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  1. Special Preview just for Kiwibikers -- my speech to Parliament today

    Quote Originally Posted by riffer View Post
    Kia Ora Katoa, Hello, my name is Simon Gotlieb, and I’m a motorcyclist.

    I’d like to let you know how we got involved in all this and why we’re here today…

    In October last year, the government announced that motorcyclists were to pay up to 400% increases in their ACC levies on registrations. Obviously this was unwelcome news, and we immediately began protesting, and investigating the reasoning behind such a huge increase. Very quickly it was found to be based on grossly
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  2. Picked up a replacement shock

    from Pete at work. A GSXR750 shock - we'll see how this one goes. Got it for a good price - $50 - as it's got a scratch down the centre piece right at the end - but it's never going to hit that even with my fat arse on board.

    So fingers crossed that it's going to fit because the one in the bike at present is rusted to shit.
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  3. Possible brake upgrade

    So, I've been talking to Pete at work and he's got some spare calipers from an RG500 that will fit to my forks.

    With the twin pots it should provide much better braking.

    I'm also looking at getting an RGV250 master cylinder off him as well to complete the setup.

    Now combine that with braided lines and I should have some pretty sweet brakes on this thing...

    Of course it's not going to be cheap. I'm starting to realise there's no such thing as a ...
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