Aldi Motorbike sale

easyrider · 2 Mar 2012 at 09:57

Aldi are selling motorbike gear

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/offers_week09Thursday12.htm?WT.z_src=main

agnes · 2 Mar 2012 at 10:18

A helmet for £30... Would not even wear that inside lol.

EDIT: althought... http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_23496.htm Will pick a couple of those up tonight

thepeteh · 2 Mar 2012 at 10:38

agnes said:
A helmet for £30... Would not even wear that inside lol.

EDIT: althought... http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_23496.htm Will pick a couple of those up tonight

might not be the best looking or best quality, in fact best anything

but it still has to conform to all the relevant standards...

Saying that, I wouldn't wear one either

SamPazz · 2 Mar 2012 at 11:53

The paddock stand seems a nice buy, would anyone risk putting their bike on one from aldi though?

wazza300 · 2 Mar 2012 at 12:37

bought some aldi boots,quality is great considering there £29.99,an expensive pair of rst razer boots lasted 6months before they wore holes in them,terrible quality

thought id post some pics

WrathOfAchilles · 2 Mar 2012 at 16:38

I'm stopping in on way home to get beer - ill checkout what they got left

Dogbreath · 2 Mar 2012 at 16:57

My local Lidl still had a load of bike gear when I checked last week, including waterproofs, windproof layers, boots, helmets, gloves etc.

WrathOfAchilles · 2 Mar 2012 at 19:07

WrathOfAchilles said:
I'm stopping in on way home to get beer - ill checkout what they got left

Picked up underwear (top and bottom) and wind proof (top and bottom). Gloves were too cheap.

hlxbravo · 3 Mar 2012 at 14:13

SamPazz said:
The paddock stand seems a nice buy, would anyone risk putting their bike on one from aldi though?

Well I shall tell you when I try.......

Have had a quick go on my own, yesterday, but as my ER6-f does not have a centre stand, it was awkward to say the least, what with the bike leaning to one side, will give it another go when I got someone to help me. Wish it had some holes in the paddock stand so that it could be bolted to my swingarm, rather than just have the bike sit on top of two small right angles.

MADMAN69UK · 3 Mar 2012 at 14:19

hlxbravo said:
Well I shall tell you when I try.......

Have had a quick go on my own, yesterday, but as my ER6-f does not have a centre stand, it was awkward to say the least, what with the bike leaning to one side, will give it another go when I got someone to help me. Wish it had some holes in the paddock stand so that it could be bolted to my swingarm, rather than just have the bike sit on top of two small right angles.

Nearly dropped my ER-6f twice when I was using a standard paddock stand. S'why I first purchased an Abba stand

When adjusting the chain I'd whip her up on the Abba, slip the paddock under the rear then roll the Abba stand back and take it off. Reverse that for taking the rear paddock stand back off, unless I had someone to help.

What I'm loving about the Speed Triple is the single sided swingarm stand, slots right into the wheel hub so would be pretty hard to drop it

ElliorR · 3 Mar 2012 at 14:28

When I bought a paddock stand (not Aldi) for my ER-6f I got 2 bobbins for the swing arm and used the hook adapter thingamabobs that came with the stand to lift the bike up. I can do it myself by holding onto the grab raid with my left hand and levelling the bike then getting the stand in place and lift. Took a few goes to get the motions smooth but it's easy with a little practice.

Going to get a front stand soon, one that goes into the front headstock so I can remove the front wheel.