Anyone coming from Auckland to Sth Island with an empty van or trailer?

**Eddieb** · 20th June 2010, 09:57

Originally Posted by Padmei

Excellent pics thanks Eddie. Pretty much as I thought it would be. As long as it runs strong I'll be happy.
With the oxidation is there any thing you can do to prevent it reoccuring as far as a protective spray or something? I had some on my GB400 front forks which had pitted the urethane coating. I could scour it away but it never looked as good again.

Also since I'm not allowed to wrap the headers anymore

if I clean the exhaust up would the best prevntion be to paint it - what is autosol?

Your thoughts appreciated

Autosol is a metal polish, it's a paste and comes in a tube. Get a tube and use it on the fork legs, pipes, mirror glass and anything else shiny after you've given it a clean/scrape as applicable and it should bring it up a treat.

Those pipes should be stainless, it would be a crime to cover them up, and in fact you shouldn't need to protect them, just give them a wash and wipe down with the autosol every few months should keep them looking shiny. You'll see what i mean you have have scraped all that gunge off. BMW use good metal on these exhausts. Don't you dare paint them you philistine.

**dino3310** · 20th June 2010, 10:02

its the goooood good shit, super cheap got a big speacial at the mo 2 4 $12

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**Eddieb** · 20th June 2010, 10:21

2 more things.

Where the driveshaft joins the gearbox there is a rubber boot. Yours is perishing so this should be replaced before you take it through any streams, it should be ok for road and light gravel riding though as it's not badly gone yet. Once you cut it off you have to unbolt the swimgarm driveshaft thats under the boot to get the new one on. This requires removing 4 bolts that connect the driveshaft to the gearbox. When you do this get 4 new replacement bolts from BMW, they are only a few dollars each and you don't re use the old ones, they have been known to creep out if re used.
You can do this job yourself and it will make sense once you get into it, it does take it's share of skin and blood off your knuckles though as it's a bit of a tight space to work in.

The bike has an electrical fault, sometimes the ignition comes on and sometimes it doesn't. Javahead had a look at some of the wiring and it's showing signs of it's time outside. Various plugs are growing with fungus and the like so you might want to invest in a few cans of crc, a very small brush and a multi meter. We weren't able to start it.

**Taz** · 20th June 2010, 12:31

It started here but wouldn't start after the wet trip on the trailer to maramarua so had to push it to java's van.

**Smifffy** · 20th June 2010, 13:18

LOL - by the time it gets to Nelson it should be fully refurbed at this rate

**Padmei** · 20th June 2010, 14:02

Originally Posted by Smifffy

LOL - by the time it gets to Nelson it should be fully refurbed at this rate

Damn maybe I should have relayed it down from town to town - this could have been like a TV make-overeverybody along the way could have done a lil bit while it was in their garage. As long as no DR parts found their way onto it

Thanks again Eddie for the diagnosis & others for their help.

**warewolf** · 27th June 2010, 21:10

Top job everyone!! Team effort first class.

We should try to get as many KBers to do something to it, no matter how small.

**Woodman** · 27th June 2010, 21:45

Originally Posted by warewolf

Top job everyone!! Team effort first class.

We should try to get as many KBers to do something to it, no matter how small.

Thats not fair, Anyone no matter what size they are should be allowed a go. Its not a Disneyland ride.

**Padmei** · 27th June 2010, 21:54

Originally Posted by Woodman

Thats not fair, Anyone no matter what size they are should be allowed a go. Its not a Disneyland ride.

Shit you are very very good

The nicest thing is that Anthrax or Javahead have declined any payment for going out of their way to help someone they've never met before. (Well Javahead maybe getting a little sick of bumping into the big red lump in the garage so I may get a hefty storage charge)

Now who here owns a boat?? anyone? anyone? class?

**warewolf** · 28th June 2010, 08:27

Originally Posted by Padmei

Now who here owns a boat?? anyone? anyone? class?

Hmmm, the loadmaster(?) on the Straitsman is a bike racer (or was, last time we used them years ago). You might be able to get it across unaccompanied with them, which would be cheaper than a return trip for you on the fairy.