2 March 2008 Originally Posted by Mrs Kendog Ok, so yesterday was the last day I had to get Pamela ready. Nige sorted out putting her number boards on, and A.J had painted my bits that needed painting (Thank you so much Andy, let me know what your favourite meal is, did I hear you say roast? Great!! LOL) and so we assembled all those and then Kyle and Nige got to unbolting the centre stand and turned Pammy into a leaner. Ready to kick her over, everyone waited with baited breath to see if a) Trudes can kick start ...
28 February 2008 Originally Posted by Mrs Kendog Leathers are sorted along with all my other bucket riding gears. Pamela... oh, dear Pamela. She is almost ready. Went on down to the bucket factory last night and we screwed in all her screws, new chain had been fitted by some nice person who smells badly, but is very helpful, so I guess we'll forgive him, and the levers and cables are all now nicely lubed and tightened and fitted. Bled the brakes, still some more needing doing with that, but she'll be right ...
10 February 2008 Originally Posted by Mrs Kendog OK then... What happened to Pamela this weekend? Well our friendly Skunk got the triple clamps on for me during the week, so when I arrived on Saturday morning I filled the forks with oil and put the tops on (didn't spill a drop, however one is leaking we have discovered). Scrounged about for bolts and put the forks on, front wheel went on (sorta). Took the old cover off Pammy's seat and attacked the foam, cut as much as I dared off and made a shit of a mess. ...
2 February 2008 Originally Posted by Mrs Kendog This morning I wandered down to the SNWMBF and was given some tools that I can't remember the names of and was told to strip Pam bare, much to Skunks amusement as I unnecessary undid screws and bolts only to find easier ones that would take off bigger parts *sigh*, meanwhile Skunk removed the motor and started to "tinker" with the bits that will make her go! AJ Turbo arrived and started sanding Pams tank and sprayed rust killer stuff on it, yah, no more 80's blue! Once ...
2 February 2008 Originally Posted by Mrs Kendog So Pamela arrived last night, rooted on the back of Busa Pete and Mrs Busa Pete's Ute (thanks muchly guys). She was quickly uncovered for all to bask in her glory, she was unloaded and taken down to the Skunkworks Norf Welly Massif Bucket Factory where Slingshot promptly started to remove her inards. Skunk soon arrived to aquire his side cover (the whole reason Pamela came to Welly) before more bits went flying. Several of us took a seat on Pammy to have a beer in comfort. ...
I can hear the mantra "Throttle, Front, Clutch, Rear" and starting out from the Basic Handling Course I practised and practised. In time I was able to move myself up to Emergency Braking practise gradually building myself 50,70,90kph, and over. Aspects that I come to appreciate are: the shift in suspension, weight transfer, greater contact at front wheel. Generally, I 'cover the rear brake' immediately during my brake set up, setting my thighs and knees snug into the fuel ...
Thursday 6th March: I decided to go for a reflective ride over the Rimutaka Hill RH up to Greytown across to SH53 then a small loop circuit before returning to Featherston and over the RH and home. 150km non-stop and 2 hours duration. I focused on two things: 1. Recently my brother-inlaw 'Stevedee', we ride regularly on the weekends, I followed him on Kawasaki Z750 and Johnnie on his Ducati Paseo on two separate occasions. Firstly, Steve was going very smoothly ...
I have a new addition to my family! We purchased a Suzuki Bandit 400 in Germany with the intention of fixing her up and selling her... but as soon as I saw her I fell in love and decided to keep her for myself! It was quite an adventure going to Germany this time around. We passed through a huge wind storm. At one point we had to pull over the car for it was no longer safe to drive! After the storm passed (about 5 minutes) we continued our journey with fallen trees in the middle ...
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