Id be keen..:-)
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Forum whore
Id be keen..:-)
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Suffers from peterpan syndrome
South Island not good enough for honda & slight??Originally Posted by Vinz0r
...fuckin racsist northys! (YES!..Im fuckin jealous!)
Would be a bloody great event!
enjoy...pricks!
When Life thows me a curve
...I lean into it!
Forum whore
Haha. Put of interest what tracks are there south? I was In chch over Xmas and the roads were a mess!
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"channellling the Pleideans"
Ruapuna raceway is our local in Churchur. I like it a lot.
Levels in Timaru though it is toight and tiny and the walls particularly at the end of the back straight are very very close...
Teretonga in Invergiggle.... never been there
Highlands in sunny Cromwell. Not motorcycle friendly but apparently a good track.
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Suffers from peterpan syndrome
all heart ya bastard!
Yeah, the chch roads!!...tell me about it, just collapsed a brand new set of headset bearings in under a year!!...I get rather jealous of the guys on there dirt bikes etc tearing around town...even the "aged" soft shocks on the old VFR struggle to keep ya balls safe from a tank smashing down here
When Life thows me a curve
...I lean into it!
parting of the sensory
Weeelll... it probably wouldn't help you at all iffen I did measure it. I've had my '01 for over 11 years now, and after having two R/Rs in a row cark it on previous bikes ('91 VFR750 and '99 VTR1000), one of the first (of very many) things I did with the VFR800 when I bought it was fit a pentium cooler fan to the R/R. So it's been great. Also had the same Motobatt battery in it for many years. It's been the most reliable and enjoyable bike I've had in over 40 years of motorbicycling. (Mind you, it should be; it was the most expensive, and I've spent a smallish fortune on mods.)
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
Forum whore
weather was lovely though :-)all heart ya bastard!
Yeah, the chch roads!!...tell me about it, just collapsed a brand new set of headset bearings in under a year!!
Hardcore Biker
Balanced my carbs today..
Good lord, what a bloody job that was. Spent the first 2 hours trying to get the blanking screws out. They were in perrrrfect condition, so I don't think they've been off since the bike was new! A lot of hammering and WD40 was required.
It turns out that unless you have TINY hands, you really do need a right angled screwdriver to get at the balancing screws. I have some nice burns on my hands from getting in there with a 7mm socket..
All up it took me about 4 hours. Lots and lots of fucking around trying to work out how to improvise tools to access hard to reach places. At one point I had a 7mm socket duct taped at a 90 degree angle onto a crescent attached to a long screwdriver to get at the balancing screws. It didn't work.
On a brighter note. It's smoother all through the rev range, less vibey, and not nearly as jerky with 1st gear low speed maneuvering. It was worth it. Just..
Forum whore
Just saw my old bike! Black with flames type 7/8 with hrc gold wheels and Rego 89 WBA on my way sh1 south by pukekoe...anyone on here or know who owns it? Nostalgia :-)
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Moblie chicane
NC24 will be debuting in her (and my) first race meet on the 24th of Jan with CAMS at Ruapuna. Can't wait. Been stripping the road gear off her in the garage.
Still nutting out the issue of the front brake pistons not releasing, took the master cylinder off and gave it a good clean out without pulling it apart (those circlips look nasty) so hopefully the brakes will function nicely for me on the day. So far I've rebuilt both calipers and put on brand new disks n rotors and changed all the fluid. If it isn't this then I shall scream, shout and throw a bit of a tantrum. Silly previous owner did not look after this bike well...
Any other VFR'ers going to be there on the day?
Forum whore
Sweet!do you own a manometer? probably more likely that they were done up tight, plus it gets hot and cold around there, makes things difficult, as they would have been off with a service at some point in the last 25 years :-)Balanced my carbs today..
Good lord, what a bloody job that was. Spent the first 2 hours trying to get the blanking screws out. They were in perrrrfect condition, so I don't think they've been off since the bike was new! A lot of hammering and WD40 was required.
It turns out that unless you have TINY hands, you really do need a right angled screwdriver to get at the balancing screws. I have some nice burns on my hands from getting in there with a 7mm socket..
All up it took me about 4 hours. Lots and lots of fucking around trying to work out how to improvise tools to access hard to reach places. At one point I had a 7mm socket duct taped at a 90 degree angle onto a crescent attached to a long screwdriver to get at the balancing screws. It didn't work
On a brighter note. It's smoother all through the rev range, less vibey, and not nearly as jerky with 1st gear low speed maneuvering. It was worth it. Just..
I have a right angled screwdriver...not sure what other use it is for though!
Hardcore Biker
Yeah, went halves with a mate on a Morgan Carbtune Pro. Didn't want the inaccuracy of the gauge type, and didn't want to piss around with mercury. It worked nicely, picked up very small movements on the sync screw so I assume it has pretty decent precision.
The screws were in absolutely perfect condition, like.. it didn't look like a screwdriver had ever been near them. They're bloody soft as well, so there should be some marking if they'd been off before. The bike has only done 29,000 so it's entirely possible that it's never had a carb sync.
Hardcore Biker
Quick update on this. It seems as though the date on the poster is incorrect. Its actually on Tuesday the third of Feb. I'm booked in, hope to see some of you chaps there!
Forum whore
Did you register at Honda Hamilton or online?
I can't see the usual booking on hdticketing.
L-Plate Rider
There will be two NC30s there, would be great to see a few more of you, only $60!
Matt
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