My BIG UPS to...thread

[loosebruce]

Well it all starting with me making a rather silly mistake which saw me and my not so pride and joy tumbling down the road at near on 200kph, a number of events followed and a number of people were involved in helping me, making fun of me, or hooking me up with shit, so i like to take this chance to thank the follwing:

MidLifeCrisis & Gazza - For cutting your ride short to go home get a trailer and take my sorry arse and what was left of the TL back home, took me a while to go to the hospital even though my thumb was not where it usually was, bike comes first ya know. And was glad to see that MLC went and brought a set of leathers after seeing how lightly i got off in my off. :niceone:

Death INC - For saying "thats the most impressive crash i've seen for a while" and "i wouldn't of wheelie off that crest", means a lot man :niceone:

All the peeps on that ride - Two Smoker, 6Chris6, Draco etc, Cheers for the help.

Quasi - For the reading material while i was in hospital :cool: and then taking me to manfeild so i could find out what a cock i was for crashing just before my most anticpated day for quite sometime. Would've been fine if i crashed after the track day.

Spudchucka - for the radiator, the very first part i brought towards the rebuild, cheers mate.

Saul - For the front brake, master cylinder etc, cher bro. See you on the road soon....... finally huh.

To all the members offering help pulling the TL apart and putting it back together, Firefight and Paps to name a few.

To Atomic Wreckers on the shore for having a god deal of parts i needed.

Even bigger ups to Victorian Bike Wreckers in Oz for having the parts i needed and couldn't find anywhere in NZ, namely, clip-on, header pipe, and a few other bits, excellent service and prices just as competive as if buying in NZ, i would recomend these guys to anyone.

Hoon - For the stock mufflers and seat hump, cheers heaps mate, you're a legend, nice price too :2thumbsup

Whitetrash - You always look after me brother and you know i'll never buy a bike from anyone else ever (maybe but unlikely), you da man. Don't forget my gloves on sunday beeearch.

Motoracer - For transporting the TL to Deaths place, thanks man.

Death INC - For helping me put the finishing touches on the TL, being numerous welding broken bits up and our super stylie headlight and dash bracket, and various other mods, airbox, muffler :shifty: , doing the brakes, etc you know the lot, then the three nights in a row trying to get the thing running, stop leaking oil (doh), running again etc, you da man, and just so happen to have a lifetime of free pizza. Oh yeah and thanks for dropping the valves on the fornt cylinder too :Pokey: awfully nice of you :killingme and that brings me to.

Deaths mate Stan in Ozzie for finding a front cylinder head at Metropolitain (sp) Wreckers in Oz and to Metro Wreckers for the awesome price for the complete head. Big Ups to our Ozzie counterparts and like Vic Wreckers would recomend trying these guys for parts anytime too.

AT the end of it all the TL is now running about, popping wheelies like a bitch and making a fark load of noise :Punk: , it however still has a slight handling problem which is being sorted, thanks trashy, but it lives again. So i be a happy man, a now slighty overweight happy man, sitting on my arse for two months and numerous pies saw 15kg come out of no where :confused: oppps.

To Kerri at MSW for doing a amazing job on my leathers, wonder if they fit??

And last of all a big thanks to all who offered support and and nice get well messages and general concern to me well being, thats a real good thing about this site :love: cheers guys oh n gals. And I'm so sorry if i missed anyone out, noway intended to...........

Hope to see most of ya at Taupo on Sunday, i shouldn't be hard to spot, just look for the horiest bike in the pits, proberly the loudest too

Cheers People

Bruce

[gav]

yeah yeah, but wheres the photos of the completed bike?

[John]

Glad to hear its all good now, glad that you got so much help - I would have helped if I had any clue :P.

Good on ya!

[erik]

Nice post :niceone:, but yep, where's the photos?

[crashe]

hey its good to see you are finally back riding.... :ride:

Have fun in Taupo....

Ride safe.
:2thumbsup :banana: :banana: :2thumbsup

[Ghost Lemur]

Good to hear the TL's risen from the ashes.

But how dare you do a write up like that without providing us with PICS. :angry2: ;)

[Joni]

Bruce, glad to hear you and the bike are both up and running again... :niceone:

Good on everyone that helped - I think its stunning!

[Quasievil]

15 kgs you fat fuck !!!!

[Two Smoker]

Nice post mate :niceone: you forgot, my bike is the whoriest bike... will be good to see you/follow you on the track...

[Storm]

Am I the only one to truly realise the magnitude of this thread? For once in our lives, when people say "who ate all the pies? " WE will know!! :mobile: Spread the word, the pieeater is on KB and on his bike overloading the suspension :Punk:







Seriously mate, good onya for gettting it all sorted and staying positive :2thumbsup

[loosebruce]

yeah yeah, but wheres the photos of the completed bike?

I dont want to scare the childern

[loosebruce]

I dont have one of those digi cameras thingee's, but i'm sure some pics will pop up from taupo, so if yous can hold out until then, your wishes will be granted.

TS - horiest bike, it has to go to qualify, when you can ride yours let me know.

[sAsLEX]

fuck and people reckon the site has gone downhill!!! Big ups to all those KBers looking out for each other.

cant wait to see you out on the track!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/feintnz/bruce03.jpg
Rubber side down this time hopefully!!!

[Two Smoker]

I dont have one of those digi cameras thingee's, but i'm sure some pics will pop up from taupo, so if yous can hold out until then, your wishes will be granted.

TS - horiest bike, it has to go to qualify, when you can ride yours let me know.

LOL, it wont be going for a while... im to poor :(

[dss3]

fuck and people reckon the site has gone downhill!!! Big ups to all those KBers looking out for each other.

cant wait to see you out on the track!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/feintnz/bruce03.jpg
Rubber side down this time hopefully!!!

Cheers for that laugh LB, that photo is classic man! :Punk:

You can give me some tuition on the 2nd gear TL wheelie... starting to get it sorted now. Although I reckon with all that extra gut hanging over the rear of the bike you'll stuggle to ever get the front wheel down!

_daryl

[Sensei]

Great news LB Hope to make it to Taupo if tyre will make it there & back ..
SENSEI

[Zapf]

hay LB.... good to hear ur back :) wasn't the same with you sitting at the pizza bar all day long :P

[Mr Skid]

fuck and people reckon the site has gone downhill!!! Big ups to all those KBers looking out for each other.

cant wait to see you out on the track!!!


Rubber side down this time hopefully!!!
Certainly an interesting way to check the amount of fuel in the tank.

[Pwalo]

Certainly an interesting way to check the amount of fuel in the tank.

Saves wear on the tyres and brakes as well. That must have really hurt. Good to see the mighty TL is ready to scare all those VTRs and Ducs again.

[ManDownUnder]

Glad to see you survived

(and that applies to you too Bruce). Enjoy the ride, and remember this simple rule...

Only things that "round and round"
Should be aquainted with the ground

MDU

[ManDownUnder]

fuck and people reckon the site has gone downhill!!! Big ups to all those KBers looking out for each other.

cant wait to see you out on the track!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/feintnz/bruce03.jpg
Rubber side down this time hopefully!!!

ummm - at the risk of stealing another's idea... and COMPLETELY derailing this thread...caption contest?

MDU

[Quasievil]

ummm - at the risk of stealing another's idea... and COMPLETELY derailing this thread...caption contest?

MDU

Bruce trying to make his bike feel better decided on giving his bike a headjob

[Sparky Bills]

YES YES YES...
Bikes ready just in time for winter. :whistle:

[BNZ]

ummm - at the risk of stealing another's idea... and COMPLETELY derailing this thread...caption contest?

MDU

Bruce found the hidden pie tucked behind the radiator :killingme

[thehollowmen]

would all people involved post here so we can give you rep?
Thanks :-D

[DEATH_INC.]

No worries dude,any time you need to loose a couple of valves gimme a call :shake:
Don't worry about bruce gaining 15kg,there's at least that much gone off the tl.....

[Motoracer]

I'm glad I could help bro! Anytime.

[DEATH_INC.]

Ok,ok,ok, here's some piccies

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/gallery/albums/userpics/10716/110_1052.JPG

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/gallery/albums/userpics/10716/110_1053.JPG

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/gallery/albums/userpics/10716/110_1054.JPG

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/gallery/albums/userpics/10716/110_1055.JPG

The special pos edition TL
:drinknsin :niceone: :Punk: :banana: :killingme

[scumdog]

The budget run out when you got as far back as the no. plate??

[DEATH_INC.]

The budget run out when you got as far back as the no. plate??
Yes.......

[Eyetie]

Glad to help out Bruce, looks like the plate could tell a few stories of its own.....

[sAsLEX]

The budget run out when you got as far back as the no. plate??

i think he left a fair bit of that at some crest somewhere, no idea why..........

[DEATH_INC.]

The truth is the budget ran out BEFORE someone :whistle: test rode it after we pieced it together and dropped both exhaust valves on the front cylinder......

[Wellyman]

LB if you ever need some more parts for the beast give me a yell becuase i'm a part timer at the shop,and we will sort ya out. ncie bike!

[erik]

The truth is the budget ran out BEFORE someone :whistle: test rode it after we pieced it together and dropped both exhaust valves on the front cylinder......
It looks kinda cool :)

What do you mean by "dropped both exhaust valves on the front cylinder"?

[Hooks]

HHHmmm nice two tone colour scheme !! looks like a demented bumble bee !! Well done those people !! good skills ...

[madboy]

The budget run out when you got as far back as the no. plate??Plates are over-rated

[Riff Raff]

It looks kinda cool :)

What do you mean by "dropped both exhaust valves on the front cylinder"?
I hear he's the only person in the world who's managed to do that. Well done that man!!! :2thumbsup

[madboy]

I hear he's the only person in the world who's managed to do that. Well done that man!!! :2thumbsupNot sure how this effort was managed, but I know how he managed to root the motor the first time... something about a rev-limiter and frequent flamethrowing?? :whistle:

[Two Smoker]

THAT LOOKS FUCKING AWESOME!!!! Everyone pay cloe attention to the tail piece (where the tail light is) and the numberplate hehehe....

[DEATH_INC.]

I hear he's the only person in the world who's managed to do that. Well done that man!!! :2thumbsup
Actually,there's two of us now,but only one TL.....

[Riff Raff]

Actually,there's two of us now,but only one TL.....
Big well done to you too! I'm proud of you both!! or something!

[gav]

WTF is that over the headlight?

[Zed]

Cheers People

BruceWelcome back to the land of the living Bruce! Wasn't that long ago that both of us were bikeless and fretting about it...looking forward to catching up with you on a ride soon. Enjoy Taupo and take care of those hands dude! :Punk:

Ps. the TL is looking good. Didn't you tell me that it would be a different shade of green this time round??


Zed

[SPman]

....Didn't you tell me that it would be a different shade of green this time round??


He wasnt talking about the bike!

[FEINT]

good to see the TL back on the road Bruce. :msn-wink:

Nice paint job .... :killingme

[loosebruce]

cant wait to see you out on the track!!!

Rubber side down this time hopefully!!!

I doubt that...............

[loosebruce]

Cheers for that laugh LB, that photo is classic man! :Punk:

_daryl

Cheers for the laugh eh, well laugh about this the buddy, I've got a TL1000S front inlet cam spare if ya want it. $10 to you :whistle: you laughing now?

Bummer Death didn't kill it sooner for ya :lol: see you at the track Daryl, and for some wheelie practice :cool:

[loosebruce]

Glad to see you survived

(and that applies to you too Bruce). Enjoy the ride, and remember this simple rule...

Only things that "round and round"
Should be aquainted with the ground

MDU

I went round and round quite a few times trying to slowing down from 200kph!!

[loosebruce]

It looks kinda cool :)

What do you mean by "dropped both exhaust valves on the front cylinder"?

It means, exhaust valves destroyed, exhaust cam destroyed, head destroyed and a whole lotta coin, and one major headache trying to find 2nd hand parts.
As TL1000 motors don't (read don't) drop valves. Noone on TLplanet in the UK/USA/AUS has heard of a TL dropping a valve, infact no one full stop has heard of it happening and somehow Death and I have managed it. Go figure, it's not like i thrash my bike or anything, i take good care of it, it breaks i fix (quite often i might add)

I never said it was pretty, maybe a lick of paint, matt black. But it sounds good, and wheelies like a fookin bitch with no front fairing etc, great just what i need. Who's got dips on how long it takes me to step off again.

Oh yeah the 2nd green is the dark forest green which is the solo seat unit, and the thing on the headlight, well last minute mod, surprising how much wind it deflects.

See all you (most of you) peeps on Sunday :2thumbsup

Cheers to all with the nice eh comments.

See you on the road, or the side of the road as i pick bits of TL up.

Surprised no-one noticed the Death/Loosebruce special edition radiator overflow bottle. Stylie.

[Two Smoker]

As TL1000 motors don't (read don't) drop valves. Noone on TLplanet in the UK/USA/AUS has heard of a TL dropping a valve, infact no one full stop has heard of it happening and somehow Death and I have managed it. Go figure, it's not like i thrash my bike or anything, i take good care of it, it breaks i fix (quite often i might add)

I never said it was pretty, maybe a lick of paint, matt black.

hehehe, you never thrash your bike aye bruce???

Matt black would look phat, its called spray paint in a can from repco... will look phat as...