General Bike Ravings

Had a crack at making a suitable 12v battery container this weekend
Firstly I covered one of my Lucas figlass replica brit batt boxes with leather
Then got some brass tile edging from work & set about converting it into decorative scrollwork on my router table
Riveted it together with 8 brass corners ,8 brass angles , a couple of hinges , a Lucas badge & some copper paint & viola, one steampunkish battery box......

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BRONZ Wellington formed from the BIKEOI.
It was established with support from BRONZ Auckland (Thanks Auck’s!)
What it stood for as a regional branch, how it was to be organized, and a focus on political activity drove the opening of the Wellington Branch.

Our President Brent Hutchison, our VP Paul Ellen, and Byron Cummins the Treasurer were selected in a meeting at the Backbencher opposite Parliament on Nov 17, 2009 twenty minutes after the great chant ...

Made up the stickers for my bike.

Converting the Illustrator cymk file to a jpg then a gif really farks up the colours (greens and orange especially) but at least it looks mostly the same.



She's been painted all white (actually white with a touch of yellow tint and black tint) by my uncle, an automotive painter up until he retired 3 months ago. It's a very nice job and my brother and I had a good weekend hanging out with ...

The topic of L Plates comes up frequently, predominately about weather complying with the learner licence conditions and using the L plate increase the danger of the rider on the road.

The best place to start is by considering why we have L plates, and what they aim to do.

When the majority of people first start riding a motorcycle they will have little or no machine handling skills. This includes basic but critical abilities such as counter-steering, emergency braking, ...

t was a little more difficult for me on the Harley, as every time I tried a little lane splitting, I could feel the tension rising in my pillion…. I have tried pushing her through this sort of thing before on the M109R I use to have…. only to have her avoiding the rides altogether till I got this new Softail.

On the northern side of the Brynderwyns we had a whole bunch of sportys (non Cruiser Styled Motorcycles) come up behind us, so I pulled over and let them go… their high revving ...

Rising early on Sunday Morning it was on with the TV to watch Germany Play off with Uruguay for 3rd and 4th in the Soccer World Cup…. which has been a pleasant warm up for the real deal next years Rugby World Cup…

After a coffee or 2 I was loading the K-Drive removable bags and ensuring all the helmet coms and cellphones were all charged, we would be riding all the way back down country to Hamilton today.

All coffeed up and loosing interest in the soccer game I took ...

Originally Posted by stormtrooper

Hi all,
I am well underway on a restoration of the 64 bonnie which i have been meaning to get stuck into for some time now but there has always been other things to do and has gone on the back burner for the last 10 years. (the run down old house we brought may have had somthing to do with it)
It started its life with me as a 64 but had some bad mods which were not that bad looking back but i like things to be right and a 71 front end and t140 rear wheel just didnt cut it so off they

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Originally Posted by SNIFFA650

Hi I currently have a Buell XB12R 2009 and am looking for an aftermarket muffler to get a deeper sound and more pull through the midrange. There are a few out there, but I havent found anything easily accessible at a decent price - Until I saw ADRENALINR on trade me in Hastings making stainless mufflers from $600.

check out the link http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=302953945

Does anyone out there have one of these and can they give me any feedback

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