Ok it's rainin and i'm bored so hmmm posting bullshit !
Oh and i wish i were just 5 k in the red (cheeky bloody mods)
Word of warning if you click on a pic to enlarge it you will have to click back on your browser to come back to this thread from my picasia album !
Was a week or so before Xmas, the loan i had out for the triumph had almost been paid off with the ballance sitting in my account,
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so i wandered down to the bank and queried if they be happy to do it again !
No worries was the answer !
Choice lol, i aint missed the loan repayments and would only spend the extra cash, so yep i did it again !
Two days prior to xmas the cash was sittin in the account and i was on the piss with smiles, the harley riding doofus, who's always wanted to see me on a harley (so he can keep up)
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"Shall we look on trade me for a harley for ya he says"
I was half cut, so told him to go look and change the music while he's up !
So he's scrolling through my trade me, rattling off details of a few bikes over the sounds and then came accross a 93 FXR, "this one sounds good" he says, S&S cases, S&S carb, ring and bearings done 35 clicks ago when the cases were replaced, full service history, 2nd owner, selling to cash up for a property !
I just sat there at the round table and did the best impersonation of the hundred dollar bill add and yelled "LETS BUY IT"
Well being the cheeky cunt he is, he hit the buy now DOH !
So there we were on Xmas eve up in palmy north checking it out and doing the test ride !
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How i picked it up minus the saddle bags !
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First impressions were,
jesssus where are the brakes,
fuck me it don't handle too bloody well,
front end looks a bit bent to me,
must be the bars lol !
But of course i had been riding a late model speed triple with wicked brakes, handling etc so did take that into consideration !
Next thing my phone was going off !!!
Two of our mates had just been taken out by a u turning 4x4 on a back road and a hunt was on for a recovery wagon (my van)
So i threw the dude the cash and said count that quick, we're out of here ! I'll take it !
The van wasn't needed in the end as the serious crash coppers took both bikes away to check em out ! So we spent the next 4 hours at palmy hospital waiting to see the boys !!! So much for riding the new bike grrrr
Eventually got it home xmas eve and the next ride was a short jaunt over to Wainui with me boy on the back to visit some relies over there !
Then of course the boxing day races in whanganui the day after ! That was humorous, the rest of the club had left at 8 am but i wanted to go see one of me mates who'd crashed xmas eve, as they were planning to ride up with us to the racing and obviously couldnt, so i made him a couple of cups of coffee (he wasn't exactly walking much, but at least he was at home rather than stuck in hospital all busted up like Lou)
Lunch time came and i thought bugger ya cup of coffee i'm off to whangas !
Nice wee head wind all the way up and the abbs got the hell work out ! The standard footpegs did nothing to hold me in position, in fact my feet felt like they allmost hovered over the pegs, and with the T bars it had on it i was either swinging off the bars or having to do a crunch to relax the arms !
So a few changes were in store !
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The ballance of the loan was spent on, new forward controlls and new mounts up front (were gettin baggy)
Then the hunt was on for a back rest, so as the Mrs could stop Eye gouging me while hanging on (she didn't but it sounds good)
Well i managed to stumble accross a second hand single seat and pad with back rest included for the same price it was gonna cost to get a back rest from the states (rare as rocking horse shit in NZ)
So here it is today ! A couple of subtle changes like bars to put me in a recline position, forwards set just right for my duck syndrome legs, original seat and backrest, 4 pot caliper on the front to give it a bit more stop, already had a 4 pot on the rear but i might have to look at the rear pads as they aint stopping too good !
No bling cause i'd rather ride the thing !
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Impressions now ?
Well i aint ridden the speed 3 in 7 weeks, poor thing, must check the battery lol
Brakes are better with the 4 pot in front !
The new seat is mint, 4 hour ride on sunday with Heidi on the back and we both got off feeling great !
Handeling is much improved since doing the front mount and bayonetes !
Smiles still can't keep up ! Bwahahahahaha
It aint a sports bike !!
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That scrape earned me a good thump on the back from the lovely Heidi (ground came up to meet us i swear lol) but i guess after having the the bike lurch sideways a foot and near loosing it, i did deserve it !
LIMITS - they're there to be found are they not ???
Things still to be done ?
Make up some sort of frame slider, so i don't grind the frame to hell !
Get the tappets checked (possible head job) !
Get rid of the nut on the inner guard causing the tyre to be ground down (the chain conversion must offset the wheel a little) !
Find some cunt to clean it !
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