It all started when I decided it was time to pick up another pit bike to stuff around on as I buggered my shoulder on the KTM and wanted something to ride while it got better.
I have owned pit bikes before couple of Atomiks and my friends have original Thumpsters and pit pros I know the quality is not flash but if you look after them they seem to last.
First off I picked up a 2010 Pitpro 160 from ebay for $300 that needed some work, Rims, oil cooler lines, suspension. I started using East 50s for parts as I had dealt with him years ago when I had the Atomik.
After chasing him up for some rims and a uni filter I found the rims I bought were for a Pitsterpro and they used different spacers and sprockets to the china bikes, by this stage I had changed the tubes and tyres over and had two days until I was suppose to go riding and he did not have any of the bits I needed in stock.
I was not going to miss out on the ride so I went to pick up a new bike so I could still go.
After calling East 50s again I got the impression he was just clearing out the stock he had and was not interested in ordering more (ordering was not an option for me any way as I needed a bike today)
I headed down to Dassa to see if they had any bikes, the bloke was really helpful and friendly but they too had no bikes in crates I could grab.
So I did the unthinkable I headed to Kamikaze and found they had the Pitpro 125 in stock.
They were selling them for $800 that was not a bad price but wanted 3% surcharge just for using a card to pay, I went and got cash and returned. After waiting about 20 min for them to bring my new bike out of the shed so I can put it in my van and watching the store owner take a customer around the side of the building so he can tell him off for trying to return a faulty item my new bike was here.
One of the blokes helped me load it, as soon as it was in I started opening the box to which the bloke looked worried and asked if everything was ok. I checked all the parts for the bike was there and was undamaged said “all good” and got out of there.
After about an hour I remembered there was a “spares kit” that was supposed to come with these bikes and sure enough it was missing, There was no way I was going back to complain over some cheep parts I would never use and I avoided getting mugged at Kamikaze the first time I was there and figured it was better not to risk it.
After doing a three hour ride in the bush I was hooked on the pittys again, This time I hit up DHZ online shop and after changing my shopping cart around 50+ times I settled on a set of Protapers, 1/8 throttle, DID chain, spare set of levers, DHZ brake, bolt kit and spoke tool. by this stage I figured the wife will kill me anyway so I better make it worth it, I quickly added a Pitsterpro xjr 50cc bike and a set of training wheels (to make it look like it is for the kids)
The bloke from DHZ was great, there was a small issue with the order but he called three times to work out a solution and got my stuff delivered in two days.
I have only just finished getting the Pitsterpro together today, it looks like a bit better quality than the Pitpro but still needs the normal “China” fixes I am yet to take it out for a decent ride but I had a ball doing wheelies up and down the backyard with the kids screaming at me “it’s not fair, it’s my turn!”
I have owned pit bikes before couple of Atomiks and my friends have original Thumpsters and pit pros I know the quality is not flash but if you look after them they seem to last.
First off I picked up a 2010 Pitpro 160 from ebay for $300 that needed some work, Rims, oil cooler lines, suspension. I started using East 50s for parts as I had dealt with him years ago when I had the Atomik.
After chasing him up for some rims and a uni filter I found the rims I bought were for a Pitsterpro and they used different spacers and sprockets to the china bikes, by this stage I had changed the tubes and tyres over and had two days until I was suppose to go riding and he did not have any of the bits I needed in stock.
I was not going to miss out on the ride so I went to pick up a new bike so I could still go.
After calling East 50s again I got the impression he was just clearing out the stock he had and was not interested in ordering more (ordering was not an option for me any way as I needed a bike today)
I headed down to Dassa to see if they had any bikes, the bloke was really helpful and friendly but they too had no bikes in crates I could grab.
So I did the unthinkable I headed to Kamikaze and found they had the Pitpro 125 in stock.
They were selling them for $800 that was not a bad price but wanted 3% surcharge just for using a card to pay, I went and got cash and returned. After waiting about 20 min for them to bring my new bike out of the shed so I can put it in my van and watching the store owner take a customer around the side of the building so he can tell him off for trying to return a faulty item my new bike was here.
One of the blokes helped me load it, as soon as it was in I started opening the box to which the bloke looked worried and asked if everything was ok. I checked all the parts for the bike was there and was undamaged said “all good” and got out of there.
After about an hour I remembered there was a “spares kit” that was supposed to come with these bikes and sure enough it was missing, There was no way I was going back to complain over some cheep parts I would never use and I avoided getting mugged at Kamikaze the first time I was there and figured it was better not to risk it.
After doing a three hour ride in the bush I was hooked on the pittys again, This time I hit up DHZ online shop and after changing my shopping cart around 50+ times I settled on a set of Protapers, 1/8 throttle, DID chain, spare set of levers, DHZ brake, bolt kit and spoke tool. by this stage I figured the wife will kill me anyway so I better make it worth it, I quickly added a Pitsterpro xjr 50cc bike and a set of training wheels (to make it look like it is for the kids)
The bloke from DHZ was great, there was a small issue with the order but he called three times to work out a solution and got my stuff delivered in two days.
I have only just finished getting the Pitsterpro together today, it looks like a bit better quality than the Pitpro but still needs the normal “China” fixes I am yet to take it out for a decent ride but I had a ball doing wheelies up and down the backyard with the kids screaming at me “it’s not fair, it’s my turn!”
