Palm oil based plastics and rubber

**Mo NZ** · 11th July 2012, 06:04

Have a look at this.

A rodent came to visit and had a good feed on all the Palm Oil based plastics on my Goldwing.
BTW. There are a lot of other bikes being eaten.
It seems that in an effort to go green the move away from petrolium based soft plastics and rubber has prompted this.

1 RH Upper Radiator Hose 13.70
1 Riders Seat 1350.50
1 LH Pillion Seat Grab Handle 126.50
Front Wiring Sub Harness 560.30
Main Wiring Harness 3951.50
Top Radiator Cover Panel 90.60
Gromet Cover 9.20
4lt Coolant (Silicate Free) 90.00
Sundries 24.00
Labour 4050.00

TOTAL (GST Incl) 10606.30

Insurance is covering this but it will be excluded in the future no doubt.

**BIG DOUG** · 11th July 2012, 06:13

Yea my brother had the same thing happen to his xr6 falcon,what a mess.

**hellokitty** · 11th July 2012, 06:38

bugger!
I had a rat in my pantry last year and still haven't managed to replace everything the fucker ruined! Absolutely everything was destroyed over a few days

**Woodman** · 11th July 2012, 07:04

What about the Orangutangs?

**Berries** · 11th July 2012, 07:14

Originally Posted by Woodman

What about the Orangutangs?

After seeing for myself the deforestation in Borneo caused by the palm plantations I'd say the same thing with a serious hat on. Sorry, but I would prefer to use up the underground resources first before pulling down habitats like that.

Originally Posted by Mo NZ

It seems that in an effort to go green the move away from petrolium based soft plastics and rubber has prompted this.

Palm oil is far from green. Ask Cadburys.

Fuck I hate hippies but maybe I is one?

**oneofsix** · 11th July 2012, 07:17

Hope the rat choked on it.
How the fuck is Palm Oil "green" anyhow? Poor Orangutangs.

Cadbury didn't find palm oil a good substitute, made the chocolate taste yuk.
Make the plastics from sugar, Fiji could do with the income.

**Woodman** · 11th July 2012, 07:19

Never heard anyone boycotting Ford or Honda because of palm oil usage. Did they dodge that bullet?

**Berries** · 11th July 2012, 07:26

Originally Posted by Woodman

Never heard anyone boycotting Ford or Honda because of palm oil usage. Did they dodge that bullet?

Do people know? From what I can see a lot companies don't really give a shit. Look at the farmers, importing tonnes of what they class as byproduct for cattle feed. Even good old Sanitarium stuff it in their cereals. I reckon the only reason Cadbury did anything was that there is an alternative in NZ.

Whittaker's.

**SS90** · 11th July 2012, 07:26

Four thousand dollars for a wiring loom?
That just seems absurd, I mean, imagine if it was you, not the insurance company that had to fork out for it (well, I guess that's an odd statement, as we are all paying for it in our premiums), but, shit, that is lots of money for a wiring loom.

**Woodman** · 11th July 2012, 07:32

Originally Posted by Berries

Do people know? From what I can see a lot companies don't really give a shit. Look at the farmers, importing tonnes of what they class as byproduct for cattle feed. Even good old Sanitarium stuff it in their cereals. I reckon the only reason Cadbury did anything was that there is an alternative in NZ.

Whittaker's.

Maybe the hippies have already boycotted falcon ownership. J1 bedfords are much more green anyway.

**Maha** · 11th July 2012, 07:35

Rats will gnaw on anything...thier teeth never stop growing and rubber is softer than metal, get rid of the rat/s problem solved.

''There are a lot of other bikes being eaten.''.....

...mine cant be made of chocolate

**Old Steve** · 11th July 2012, 09:38

$4050 for labour is what surprises me. Even at $80/hr thats 50 hours. Apart from waiting for parts you shouldn't have had it in for more than a week should you - or is replacing the wiring loom/s harder than I think. I don't think replacing the radiator hose, riders seat, pilliuon grab handle, top radiator cover and grommet cover and refilling the radiator should have taken more than a day.

Mind it is a Goldwing, so you've got the power to the airconditioning, all the the stereo and bluetooth connections, power to the heated grips, brake and clutch lever, seat, footpegs, power and controls to the adjustable seat, the reverse, and all the other bells and whistles. So maybe this charge isn't as outrageous as I first thought. But all the connections should just be plug in, it's not as if they have to be soldered.