New to biking In NZ, Whats the rulz?

[vifferman]

Ahhgh. I know, I know. Wifes car is a Honda Accord, work thing is an Escort van. Every Monday, after driving the Accord in the weekend, come to a corner in the Escort and put the wipers on.

So Pete - you're obviously a creature of habit then?

[pete376403]

just old and set in me ways, lad.

[FROSTY:Me]

Celtic, re the brake lines - I had to replace my ones and got Fren Turbo ones from Boyles in Adelaide road. I got three lines, all about 500mm long, they were $50 each. They you require the banjo fittings for each end, they are $15 each. You need to specify the angle of the bend, etc of the banjoes, or just take the old lines in and tell them to match them.
These were fitted prior to a warrant at Vehicle Testing Lower Hutt and passed no worries. They never measured the disk thickness, either, which was another thing I was a bit worried about as all the disks are on the thin side of the spec.

If you got a WOF you are one lucky SOB pete.
The LTSA are having a real crackdown on braided lines.Do those lines from Boyles come with a standard mark of some sort?
What theyre trying to avoid is some stupid twat going into his local hydraulics shop and getting any old line slapped together by possibly some kid with no experience in hydraulics. I used to get harley guys coming into duffeilds all the time wanting brake hoses done.

[vifferman]

Check this thread:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=2446

[Spooknz]

dude its pretty much open slather rre mods to ya bike BUT.....
Your best bet is to discuss exactly what ya plan to do with me first.
Some stuff is -yea so what no worries. Some will be a NONO and some may require a low volume cert. (a special inspection to ensure its safe)
Ill run It by my freindly race mechanic/ low volume certifier if Im in doubt.
basicly major mods to brakes/chasis/suspension Should require a cert.
Ohhh one thing -if fitting braided brake lines-make certain theyre standards aproved --thats the ltsa's latest bike bugbear.

Thanks very Much Gang, its great to know that there are a great bunch of like minded individuals, who enjoy sharing there knowledge with others!!!

I wish that MAF, were as equally competant, but that would be asking for too much?? Yes.. u have guessed it. Finally got it through Customs, and now MAF have supposiditly lost the paperwork for the inspection.

This whole thing is killing me, beauitful sunny afternoon, and no bike??

p.s whole do u guys recommend for Tyres? Prices for Bridgestones

[pete376403]

If you got a WOF you are one lucky SOB pete.
The LTSA are having a real crackdown on braided lines.Do those lines from Boyles come with a standard mark of some sort?
What theyre trying to avoid is some stupid twat going into his local hydraulics shop and getting any old line slapped together by possibly some kid with no experience in hydraulics. I used to get harley guys coming into duffeilds all the time wanting brake hoses done.

The Fren Turbos have the magic number on the casing, which is what the testing station droid looks for. They replaced some perfectly adequate braided lines that were assembled from components supplied by BMS some years ago.

I briefly considered putting the original 22 year old Suzuki rubber hoses back on, just for the warrant and then swapping back again. They are in good condition, no cracks in the casing, etc. In the end I didn't becuase I couldn't be bothered bleeding the brakes twice.

[magnum]

hello and welcome

[Zapf]

Hello there, I am a newbie on this site as well.

Below is the link that will take you to the same manual that the WOF people uses. So if you read it and it says ok then u should be good.

WOF Manual

Cheers
Zapf

[カワサキキド]

As far as the manual goes, your mate will have to join the long list of kwaka owners hanging out for that manual. Seems the only one's in existance are written in Japanese.

I guess I have to get one over and try to translate it.

[nico]

so where do we get braided brake lines from

[Interceptor]

Hiya,

A mate of mine has a 1993 ZXR250C, he is looking for a manual for it, Any suggestions?

You can download the 1997 manual for what appears to be the 'c' model (ZX250-C6) in separate pdf sections from this site if that is of any help:

http://topquark.roadkill.com/~bailey9/ZXR250%20Manual/

[Fatt Max]

Welcome home bro