Precision engineering

[CBRRRT]

It might just be an optical illusion, but the two ends of this precision engineered swing arm from the USA look pissed as fuck

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Single-Sided-Swing-Arm-Suzuki-Hayabusa-GSXR-Honda-R1_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2em63Q2el1177QQ hashZitem130271471948QQitemZ130271471948QQptZMotor cyclesQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

Or is it just me.

[devo]

Is it just me but doesn't it look bent . I look at the pivot point and look where the wheel bolts on and I don't know about you guys but I think the wheel would be on a bit of an angle.[?]
Yep I wreckon your wright Johnno

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/56979245547908.jpg

[Weaselman]

nope its fucked

[boris]

what are u talking about bud a single sided swingarm where the rear tyre runs at about 20 degrees to the rest of the bike for $4.5k sounds fine to me I've ordered 2

[CBRRRT]

quote:Originally posted by boris

what are u talking about bud a single sided swingarm where the rear tyre runs at about 20 degrees to the rest of the bike for $4.5k sounds fine to me I've ordered 2


Not planning on doing any straight lining this year then Boris lol:D

[CBRRRT]

I think I'm gonna email them a link to this thread, perhaps they might like to comment.

[latheboy]

That looks shithouse .. i think it may have been photo'm'graphed with a fisheye lense .. The SSSA still looks shit and poorly finished, they havnt finished off the ends where it meets the swingarm pivot and did i say it looks shit.....

[CBRRRT]

quote:Originally posted by latheboy

That looks shithouse .. i think it may have been photo'm'graphed with a fisheye lense .. The SSSA still looks shit and poorly finished, they havnt finished off the ends where it meets the swingarm pivot and did i say it looks shit.....


You might have mentioned it mate, let me check, Oh yes look there it is.:D

[zx12argh]

"The only limits are physics" - Really? No shit.

Maybe the bloke who welds them is a little cross eyed... It looks straight to him.

[ozkat]

$7749.52 Aussie dollars! What an absolute bargin.

[Azrael]

Thats fucking funny as! why didnt i think of that..

[Bear]

Yeh I reckon it's the curviture of the camera lense. Still, why would you use that photo to advertise as an example?
Looks rusty as, also. Lacks bracing... yada yada muchamatta

[chopaweeza]

I think Bear is spot on . At $7k they can stuff that up their bum methinks . Nice piece , simple engineering and straight forward to replicate . Mmmmmmmm.

[Pommy Chopper]

You lot are a harsh bunch of Fuckers aint ya!!!!
That's one of the finest items Stevie Wonders welding shop have produced!!

Noice!!

[CBRRRT]

^^^^^^^^^^LOL^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Jockney Rebel]

quote:Originally posted by Pommy Chopper

You lot are a harsh bunch of Fuckers aint ya!!!!
That's one of the finest items Stevie Wonders welding shop have produced!!

Noice!!
do i detect a hint of english sarcasm emerging [something else that goes over the shermans heads ]

[diablo]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/569793195529411.jpg

Wow thanks for all the great free publicity about our great product. I'm sure all of the piss taking was in jest as you are all educated enough to understand optics. Just in case there is a daft one in the bunch, I've included the image to highlight he effects of lens distortion.
Thanks again to the darling who email me via ebay. To thank them for the kind publicity on this forum I will go ahead and offer 10% off any Diablo product any forum member who mentions this post when ordering until 1 Jan 2009.
Cheers

[Pommy Chopper]

quote:Originally posted by Jockney Rebel


quote:Originally posted by Pommy Chopper

You lot are a harsh bunch of Fuckers aint ya!!!!
That's one of the finest items Stevie Wonders welding shop have produced!!

Noice!!
do i detect a hint of english sarcasm emerging [something else that goes over the shermans heads ]



Who me??? Sarcastic.....no!!!
:D

[latheboy]

Welcome to the site diablo,
I have a question for you.... What do you do about the pipe here (pic) do you leave the openings as they are to fill up with dirt and stones that will get picked up or do you blank off the exposed openings?
What do you do at the wheel hub end? There does not seem to be enough material to bore the Ø's so you can be sure of a good mating surface for the hub....
Have a look around, we aren't all pricks ;) just most of us:D


http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/56979343473969.jpg

[CBRRRT]

Quote: Thanks again to the darling who email me via ebay.

This is the reply I got.....

Dear 3215jonathan,

Perhaps you and your brilliant mates are uneducated in optics. A lens has a curvature which distorts the image.


- diablochopshop

He's right about one thing, YOU ARE A BUNCH OF BRILLIANT MATES. Oh, and Diablo! I'm uneducated in most things. LOL.

[Fight_fan]

WTF! Never seen a lens distort to that extent! & even with the grid n ruler the hub is still not straight...
Do I hear anyone say VFR swinger? Pick one up for about $500 complete!
Sorry Diablo but a yes a chopshop u r n that it seems is about it! :C

[Chris41]

quote:$7749.52 Aussie dollars! What an absolute bargin.

F*ck, I think if you offered Bob Martins boys 7.5K I think they would trip over themselves to do it

Ditto on the swingarm pivot to tube treatment it should formed down to finish it of

[Weaselman]

8 grand almost...

Decent gixxer right there

[gibbo]

quote:Originally posted by Chris41


quote:$7749.52 Aussie dollars! What an absolute bargin.

F*ck, I think if you offered Bob Martins boys 7.5K I think they would trip over themselves to do it

Ditto on the swingarm pivot to tube treatment it should formed down to finish it of

Bob Martins shop is closed up, do you know what Steve is up to these days?

[boris]

did you not read diablo's post weasel that's $8k minus 10% discount if you mention the post where we are only taking the piss out of him mate that's $7200 now we're talking business

[Chris41]

He does go to some historic meets Gibbo. I remember they said they thought of closing cos of all the government BS. That is a pity.

[diablo]

The arm is straight, the photo with the grid was to help show the slower among us the effects of the lens distortion.
The price includes the Swing Arm, Custom Wheel up to a 360, Tire, Chain(s), Hub, axle, Bearing(s), brake calipers, brake lines, rotor.
Like it or not, it's a good value and a well made product. Surely the whole of this board is not represented by the those quick to cry out sour grapes as they want but can't have; I do have to thank them for helping us reach new customers. There's already been one among you who's claimed the 10% discount and ordered a 300 set up for a 'busa. Maybe he'll share pix when the bike's done, or maybe you'll all figure it out, he said they aren't as popular there as here.
Best of luck to all, and the 10% discount offer still stands. [}:)]

[Fight_fan]

quote:Originally posted by diablo

Surely the whole of this board is not represented by the those quick to cry out sour grapes as they want but can't have



Oh u cant be serious mate! [xx(]

[Azrael]

looks ghey and way overpriced

[Lucas]

Get your hand off ya cock bloke, seriously, you must have two cocks cause you can't be that fucking stupid pulling just one!!!


No-one is crying sour grapes, they've just been commenting on your over priced dodgy work and typical seppo bling (love your work by the way, 2nd year apprentice metal fab right??), where are the finished products and unaltered photos?
You've waltzed in here without so much as an introduction or a g'day and started insulting people then start trying to flog off your <s>goods</s> shit, fucking top marks for PR and sales pitch[:X]


Here is an idea for you....fuck off back to egay and continue trying to rip off those dopey fools in good 'ol US of gAy

[boris]

diablo the way it works here is you send one to gix11 for nix and he does a report on it so we can all save up our dollars and buy one

[Fight_fan]

Mate that rusty piece of shit u call precision engineering would never fly here hey!

http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee325/GIX711/Funny%20Pics/do_not_want_azn.jpg

[Razorback]

[Disclaimer] I have almost no mechanical apptitude. I am not the sharpest tool in the box at the best of times and I couldnt weld if my, my families and my pets lives depended on it.

Having said that.... have a look at the picture... even a dunce like me can see this grid is not even lined up square. So how you claim the grid proves the unit it straight when you havent even lined it up as square is beyond my tiny capcity for comprehension.

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/77874613075005.JPG


As for the claim about the lense. Well all I can say is stuff like induction moulding from photographed 3d models etc would never have worked in the history of engineering if cameras distorted images to the extent that it appears to in your picture. Ben would be out of business or riding some very crooked bikes lol.

So again I repeat... chances are everything I just typed is BS... but it seems pretty cut and dry looking at that grid.

As for $4500 ?? I dont think JMC even have a product that expensive do they lol ? [:I]

[latheboy]

I dont like the look of the arm, its just the shape of it and the un finished ends at the pivot. But i do think it has welded by someone with skill, the welds do look good.. it just doesn't look like its finished and also looks rusty.. If you read the posts there have been a few people say its the lense that makes it look wack so dont go attacking everyone because you wont make friends with anyone.... To me it doesn't look strong enough to handle much power, prove me wrong.. Got any pics of a finished swinger mounted or is this a band new product? And the $$$$ are a hell of alot for what it is.... Im a toolmaker and know what it cost to build stuff

[Razorback]

quote:Originally posted by Fight_fan


quote:Originally posted by diablo

Surely the whole of this board is not represented by the those quick to cry out sour grapes as they want but can't have



Oh u cant be serious mate! [xx(]


Indeed....

Id be more likely to fit a fucken fairing that one of those swingers.... and we know what the chances of that are....[xx(]

And you reckon someone here is planning on fitting a 330 tyre to a busa ?

I guess we wont ever know who it was because its unlikely anyone here would do that and even less likely they would own up to it LOL

[davio]

um hello? its steel, the welds are crap at best,nothing has been finished properly and he takes an advert pic of a rusty unpainted swinger that shows no sign of having been machined anywhere? tell u what, ill knock u up a replica for say $3500 or $3700 for a straight one,,, ill wait by the ph. oh man lmao

[BANDITROD]

well as far as i know thats what these things are worth if you think its to dear then go and buy it all seperate this looks the same as the bikecraft ones (i think) and they cost around $9000-$10000 but there ones come with a front wheel aswell and you could have used a better pic mate that one looks like shit

[Fish]

Show me the pic of it polished up and on a bike, or even better a vid of someone riding said bike. I assume that you've trial fitted the design before trying to flog it off on the unsuspecting (or in this case ever cynical) public?

[Bear]

My profession is in promotion and I'm an experienced cameraman.
That photo does nothing except invite critism and scepticism because it looks odd to a trained eye or novice. Why leave doubt? Doubt is your enemy when it comes to promotion.

It's been photographed with a wide angle lense, on a point-and-click camera I suspect because they are wide angle as standard and the flash is close in proximity.

To improve the image and make it look straight without having to think about whether it's been wide angled or not, use a camera with a zoom lense at a greater distance away from the swingarm. You'll get a softer and more even flash with it as well.

Better still, take a picture of it mounted on a bike. ;)

[CBRRRT]

Gone very quiet State side, perhaps they are all in bed, or the penny has dropped they have picked yet another fight with yet another nation they cant win.

Fuckin Septic Tanks, dont ya just love em!!!!

Listen to Lucas mate, before you open your gob on this site you better show these lads some respect. There are blokes on here with more knowledge in their little fingers than you have shown so far.

Tread carfully Mate.

[Pommy Chopper]

Hey Diablo, what spec material is it??
Can't see any info on that on your Ad!!

Cheers

[336LJ]

how the fuck can that thing be worth any more than its own weight in scrap metal. bent or not, only an idiot would try to flog some rusty fucking shit that looks like its just been picked out of a dumpster.
not to mention knowing that PRECISION is critical when it comes to this kind of product, why use warped pics.


diablo, how is it worth any more than 100 bucks?, did it cost 5k to get some crack addicts to weld up the jig first?

hmmm.. isn't a "chop shop" slang for "jacked up workshop doing poor quality/illegal work" ?



(jacked up is a yank saying...)

[Shadowzone]

As I recall the Diablo Chop Shop was in Grand Theft Auto. Or Maybe I'm wrong&gt;?

Dunno, don't much care, I'll wait for Ben to get a benderer machine and do me a twin-spar SSSA.

[Razorback]

Read his feedback on Ebay.... inspires about as much confidence as the products

[336LJ]

whats more important here, is why nobody else claimed the cool name "diablo" on this forum...

[Fight_fan]

quote:Originally posted by 336LJ

whats more important here, is why nobody else claimed the cool name "diablo" on this forum...


No one claimed coz sum dip ship seppo named his company after it n any association with it needs to be avoided at all costs! [^] ;)

[Razorback]

I dunno.... anything with the words "I" and "blo" in it is probably best avoided on a largely hetro site.... unless your a chick.

[Jockney Rebel]

..dunno what u guys are on about.that arm will look the dogs on my sporster {as the paints flaking off anyway nd itll match just right ..] and as for precision well !!the welds look great to me as good as the welds on my HD frame mate ..as for price pah i paid $300000 for my bobber special made form old bedsteads [for that authentic 40's look ,the guy told me ...]and with a V-twin at the pinnicle of automotive engineering [in small print at the bottom .....1946]id pay double .you guys know nuffink

[CBRRRT]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^LOL^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^

[camlark]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/12293397827577.jpg
FOR SALE blower to suit any jap bike, may need some fabrication work to suit individual needs. special offer to any one at asf $3000. this is a 20% discount be quick, one only.

[Shadowzone]

quote:Originally posted by camlark

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/12293397827577.jpg
FOR SALE blower to suit any jap bike, may need some fabrication work to suit individual needs. special offer to any one at asf $3000. this is a 20% discount be quick, one only.


I'll take it in Matt Black if you got it otherwise no deal.

[Fish]

looks better than that swinger, at least it's fuckin painted.

[336LJ]

quote:Originally posted by camlark

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/12293397827577.jpg
FOR SALE blower to suit any jap bike, may need some fabrication work to suit individual needs. special offer to any one at asf $3000. this is a 20% discount be quick, one only.


I just have a few questions.

I'v supplied a grid of my own, and am 100% satisfied that its completely straight - despite what may seem like lense distortion.
I just want to know what them things do whats coloured red and circulated?
http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/12293476433124.jpg

I wont be needing the pull starter either so i crossed it out.

[motogp_nut]

quote:Originally posted by camlark
I'v supplied a grid of my own, and am 100% satisfied that its completely straight - despite what may seem like lense distortion.
I just want to know what them things do whats coloured red and circulated?
http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/12293476433124.jpg

I wont be needing the pull starter either so i crossed it out.

Wow, I thought it was bent, but that grid really does show how the lense can warp an image, and you're right - it is straight!

I'll take two!

[camlark]

those red things are knobs. you know what a knob is don't you.
the thing dangling out the back isn't actually there, must have come out of the carpet with the shot.

[Fight_fan]

LOL! Classic guys!

[chopaweeza]

Well, I'm just going to offer some constructive critism . Bear hit the nail right on the head with his comments . The ebay listing should be a showcase for the work the shop does and this one does the shop a dis-service. If the swingarm had been finished to show quality finish , the photo's done by someone with a decent camera & ability to use it properly and there be actual photo's of it fitted to bike to aid the sale this would have been a visually appealing item that people would like to get . Also , as the customer in this day & age is more tech savvy then they have ever been include so details like materials , welding , torsional testing(if done) and other things like that would round out a well made advertisement for Diablo .

Market this better and turn the negatives around .

[Tony Nitrous]

quote:Originally posted by camlark

those red things are knobs. you know what a knob is don't you.

99% of Americans ?

[BANDITROD]

bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha fuck you cunts crack me up

[Razorback]

quote:Originally posted by Tony Nitrous


quote:Originally posted by camlark

those red things are knobs. you know what a knob is don't you.

99% of Americans ?


Kind :D

[ratnut]

i wish i was as funny as you guys
nice cracked me up

[CBRRRT]

I've spent a few times on here holding my ribs matey, they are funny aint they.

[336LJ]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/95870853121354.JPG

[Large]

Bwahahahahahahaha

[BANDITROD]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha what a fuckin pisser

[Fish]

I notice our friend diablo hasn't come back with those pics of proof yet. Wot a nob.

[CBRRRT]

quote:Originally posted by 336LJ

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/95870853121354.JPG




Pure quality mate.........LOL :D

[Pommy Chopper]

quote:Originally posted by 336LJ

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/95870853121354.JPG



Now that's Fackin' funny!!
Nearly spat me tea!!!:D

[Razorback]

Yup thats a crackup LOL

Hey for all we know that might actually BE Diablow :D

Fuck I think Razorback just cracked this.. they are one and the same. Hahaha

[Neo Dutch]

Check this shit. It's old mate's Gixxer pilot's court appearance. Check his impressive doo rag helmet. Must think he's a Harley rider.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtofbxmlv8Y&eurl=http://jalopnik.com/5103219/biker-busted-for-speeding-tries-to-fight-the-law-and-guess-who-won&feature=player_embedded

[camlark]

if he had a "diablow" sssa he wouldn't have stacked it, cause the rear wheel woulda followed the tail of the bike around.

[CBRRRT]

Found this on Google, now thats a bit more like it.

http://www.ramitalia.net/default.html

[Azrael]

That reminds me of something..... http://www.powergenitalia.com/