$5,000 later

[sinfull]

Ok it's rainin and i'm bored so hmmm posting bullshit !
Oh and i wish i were just 5 k in the red (cheeky bloody mods)
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Was a week or so before Xmas, the loan i had out for the triumph had almost been paid off with the ballance sitting in my account,

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so i wandered down to the bank and queried if they be happy to do it again !
No worries was the answer !
Choice lol, i aint missed the loan repayments and would only spend the extra cash, so yep i did it again !
Two days prior to xmas the cash was sittin in the account and i was on the piss with smiles, the harley riding doofus, who's always wanted to see me on a harley (so he can keep up)

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"Shall we look on trade me for a harley for ya he says"
I was half cut, so told him to go look and change the music while he's up !

So he's scrolling through my trade me, rattling off details of a few bikes over the sounds and then came accross a 93 FXR, "this one sounds good" he says, S&S cases, S&S carb, ring and bearings done 35 clicks ago when the cases were replaced, full service history, 2nd owner, selling to cash up for a property !
I just sat there at the round table and did the best impersonation of the hundred dollar bill add and yelled "LETS BUY IT"
Well being the cheeky cunt he is, he hit the buy now DOH !

So there we were on Xmas eve up in palmy north checking it out and doing the test ride !

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How i picked it up minus the saddle bags !

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First impressions were,

jesssus where are the brakes,
fuck me it don't handle too bloody well,
front end looks a bit bent to me,
must be the bars lol !

But of course i had been riding a late model speed triple with wicked brakes, handling etc so did take that into consideration !

Next thing my phone was going off !!!
Two of our mates had just been taken out by a u turning 4x4 on a back road and a hunt was on for a recovery wagon (my van)

So i threw the dude the cash and said count that quick, we're out of here ! I'll take it !

The van wasn't needed in the end as the serious crash coppers took both bikes away to check em out ! So we spent the next 4 hours at palmy hospital waiting to see the boys !!! So much for riding the new bike grrrr

Eventually got it home xmas eve and the next ride was a short jaunt over to Wainui with me boy on the back to visit some relies over there !
Then of course the boxing day races in whanganui the day after ! That was humorous, the rest of the club had left at 8 am but i wanted to go see one of me mates who'd crashed xmas eve, as they were planning to ride up with us to the racing and obviously couldnt, so i made him a couple of cups of coffee (he wasn't exactly walking much, but at least he was at home rather than stuck in hospital all busted up like Lou)

Lunch time came and i thought bugger ya cup of coffee i'm off to whangas !
Nice wee head wind all the way up and the abbs got the hell work out ! The standard footpegs did nothing to hold me in position, in fact my feet felt like they allmost hovered over the pegs, and with the T bars it had on it i was either swinging off the bars or having to do a crunch to relax the arms !

So a few changes were in store !

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The ballance of the loan was spent on, new forward controlls and new mounts up front (were gettin baggy)

Then the hunt was on for a back rest, so as the Mrs could stop Eye gouging me while hanging on (she didn't but it sounds good)
Well i managed to stumble accross a second hand single seat and pad with back rest included for the same price it was gonna cost to get a back rest from the states (rare as rocking horse shit in NZ)

So here it is today ! A couple of subtle changes like bars to put me in a recline position, forwards set just right for my duck syndrome legs, original seat and backrest, 4 pot caliper on the front to give it a bit more stop, already had a 4 pot on the rear but i might have to look at the rear pads as they aint stopping too good !


No bling cause i'd rather ride the thing !

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Impressions now ?

Well i aint ridden the speed 3 in 7 weeks, poor thing, must check the battery lol
Brakes are better with the 4 pot in front !
The new seat is mint, 4 hour ride on sunday with Heidi on the back and we both got off feeling great !
Handeling is much improved since doing the front mount and bayonetes !

Smiles still can't keep up ! Bwahahahahaha


It aint a sports bike !!

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That scrape earned me a good thump on the back from the lovely Heidi (ground came up to meet us i swear lol) but i guess after having the the bike lurch sideways a foot and near loosing it, i did deserve it !

LIMITS - they're there to be found are they not ???

Things still to be done ?
Make up some sort of frame slider, so i don't grind the frame to hell !
Get the tappets checked (possible head job) !
Get rid of the nut on the inner guard causing the tyre to be ground down (the chain conversion must offset the wheel a little) !
Find some cunt to clean it !

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[Bren]

Good post....shame about it being a Harley...ps...put on the jug!

[sinfull]

Good post....shame about it being a Harley...ps...put on the jug!
Bring me a box of 8 % mck ! I'm a harley rider i must need to drown my sorrows !

[MIXONE]

The question is Do you bloody wave?

[crazyhorse]

Great reading material - Harley or not! I enjoyed your post :niceone:

[sinfull]

Nope, I nod ! And yes, to anybody !

[MSTRS]

With that hair, it was only a matter of time...

[SlideMoto]

It doesn't have adjustable tappets as such mate. Hydraulic lifters, unless they've been replaced with solid ones, in which case the push-rods are adjustable.

[sinfull]

It doesn't have adjustable tappets as such mate. Hydraulic lifters, unless they've been replaced with solid ones, in which case the push-rods are adjustable.
On ya ! I'd heard this, so the ticking i hear in first and second before the roar of the cam sets in is Hmmmmm

Then there is the noise i hear at low revs that at first i thought was in the primary, then thought piston slap (got laughed at) then found it was coming out the carb with the help of a screwdriver stethiscope (via manifold i'm guessing) One theory is valves need seating and exhaust is overlapping inlet due to the cam (but hydraulic lifters ?) got me fucked ! Still goes like a Harley possessed, so fuck if i know , ride it like i stole it ! Can't hear SFA at full noise for days afterwards !

Noises grrrr !

[Gareth51]

Any more bikes and you'll be putting your bed outside

[sosman]

Waving & Nodding(downwards) are Soooo.... last year!....Yo got to do the bro Eye-brows(with a quick nod upwards) now!

No more trackdays/racing there Sinfull?

[Virago]

Waving & Nodding(downwards) are Soooo.... last year!....Yo got to do the bro Eye-brows(with a quick nod upwards) now!...

Sod it, I've tried, but I just can't get it right. I've watched the training video (Once Were Warriors) over and over, but still can't do the upwards nod.

I think I'm too white...

[sinfull]

Waving & Nodding(downwards) are Soooo.... last year!....Yo got to do the bro Eye-brows(with a quick nod upwards) now!

No more trackdays/racing there Sinfull? Call me beth bro i'll be back !!
It's like a binge thing with these harleys i recon, they go hand in hand, like the more i ride it, the more rides i hear about and .... ok so i'm a pot bellied bastard who can't do 4 laps of a racetrack without retiring with an excuse ! Till now (14 mck's later i'm all brave and shit) and when i can see my ball sacks without draggin my gut aside i might fit my race leathers again !


Sod it, I've tried, but I just can't get it right. I've watched the training video (Once Were Warriors) over and over, but still can't do the upwards nod.

I think I'm too white... Thats ya problem ya whitey, ya need to relax (just as the bike aproaches) and the recline position does the rest ! (the wind whips ya head back and yr brows rise unexplicably as yr arms near tear off the bars)


Any more bikes and you'll be putting your bed outside

Your almost right lol a single bed might make space for another haha thats it, she's got to go !

[Owl]

Mint Bill and I know that bike! In fact it was the first Harley I ever rode. Small world huh!;)

[Genie]

what a lovely bed time story...thanks for sharing.

[sinfull]

Mint Bill and I know that bike! In fact it was the first Harley I ever rode. Small world huh!;)You aint wrong Al, top bloke that Ted aye . Must get hold of him again actually, he mentioned an engineering outfit that makes the 2 inch risers for the the fork legs and it sure looks like i need em !


what a lovely bed time story...thanks for sharing. Your welcome Little Miss Amazing, I like to pride myself on my bedside manner !!!

[Cr1MiNaL]

I have always said ... you buy a Triumph - next step is a Harley... lol

glad your enjoying it.

[Bikemad]

what a lovely bed time story...thanks for sharing.
Hell yes............put me to sleep too Genie

[Genie]

Hell yes............put me to sleep too Genie

you're just jealous becuase you dont' have a sexy bike like this in your bedroom.


oops, did i really say sexy, I meant nice.

[AllanB]

nice. Is that a Harris pipe?

[Owl]

You aint wrong Al, top bloke that Ted aye . Must get hold of him again actually, he mentioned an engineering outfit that makes the 2 inch risers for the the fork legs and it sure looks like i need em !

Yep, taught me everything I know!:whistle:


nice. Is that a Harris pipe?

Curious about that too. It used to, then it didn't and now looks like it does again.:scratch:

[sinfull]

you're just jealous becuase you dont' have a sexy bike like this in your bedroom.


oops, did i really say sexy, I meant nice.Aww yea


nice. Is that a Harris pipe?
Nah bro , think it's a www.cycleworks.co.nz

[Genie]

Hi, you mentioned "other" bikes, how about somemore delightful stories and pics. . Pretty please with cheeries on top.

[Bikemad]

you're just jealous becuase you dont' have a sexy bike like this in your bedroom.


oops, did i really say sexy, I meant nice.

well no..........but i got two sexy bikes in the lounge girl............

[sinfull]

Hi, you mentioned "other" bikes, how about somemore delightful stories and pics. . Pretty please with cheeries on top. Did you venture down to Ruapuna on the weekend ? Mad if you didn't ! Remember the date, cause the stories you'd come home with, Hmmm mine would pale in comparison to the tales you could tell lol !

You will find your way to the track i'm pretty sure, your a junkie, is why your on the bike your on !
You could have settled for a GN or a Hmmm what are they called, lol Kee way (sounds like something that gives when ya give it too much gas) Nah, your into adrenilyn !
When the time comes and the mixing it in the traffic don't do it for ya, you'll hear someone say track and mention the rush they felt and it'll be over for ya !
You will do the pilgrimage down to Ruapuna or the like, just like the rest !
First time you'll do it on the bike (what a buzz) 2 HR ride in the wee hours like you know you love, only to get them fluttering flies in yr belly again (fuck yeah you know the ones) just before ya go out on the track, not knowing whats gonna happen to you out there, how yr going to do on the track, you watch the first couple of sessions thinking, fuck that, them guys are nuts !
But aint you ?
Your there, it's like sex for the first time all over again, only it LASTS LONGER, that corner feels better doing it this way and this corner feels better doing it that way, shit my feet are in the wrong place, move my arse over a bit ! Whoa ! Settle girl, that seat'll get slippery !
Lets do it faster this time !
Where were we ? Awww yeah the race track, so ya done that several times, no more flutterbys, your moving up a group next time you know this, you need more ! More speed, more risk, more riders passing you/to pass !
So the day's done, all thats left is the ride home, 2 Hrs of S/I traffic, haha OMG the Ninja should have a radar detector right now, stupid grin, that wont save ya !
You get home and know your exhausted but you want yr kids back now, you want them home with you, cause you feel alive and want them to feel your energy, they need to know how to live !!!

Night !! Tucks ya in !

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Edit : Bloody bourbon !