike, for example an ultrasonic carb clean, then this is also photo documented.

Rotty is offering OSS members a generous 15% discount off listed bike prices. This is for Suzuki bikes only and must be initiated with a PM sent on OSS to show that you are a member.

Web site is www.buzzmotorcycles.co.uk. This is currently a work in progress, however Rotty will shortly be advertising OSS bikes for sale in the Traders section on our OSS forum.

New OSS Trader – Lucky7moto

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We are pleased to welcome Lucky7moto as an OSS Trader, with a discount available for OSS as well as a fantastic prize to give away too!

Lucky7moto are well known for building cool bikes, several of which have featured in magazines around the world. Their ‘no fucks given’ approach has always been fun to see, take a look at their T-shirts! They do it because they want to, not because they have to.

As well as building cool bikes for themselves and others with deep pockets (check out the Katana or ET they built), Lucky7moto also sell specialist parts.

New bike builds in the making include a GSXR1100 Slabside for a customer and a GSXR Slingshot that will become something endurance based. All builds result in some bespoke specialist parts being made and these are then offered for sale to you.

Today their most commonly requested item is the seat re-covering service. Steve the founding member, is a time served upholsterer by trade spending years in the Aston Martin interiors factory. Using only the best materials like high-grade leather or the latest waterproof Alcantara to the best textured vinyl, Lucky7moto seats can be found on some of the best builds on the planet. Racefit can attest to that. Lucky7 seats are on all of their builds. Steve has partnered with Jay who is an active member here on OSS.

Whether it’s a GSX1100 Katana, Bandit, GSXR (or any other bike including one off specials) these guys can (re)cover it transforming the look of the bike. Just don’t ask them for embossing or bright blue stitched logos, that’s not what they do.

Current bike parts on offer are GSX1100 and Katana oil catch tanks, under trays, swing arm spacers to allow later model swing arms to be used and shock mounts to allow newer style mono shock arms to run twin shocks. Lucky7moto will also supply you with a Racefit Legend system if you ask nicely 🙂

The newest product to come out of the workshop is a stunning hand beaten aluminium tank for the GSXR750 Slabside. It’s internally baffled, much lighter than stock and a real thing of beauty. These are a limited run so be quick to get some exotica. Other limited run, hand made aluminium tanks are on the horizon with GSXR Slingshot and Katana tanks being talked about.

If you can’t stretch to a fuel tank then Lucky7moto offer some very cool T-shirts and stickers for sale too. OSS members will receive a 10% discount.

To celebrate their new OSS Trader status, they are offering as a competition prize a re-cover for your bike seat OR if you are lucky enough to be a Katana or GSX1100 owner – an oil catch tank OR undertray set. Basically one winner, one prize.

For details of how get your OSS discount and to enter the competition, see the article in our Traders section here. Please note that you need a 50+ post count on the OSS forum to take part.

You can find Lucky7moto on the interwebs here:
http://facebook.com/luckyseven.motorcycles
http://lucky7moto.com (currently under construction)

New OSS Trader – MK-Components

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We are pleased to welcome MK-Components as an OSS Trader, with a discount available for OSS as well as some very nice Yoshimura goodies to give away too!

Some of you may know our friend Mar71n and his rather nice engine covers. Well, good news as he’s started producing the R engine covers again! They fit the 1127cc oil cooled motor & its later versions.

He’s also looking at producing covers for some other motors too.

(Thanks to Duckndive for the loan of the EFE engine cases.)

The R covers are now for sale on a certain well known auction site.  However, if you buy through OSS, you get 10% off! To qualify, you need to contact Mar71n via OSS for that discount.

With the next batch of R covers he’ll be machining some for the 750/1052cc motor as well. So that should get most of you oil cooled boys and girls covered… terrible pun intentional!

To celebrate his launch, MK-Components are kindly offering the following goodies up for grabs in an easy to enter competition…

1st prize: A Yoshimura garage sign 24” X 17” ( 609.6 X 431.8 to be precise!)
2nd prize: A Yoshimura T shirt, it has an image of Pops himself on
3rd prize: A Yoshimura sticker set, it has approx 24 Yoshi stickers on the sheet

For details of how get your OSS discount and to enter the competition, see the article in our Traders section here. Please note that you need a 50+ post count on the OSS forum to take part.

 

You can find MK-Components on the interwebs here:

http://www.mk-components.co.uk

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/mk-components/m.html

It’s not what you know – part 2

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4627939798_113x111Building bikes ain’t cheap. A brother needs all the help he can get when he’s pushing the oldskool envelope. When it comes to parts, It’s not what you know but who you know.

Fortunately many of us know OSS stalwart Rich Hocking, GSXR884, as he is better known in the realm of the Interweb. Rich has supplied chains and sprockets to many of us over the years at great prices. Earlier this year Rich, heroically stuck it to the man and decided to go all in on his new business of supplying custom braided line kits. Rich is now an OSS trader and that means he is offering 10% on any orders received through OSS PM.
Take a look at Rich’s site here

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Rich wants to build the business and he has recently completed a full training program on suspension set up. It’s safe to say that Rich knew his shit in this area before he did the training but now he has a badge or a certificate or something. So if you need a set of forks or a shock rebuilt or set up Rich is also your man and naturally OSS mates rates will apply.

 

Rich intends to build the business beyond the current offering and we would encourage you to ask Rich before you buy because chances are he will be cheaper. You can contact Rich here.

Don’t fear the fibre

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There comes a time for many early GSXR owners when replacement plastics are required, leaving us with the difficult decision of chasing a wallet-blinding original in pocket-driven condition or going after market.

We are pleased to assist in making that after market decision that bit easier by welcoming Fiberman – Fiberbike Modifications – to the trader section.54ipped direct to you from Ireland, Fiberbike Modifications – here’s a list of some of the pieces currently available.

  • 1985  GSXR 750F solo seat cowl
  •  1986 – 88 GSXR solo seat cowl
  •  1985 – 88 GSXR Soloman seat unit
  • 1988 – 90 GSXR solo seat cowl
  • 1990 – 92 GSXR solo seat cowl
  •  1985 – 88 GSXR 3/4 fairing
  •  1991 – 1992 GSXR clock shroudslabby-34-fairing

Keep your eyes peeled for a competition coming up shortly to win a Fiberbike Modifications slabside seat unit of your very own.

In the meantime, why not head over to the Trader Section for more information on what Fiberman could do for your Old Skool Suzuki? Click here for the Trader’s Thread.

Ultrasonic Cleaning Service

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Mcmental ( Chris McNicoll) is a long time member of OSS and he has been ultrasonically cleaning carbs, looms and other engine components for nearly 5 years
Chris operates a 22 litre tank ) and uses an expensive, quality American designed fluid that is used worldwide in the aviation industry.  To give you an idea of what size the tank is, Chris can fit a full GSXR head in the tank as per the photo.
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For a completeGSXR head OSS members will benefit from the bargain price of £45 , including return postage.

For a bank of 4 carbs,  Chris will  strip,clean,rebuild,set float heights for just £45 and that includes insured (£200) return postage. If while stripping and cleaning he finds  anything  that is worn and needs to be replaced e.g. gaskets, o rings etc,  he will source replacements at cost and fit them free of charge.
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Chris  can also clean your complete wiring loom, stripping off all the old sticky black tape and replacing with nice new non sticky loom cloth tape this costs £25 inc return postage.
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If you are interested in using the service you can PM Chris through  his Mcmental trader profile in our trader section. Chris has kindly offered a free loom clean worth £25 to the winner  of our  OSS member competition. Find out more here.

About Ultrasonic Cleaning

Ultrasonic cleaning is a process that uses ultrasound (usually from 20–400 kHz) and an appropriate cleaning solvent (sometimes ordinary tap water) to clean items. The ultrasound can be used with just water, but use of a solvent appropriate for the item to be cleaned along with the soiling enhances the effect. Cleaning normally lasts between three and six minutes, but can also exceed 20 minutes, depending on the object to be cleaned.Ultrasonic cleaners are used to clean many different types of objects, including jewellery, lenses and other optical parts, watches, dental and surgical instruments, tools, coins, fountain pens, golf clubs, fishing reels, window blinds, firearms, musical instruments, industrial parts and electronic equipment. They are used in many jewellery workshops, watchmakers’ establishments, and electronic repair workshops.Ultrasonic cleaning uses cavitation bubbles induced by high frequency pressure (sound) waves to agitate a liquid. The agitation produces high forces on contaminants adhering to substrates like metals, plastics, glass, rubber, and ceramics. This action also penetrates blind holes, cracks, and recesses. The intention is to thoroughly remove all traces of contamination tightly adhering or embedded onto solid surfaces. Water or other solvents can be used, depending on the type of contamination and the workpiece. Contaminants can include dust, dirt, oil, pigments, rust, grease, algae, fungus, bacteria, lime scale, polishing compounds, flux agents, fingerprints, soot wax and mold release agents, biological soil like blood, and so on. Ultrasonic cleaning can be used for a wide range of workpiece shapes, sizes and materials, and may not require the part to be disassembled prior to cleaning.[4] Objects must not be allowed to rest on the bottom of the device during the cleaning process, because that will prevent cavitation from taking place on the part of the object not in contact with solvent