General Bike Ravings

OK, so, we're all into motorbikes, right? And we're (at least some of us) tough mofos, yes?

And NZ has terrifying child abuse stats, correct?

So, READ THIS. RIGHT NOW.

Please. Maybe we can all do something to help...

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We were scheduled to do a dawn ride two weeks ago, but that weekend clashed with the National AGM, so it was shuffled out to this weekend...so being Easter Sunday, we rode in hope of seing the Son rise......we were 2,000 years late for that.....and the sun didn't make an appearance either!!

With such an early start I checked the tyres and packed my gear last night and hit the sack about 1030 after setting the alarm for 0345 as that gave me time to scrub up and get on the road by 0420, ...

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I've had a couple of rides in the last two weeks.

Last week seven bikes (2 were spyders) of us went over to Masterton to support the the Wai'rapa Ulys on their Life Education Trust Charity Ride. The weather was great and I left home at 0805 (a little late) for an 0830 depature from Caltex Rimutaka....so we were only 10 minutes late. After a scoot over the hill then a sedate pootle up to Masterton, we arrived at the Copthorne at 0930, registered and socialised until departing on the ...

From the day i first started riding I have been aiming to get a CBR954. In my opinion they are one of the best looking bikes ever made.
From the first day I saw one I was in love.

Finally I found myself in a position to get one relatively cheap that I could really make my own.

I first saw it on Trademe - CBR954 perfect trackbike, stripped to essentials - deregistered, no headlight, indicators, mirrors, left hand switch cluster and a few other bits and pieces. ...

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One of the common questions I asked all riders was for an interval on brake fluid changes. The norm seemed to be every 1-2 years for most road riders. Various intervals were given by track riders and racers like from very regularly to annually.

The follow up question on "How long is a bottle of brake fluid good for once the seal is broken?" again received a common answer of 30 days which is correct.

After 30 seconds of silence, puzzled looks and a little ...

So essentially what this is is a Ford model T chassis minus rear axle with an Indian 80 cubic inch motor & most of it's frame minus forks etc
The guy in the pic made this out of junk for the then princely sum of $18
I'm not sure of the year but suspect 1920s
This device was good for 63 mph!
I'll be using a T bucket hot rod chassis & transverse leaf spring front end
The back wheel will be using ...

I don't think I was supposed to do the TT this year (again!!....I missed last year due to hip, conditioning & ping problems). Steve and I were all booked when he managed to get taken out by a 4WD on the Molesworth... “Oh well”, I thought, “No one to share the cost, but she'll-be-right, I'll just do it myself!”... but not so! After my wee altercation with black ice last year, she-who-must-be-obeyed advised, “Like Hell! You're not doing a ride like that by yourself!”, so I advertised for another riding ...

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WELL I've had an epiphany
Have a look @ this period pic
I AM LOVIN THIS!!
The project has taken an unexpected turn......

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