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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 ...

Originally Posted by Kato63

hi all, something old something new. well old = biking start early 80's when i joined vic club and rose through to promotions manager ie place add in paper for club night also got heavilly involved wit race meetings like lyall bay, gracefield, winter road race series manfield etc even was assistant grid marshall with Mark renall . long days even longer nights we even ran a mx event!! scary. I was looking at history of the Katana sxz and found this site awesome. Great bike inits day and remember

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What is wrong with wanting to learn how to do wheelies? I posted that on my FB account and people were all over me to "not do it"...or think I will drop my bike, or break my arse! WTF? (most of these people don't ride at all)

So, I almost went up to a total stranger yesterday...he had a Kawi prolly a R6 or something..real beauty..and asked him if he knew how to do wheelies and if he could teach me, apparently watching youtube videos isn't professional enough? So what is? The local ...

I passed my restricted test today!! Go me!!

So continuing on with my journal I'll do a write up on the test.

I booked my test last week and done the usual eyetest, photo and signature on that day and was given a piece of paper with the date and time. When I came out I looked skyward and prayed that the weather played ball! Oh, how wrong was I that anyone was listening.

So fast forward to today, woke and it was cloudy, thought yes, I can cope with this ...

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 ...

Today was scheduled with a short ride to Lake Ferry for lunch, but with a marginal forecast predicting rain by midday and gusty winds up to 130kph, it was unlikely anyone would turn up.

In preparation, yersterday I purchased a 12V Compressor to allow me to do the tyres at home from now on and once I’ve fitted an outlet to the bike, I will be able to retire the foot pump as the emergency source of air on rides. That done I was up early and topped up the tyres before heading out on ...

Finally enough of a good day to take the bike out for a spin last Sunday. Great weather.

Went to a place here called Hockley Valley, about the only place you can find good twisty roads. Not like what you have in NZ but it suffices. I haven't really done any twisties with this new bike and I was looking forward to it.

A bit leary at times the accident of 2006 still engrained in my mind it happened on a turn in the road.

Anyway, I did it and I let the ...