Tales from the Emporium

[NordieBoy]

I also finally did something about the ringing sound the washer under the shock bump-stop was making and dribbled superfix all over the top of the washer and jammed the bumpstop down on it.

Fixt

Only problem now is without the noise back there the tingling from something loose around the dash area is grabbing my attention dammit!

[talbertnz]

I hate rattles!!!!

[Padmei]

your exhaust is obviously not loud enough

[NordieBoy]

Actually when idling it is a good mellow thump but as it revs up the pulses blend a bit and it effectively gets quieter.

Having no "edge" to the pulses it gets lost in the wind noise at open road speeds.

It's booked in for a 15T sprocket and oil change today.

[NordieBoy]

Wow.

Just got an email from bro #1 today.
He's driving around on the owner of the Force India F1 Team's yacht.
95m long with a crew of 30!
It's powered by 3 V20 engines each putting out 10,000Hp.
12L per cylinder and 5 turbos per engine...

[talbertnz]

Wow.
...It's powered by 3 V20 engines each putting out 10,000Hp.
12L per cylinder and 5 turbos per engine...

...I wish i owned a petrol company...

[cooneyr]

....He's driving around on the owner of the of the Force India F1 Team's yacht.....

Hes driving around on the owner - thats kinda sick

Or is it that he is driving around on the yacht - that must get boring pretty quick and the car must be small

Oh you mean sailing around on the yacht - Damn who am I to be making comments like this.

10,000 hp each per engine is pretty impressive. Is half the yacht fuel tanks?

Cheers R

[NordieBoy]

...I wish i owned a petrol company...

I bet the owner does as well.
Although he is a billionaire and owns Kingfisher beer...

[NordieBoy]

New shoes for my baby.

The GoldenBoy SR244 front has been officially retired.
If I didn't want to look at some of the slipperyerer side tracks I'd still get another 1,000km out of it.

[cooneyr]

New shoes for my baby.

The GoldenBoy SR244 front has been officially retired.
If I didn't want to look at some of the slipperyerer side tracks I'd still get another 1,000km out of it.

MT21's now you'll have no excuse not to go exploring the nasty tracks.

Cheers R

[NordieBoy]

MT21's now you'll have no excuse not to go exploring the nasty tracks

No excuse if there's no deep water and my new 14t front sprocket arrives

[NordieBoy]

Decided to take them for a test drive today.
Up to the first pylon track(ling) on the left that overlooks Rabbit Island up the Maungatapu.

24f/26r psi.

First impression on the seal is a bit more noise and vibration and you can really feel the front knobs under braking but seem nice and stable.

On the gravel up to the caretakers they worked quite nicely. Probably the best gravel combo I've tried so far but with that knob spacing and depth they should be. Smooth and progressive when they do slide and a nice positive front.

Standing up in 2nd gear under power going up the first steep bit after the ford at the start and it's just spinning up. No traction or drive even compared to the GP110.

Along the middle section past the head of the dam and at the speeds I went with the very worn GP110 the rear and to an extent the front was very prone to deflection off all and sundry rocks.

The steep shaley bit up to the first bridge was another exercise in wheelspinning frustration with forward progress being half that of the SR244 or GP110 that seemed to use rocks for traction rather than just shove them out of the way in an attempt to get down to the good stuff below.

Onto the hard clay and they went better and in the wet clay proved to have more grip than the other non-knobblies (duh).

Going back down the loose shale and I liked the rear a lot. Better than the SR244.

If you're a wheelspinner or don't do much steep loose stuff then they'd be sweet but I found myself wishing I'd had a rear E-07 or even a $70 SR244 on there.

Next outing will be at 18f/20r to see how they go at those pressures.

[Padmei]

Have you taken them along maunga rd? If not let me know if it is really sippery or just me having a few moments

[NordieBoy]

What pressures were you running?

[nerdneh]

Hi Fran , Be interested to hear your comments after running tyres at lower pressures, have got mt 21 front for drz but not sure what to fit on rear e07, 606, e09 ,mt21 ?.