Dont worry about it ETR. If you have an opinoin on this forum that doesnt match some of the members of "Canadas Top Stunt Team" your either A) a hater B) no nothing C) or not a stunter. there is only a select few on here that are aloud to have an opinion...
some people can dish out opinions but cry and get bent out of shape when someone has a differing one.
thats just how it is in here...
I've done some research, and I agree with you guys in terms of setting up my own bike with the basics. Ordered myself a proper cage, round bar and rear handbrake setup. Will setup over the winter, and hopefully get into it next season. Slowly but surely.
I gotta say ETR, and no disrespect, but what you're saying doesn't hold water. Karma John made a very good point. It's like buying anything used though, you just gotta be careful, my bike is brand new for that reason. But again, like Karma said, if you upgrade slowly you have to relearn your bike constantly instead of progressing your skill level. Of course, ultimately your skill level will improve, but in a much longer time frame, and with our short seasons I don't see how you can preach that??
I like knowing everything from start to finish, and i rather ride, on somthing i know is well built and i built, then something someone fixed up to sell and get rid off it dosen't mean so should someone else, its just something that someone else with the same concerns like mine might also consider.
Thats is one of your problems you are basing your opinion off the fact you know how to work on your own bikes, you even mention inventing your own parts! Not everyone trying to get into stunting is going to know how to work on their own bike they bought non stunt ready...I have set up a ton of bikes for people that dont have a Fing clue about setting up a bike.....So if you dont have the know how yourself or a friend that can do it for free. Again I really think its better people buy an already setup stunt bike....
I mean do you have any idea how many people ask me where to buy a cage! They cant even find a cage on the internet! Let alone install it themselfs...Dont even get me started on hand brakes! When people ask me how much is a hand brake, I have to flip the question around and instead ask them "how much do you have to spend?".....As there are $100 hand brakes or $1500 hand brakes and everything in between....
Bottom line some people are just going to be better off buying somthing ready to stunt, rather then trying to learn how to build a bike and stunt one...Its just like racing man, some people start with a stock bike and turn it into a race bike, and some just buy a used race bike....Depends on the person, their budget, and their abilities to work on bikes....And you usually get a little more for your money when you go used.....Starting with a stock bike in track/racing or stunting gets really expensive....
If someone doesn't have the ability to work on their own bike,they might want to reconsider stunt riding as a hobby.Even with the best cage ,stunt parts etc, nothing will save you from spending hundreds if not thousands in repairs and then to have to add the cost of a shops labour....whoa ,dolla dolla bill yall