Spring is in the air or so I thought

[98tls]

Beautiful day so dragged the TL outta the shed and went for a tiki tour,coming back from Dunedin i decided to call in at Graves dam and have the first dip of the year:weird:wrong thing to do as it was bloody freezing..was a real quick dip then out gasping:nono:Refreshing i guess,couple of pics of said dam and the bike up the road at the old sawmill.

[unstuck]

Farkin nutter, swimming weather is months away down here yet.:eek:

[98tls]

Farkin nutter, swimming weather is months away down here yet.:eek:

:rolleyes:Yep think your right,just got a bit carried away with the summers coming thing.Have just about thawed out.

[unstuck]

:rolleyes:Yep think your right,just got a bit carried away with the summers coming thing.Have just about thawed out.

Supposed to be snow down to 200mts early this week, real warm here today though. Not warm enough for swimming though.:lol::lol:

[Grizzo]

Good on ya you crazy bastard. Jeez that must of tightend up the special bits.
Beaut weekend here too. Went for a couple of nice rides.
Bring on summer!

[98tls]

Good on ya you crazy bastard. Jeez that must of tightend up the special bits.
Beaut weekend here too. Went for a couple of nice rides.
Bring on summer!

Aye it did that,bit of shrinkage in others to.Worst thing was no bloody towel to dry off,must have looked like a right lunatic jumping up n down atop the dam.:lol:Thankfully no cars went over the bridge whilst doing so.

[JimO]

didnt you have the pipes on one side of the bike??

[98tls]

didnt you have the pipes on one side of the bike??

Yep i did mate,the guys on the TL site managed to convince M4 to do a small run of complete systems for the TLS (was discontinued a few years back) so the wtf and bought one,still got that other setup but am going to fit some other cans to it..sometime.

[unstuck]

At least you didnt break your neck, new bridge too is it?

[98tls]

At least you didnt break your neck, new bridge too is it?

Yep they put the new one in about a year ago.

[scumdog]

Good on ya Mike!
C.B. and I went down to Pounawea in the Olds (ex-Oamaru car) and give the Thermette it's first boil-up for the spring, had a cuppa and a couple of bikkys then home, nice day for a cruise.

We looked at the water, talked about floundering - then thought "Naaahhh..":crazy: - it ain't THAT warm yet.

[98tls]

Good on ya Mike!
C.B. and I went down to Pounawea in the Olds (ex-Oamaru car) and give the Thermette it's first boil-up for the spring, had a cuppa and a couple of bikkys then home, nice day for a cruise.

We looked at the water, talked about floundering - then thought "Naaahhh..":crazy: - it ain't THAT warm yet.

You made the right decision mate,might give it another go around the end of Setember,Graves dam is generally a fair bit colder than the likes of the Kakanui river even in mid summer,beautiful clear clean water though.

[unstuck]

Good on ya Mike!
C.B. and I went down to Pounawea in the Olds (ex-Oamaru car) and give the Thermette it's first boil-up for the spring, had a cuppa and a couple of bikkys then home, nice day for a cruise.

We looked at the water, talked about floundering - then thought "Naaahhh..":crazy: - it ain't THAT warm yet.

Waders is what you need, went down to waikawa last weekend and got a few. Good size too.:niceone:

[unstuck]

beautiful clear clean water though.

Not a lot of dairy farms up stream from there though.:whistle:

[mashman]

I haz jealousyz

[pzkpfw]

... Thermette ...

Can those be bought? Or is someone making them?

[AllanB]

Any fish in there?

I'd rather have your TL than many of the new bikes on the market.

Suzuki bits are often very interchangeable - can you get a slipper clutch for the TL?

[scumdog]

Can those be bought? Or is someone making them?

Yes, they can be bought - but you might have to be Marty McFly 'cos mine was made in the late 50's or so

No doubt soembody will point you towards modern ones.

[98tls]

Any fish in there?

I'd rather have your TL than many of the new bikes on the market.

Suzuki bits are often very interchangeable - can you get a slipper clutch for the TL?

Yep,last year i almost stood on a flounder which was surprising as the bridge is a fair way from the coast.TL has a slipper clutch albeit a primitive one...though some of the guys overseas on the TL forum have fitted setups from donor bikes.Havent bothered myself it works ok.

[Ocean1]

Yes, they can be bought - but you might have to be Marty McFly 'cos mine was made in the late 50's or so

No doubt soembody will point you towards modern ones.

There's a few around. I've long since lost my old original copper one, bought a stainless one which wasn't as good and lost that.

This looks the biz... http://www.outdoorgurus.co.nz/index.php?page=listingDetails&prodid=122&sco=12&categoryid=15

[T.W.R]

have the first dip of the year:weird:wrong thing to do as it was bloody freezing..was a real quick dip then out gasping:nono:Refreshing i guess

:lol: more wrinkles than inches huh?

Those M4s look a shitload better than the dual set-up :niceone:

[98tls]

Bit like that mate:laugh:Yea the M4s are quality kit for sure,sound nice.:niceone:

[98tls]

There's a few around. I've long since lost my old original copper one, bought a stainless one which wasn't as good and lost that.

This looks the biz... http://www.outdoorgurus.co.nz/index.php?page=listingDetails&prodid=122&sco=12&categoryid=15

Yea i reckon,not to badly priced either eh.Good find.

[T.W.R]

Bit like that mate:laugh:Yea the M4s are quality kit for sure,sound nice.:niceone:

:lol: just compared the side on pic to ones I've got from 06 & 08 the whole system makes the old set-up look like match sticks by comparison...and :shutup: you've got a thing for those Pirelli's haven't you.....every pic has the same tyres :lol:

[Mom]

have the first dip of the year :weird:

:weird: does not even come close to what I said...

You need to go and see someone about that, really, you do.

:blank:

[98tls]

:lol: just compared the side on pic to ones I've got from 06 & 08 the whole system makes the old set-up look like match sticks by comparison...and :shutup: you've got a thing for those Pirelli's haven't you.....every pic has the same tyres :lol:

Yea mate the new system looks nice and beefy.Nothing wrong with them Pirellis...:msn-wink:

[Oakie]

Waianakarua River in August? Yep ... that be chilly stuff.

[Edbear]

Good on ya Mike!
C.B. and I went down to Pounawea in the Olds (ex-Oamaru car) and give the Thermette it's first boil-up for the spring, had a cuppa and a couple of bikkys then home, nice day for a cruise.

We looked at the water, talked about floundering - then thought "Naaahhh..":crazy: - it ain't THAT warm yet.

I think 98tls has done enough floundering around in the water for now... :innocent:

[unstuck]

I still have a thermette that was lost while I was doing pd at army bay on the whangaparoa penisular back in the 80,s.:whistle:
An old forest service one I belive.

[T.W.R]

Yea mate the new system looks nice and beefy.Nothing wrong with them Pirellis...:msn-wink:

The whole package gets better as time goes on :yes:

Ha to double check pics to make sure the tread depth on them was different :whistle::bleh:

[Banditbandit]

Farkin nutter, swimming weather is months away down here yet.:eek:

Kids were swimming on the beaches west of Opotiki during the last school holidays ... great swimming weather here ..

[unstuck]

Kids were swimming on the beaches west of Opotiki during the last school holidays ... great swimming weather here ..

:bleh::bleh::bleh: Bloody showoff.
Probably the only thing I miss about living in the north, is being able to swim all year round.That and snapper .:drool:

[Banditbandit]

:bleh::bleh::bleh: Bloody showoff.
Probably the only thing I miss about living in the north, is being able to swim all year round.That and snapper .:drool:

If our dickhead minister of primary industries has his way we will all be missing Snapper ..

[Big Dave]

Jiiiiimmminy.

Been spring over here for a few weeks. Clear skies and mid 20's. Best time of year in Brisbane.
Cooler nights though - pool water is still too chilly.
Have been doing some good dirt riding on the KLR up around the Glasshouse Mountains in perfick conditions.

[98tls]

:bleh::bleh::bleh: Bloody showoff.
Probably the only thing I miss about living in the north, is being able to swim all year round.That and snapper .:drool:

Harden up son,had another dip today though have to admit in a river thats warmer than the ist one all year round,still nice and clean to.Cold as fuck still but stayed in until my feet started to hurt:mad:Dog looked at me as if to say "is that it":rolleyes:

[98tls]

Any fish in there?

I'd rather have your TL than many of the new bikes on the market.

Suzuki bits are often very interchangeable - can you get a slipper clutch for the TL?

Heres a pic (courtesy of TLDV8) of a proper slipper clutch fitted to an S Al,happy enough with the primitive oem setup myself,get it right and the sliding into corners is awesome.:2thumbsup

[unstuck]

Harden up son,had another dip today though have to admit in a river thats warmer than the ist one all year round,still nice and clean to.Cold as fuck still but stayed in until my feet started to hurt:mad:Dog looked at me as if to say "is that it":rolleyes:

Had a dip in the Waikukupa river up the west coast last week, but only because I lost my footing while crossing. Im sure the chamois on the other side were laughing at me, the bastards.:mad: Fark me it was cold.:cold:

[Banditbandit]

Good on ya Mike!
C.B. and I went down to Pounawea in the Olds (ex-Oamaru car) and give the Thermette it's first boil-up for the spring, had a cuppa and a couple of bikkys then home, nice day for a cruise.

We looked at the water, talked about floundering - then thought "Naaahhh..":crazy: - it ain't THAT warm yet.

I put a net out over the weekend - got some flounder, some small kahawai (cat food) and a very large mullett ...

The water here was a little cool but not too bad .. soon I'll take the boat out and get some snapper in the deep freeze as well ... as long as the bastards don't cut the daily limit - I fish in Area 1