Manawatu Rant n Rave

**bogan** · 16th January 2011, 09:07

Originally Posted by specter

group b is awesome!

and the spectators had a lot of faith in the drivers!

fuck I want one of those (the older ST165).

**yod** · 16th January 2011, 15:00

Originally Posted by bogan

fuck I want one of those (the older ST165).

I actually traded my '87 GPz900R on an '87 ST162 (GT-R, not a GT-4) about 15 years ago

great little car but I wish I'd kept the GPz to be honest, that thing was a beast!

**Owl** · 16th January 2011, 15:21

Originally Posted by yod

I actually traded my '87 GPz900R on an '87 ST162 (GT-R, not a GT-4) about 15 years ago

87 GPz with a 16" front wheel?

**yod** · 16th January 2011, 21:05

Originally Posted by Owl

87 GPz with a 16" front wheel?

yep, couple of years later I coulda had a 17
also had that anti dive contraption all over the forks

**specter** · 17th January 2011, 21:26

clocked up my 25,000km of road riding today! and the 3000km on the gsxr!

i think im going to have a beer

**86GSXR** · 17th January 2011, 21:31

Give that man a beer!

**ducatilover** · 18th January 2011, 14:33

Was anybody out at Manfield on Saturday? I popped out there after lunch and had a perv at all the cool people actually on the track, including a cute Bros650 with pink rims....

Then had to rock up a few hundred KM to scrub the new tyre in

and a quick ride over the saddle, Pahiatua track (twice) just to confirm the tyre worked today. It works nicely.
So another 7 or 8 hundred on the wee torqueless toy this weekend

The SportDemon cost $180.20 fitted, which I was very happy with.

Good to see the gixxer semfiddy is getting some Km on it!

**ducatilover** · 19th January 2011, 13:56

Shining bits! I got bored so I'm cleaning everything.

Note the nice dent in my front rim? Grrr.

**bogan** · 19th January 2011, 14:18

oohhhh shiny

how'd that big ass dent get there?

**ducatilover** · 19th January 2011, 14:33

Originally Posted by bogan

oohhhh shiny

how'd that big ass dent get there?

Not sure

Possibly from the amazing power, the forward thrust has bent the rim. I think it's from where the last chap threw it down the tarmac. Only took 5gm to balance anyway.

**Owl** · 19th January 2011, 16:51

What about the fookin calipers? They're fookin filthy!

**banditrider** · 19th January 2011, 16:53

Originally Posted by Owl

What about the fookin calipers? They're fookin filthy!

Really? Oops, mine always look like that...

**Owl** · 19th January 2011, 16:59

Originally Posted by banditrider

Really? Oops, mine always look like that...

So am I in the minority by polishing them?

**bogan** · 19th January 2011, 17:09

Bloody brake dust eh, gotta polish em every week if you wanna keep that shit off. Went to wax my chain the other day and though the wheel looked a little darker than the front, sure enough, smudged off a bit of grime and back to normal color! Dunno wtf it came from either, too much for brake dust, maybe exhaust carbon though, it does have a few holes...