TwoSeven
7th May 2005, 18:14
After months of doing nothing and refusing to spend money on the krappisaki I decided it was time to check if it was actually reliable enough to go somewhere on it.
The krappisaki and I have two things in common - we are both cheap buggers. I refuse to spend money on the thing. Well, I have to keep costs down you know - student budget and all that. Day before yesterday it had new front pads on the disc brake and even in the drum brake. Also I spent all of $14 on plugs - B7ES - very expensive all up cost me $80. But at least I dont have to sand the disc and pads down before taking the bike for a warrent, and the rubber on my shoes will last longer.
It was only doing 45km at a top speed of 60km/hr for a tank (about 7 litres) of gas due to having the fuel inlet needle tied to the float with a bit of cotten and a split in one of the manifold rubbers holding the other carb on. Buying a new spring $13 and lekky tape $2 fixed both problems and I now get a top speed of 80km/hr (cruising) and 100km per tank. I'm still running it a bit fuel rich until I get that air leak fixed as it tends to blow back if I lean it up and knock the carbs off the mounts. As I have found out - its a pain trying to ride and hold the carbs against the engine at the same time, although it is possible.
Took the machine down to the gas station to fill it up ($4 thank you) and put some air in it. Not paying attention I put the aircap on upside down which promptly pulled the center out of the valve. Bugger - quick screw the cap on the right way round and take it down cycletreads (pit lane) in chch before it goes flat. Have a look at the 'prillia rsv and cibby 600 getting new boots put on and wait for my turn. Thought I might need a new tube, but turns out just the valve was loose and a new one was put it. Anyhow - being it was about to go for a reliability ride - it was safer to get someone else to have a look at it. While the bike was sitting outside it was leaking petrol - i'd overfilled it deliberatly for maximum travel and forgot it pisses out when the machines on its side stand. Oh well, a lighter bike goes faster I guess.
Back home to put my test riders kit on - jacket, lid, sunglasses, mobile phone and beep beep card for petrol and lunch money. Looked at the took kit and thought - bugger that - too heavy. Grabbed the digicam and off I went.
Drove up columbo street and then up the hill to the top - half way up I realised i'd forgotten to stiffen up the rear springs when I had the wheel off a few days before - it was well and truley a soggy doggy on the rear end - weaving a bit on the long corners and causing a rather odd hanging off technique (square wall tires) on some others. 3rd and 4th gear all the way up - the tractor didnt notice there was a hill.
Took a photo at the top then preceeded to pootle along the top towards gebbies pass with feet up front on indicator stems (knees get stuck on bars so that didnt work). Nearly got beaned by a hawk eating a dead rabbit - stupid bird let out a bit of a squawk when its meal got interrupted - still, better than a london pidgeon in the face at the back of hyde park tho. Stopped a few times for some more photos and then trundled on to little river at a sedate 80km/hr.
Little river came and went - 1.85 litres of gas (wasnt sure if the fuel economy would last the whole trip one way), and on I went. Spotted a jam jar at cooptown and the old bill was walking back across the road - sped up and waved a bit to get his attention on how fast I was going - all he did was wave back. So 85km/hr isnt good enough. Mind you they all just wave back, even in town. Dont know how people manage to get tickets - been trying for decades as well.
Got to the first corner on the bottom of the hill, 45km limit right hander and forgot about the weave. I was only doing 50 and nearly fell off - woke up tho. It was interesting watching the expression on other riders (who were returnign to chch) faces. Some where like - oh shit of shit this hill is hard - face locked in blind panic. Others were like - I paid bucket loads for this bike and that bug just removed .0001mm of paint. Still a few more were actually aware of their surroundings and actually managed to wave - but in general most found one handed riding on a hill too hard a skill to learn. Was alright on the straight tho, pretty much everyone waved.
Anyone at this stage who saw a manic rider waving in a crazy fashion with a big cheesy grin on his face should realise that it was actually the point in time when said rider realised that going down a very steep hill on a 25 year old machine was in fact terrified. Then I remembered I now had brakes which slowed me down a bit.
10km out of akaroa I had this horrible case of the munchies, so has to speed up (nearly 90 at one stage) to get to the chippy. Ate that opposite at the waterfront and enjoyed what was left of the sun. Also saw a neat cibby 600 F2 (it had the pink tiger stripes rather than the pink bands - so may have been a 93 or even an F3) was going to ask the owner, but was in a hurry to cram food. Bit of a doze in the sun, but got woken by an MV and a couple of dukes that pulled in behind (should have put my earplugs in).
Ride back was pretty boring - did it the return on 3/4 of a tank and just enjoyed the scenary sitting at 80km/hr. Plugs look spot on - so it seems to be running ok.. Might try a longer trip soon.
The krappisaki and I have two things in common - we are both cheap buggers. I refuse to spend money on the thing. Well, I have to keep costs down you know - student budget and all that. Day before yesterday it had new front pads on the disc brake and even in the drum brake. Also I spent all of $14 on plugs - B7ES - very expensive all up cost me $80. But at least I dont have to sand the disc and pads down before taking the bike for a warrent, and the rubber on my shoes will last longer.
It was only doing 45km at a top speed of 60km/hr for a tank (about 7 litres) of gas due to having the fuel inlet needle tied to the float with a bit of cotten and a split in one of the manifold rubbers holding the other carb on. Buying a new spring $13 and lekky tape $2 fixed both problems and I now get a top speed of 80km/hr (cruising) and 100km per tank. I'm still running it a bit fuel rich until I get that air leak fixed as it tends to blow back if I lean it up and knock the carbs off the mounts. As I have found out - its a pain trying to ride and hold the carbs against the engine at the same time, although it is possible.
Took the machine down to the gas station to fill it up ($4 thank you) and put some air in it. Not paying attention I put the aircap on upside down which promptly pulled the center out of the valve. Bugger - quick screw the cap on the right way round and take it down cycletreads (pit lane) in chch before it goes flat. Have a look at the 'prillia rsv and cibby 600 getting new boots put on and wait for my turn. Thought I might need a new tube, but turns out just the valve was loose and a new one was put it. Anyhow - being it was about to go for a reliability ride - it was safer to get someone else to have a look at it. While the bike was sitting outside it was leaking petrol - i'd overfilled it deliberatly for maximum travel and forgot it pisses out when the machines on its side stand. Oh well, a lighter bike goes faster I guess.
Back home to put my test riders kit on - jacket, lid, sunglasses, mobile phone and beep beep card for petrol and lunch money. Looked at the took kit and thought - bugger that - too heavy. Grabbed the digicam and off I went.
Drove up columbo street and then up the hill to the top - half way up I realised i'd forgotten to stiffen up the rear springs when I had the wheel off a few days before - it was well and truley a soggy doggy on the rear end - weaving a bit on the long corners and causing a rather odd hanging off technique (square wall tires) on some others. 3rd and 4th gear all the way up - the tractor didnt notice there was a hill.
Took a photo at the top then preceeded to pootle along the top towards gebbies pass with feet up front on indicator stems (knees get stuck on bars so that didnt work). Nearly got beaned by a hawk eating a dead rabbit - stupid bird let out a bit of a squawk when its meal got interrupted - still, better than a london pidgeon in the face at the back of hyde park tho. Stopped a few times for some more photos and then trundled on to little river at a sedate 80km/hr.
Little river came and went - 1.85 litres of gas (wasnt sure if the fuel economy would last the whole trip one way), and on I went. Spotted a jam jar at cooptown and the old bill was walking back across the road - sped up and waved a bit to get his attention on how fast I was going - all he did was wave back. So 85km/hr isnt good enough. Mind you they all just wave back, even in town. Dont know how people manage to get tickets - been trying for decades as well.
Got to the first corner on the bottom of the hill, 45km limit right hander and forgot about the weave. I was only doing 50 and nearly fell off - woke up tho. It was interesting watching the expression on other riders (who were returnign to chch) faces. Some where like - oh shit of shit this hill is hard - face locked in blind panic. Others were like - I paid bucket loads for this bike and that bug just removed .0001mm of paint. Still a few more were actually aware of their surroundings and actually managed to wave - but in general most found one handed riding on a hill too hard a skill to learn. Was alright on the straight tho, pretty much everyone waved.
Anyone at this stage who saw a manic rider waving in a crazy fashion with a big cheesy grin on his face should realise that it was actually the point in time when said rider realised that going down a very steep hill on a 25 year old machine was in fact terrified. Then I remembered I now had brakes which slowed me down a bit.
10km out of akaroa I had this horrible case of the munchies, so has to speed up (nearly 90 at one stage) to get to the chippy. Ate that opposite at the waterfront and enjoyed what was left of the sun. Also saw a neat cibby 600 F2 (it had the pink tiger stripes rather than the pink bands - so may have been a 93 or even an F3) was going to ask the owner, but was in a hurry to cram food. Bit of a doze in the sun, but got woken by an MV and a couple of dukes that pulled in behind (should have put my earplugs in).
Ride back was pretty boring - did it the return on 3/4 of a tank and just enjoyed the scenary sitting at 80km/hr. Plugs look spot on - so it seems to be running ok.. Might try a longer trip soon.