Manawatu Rant n Rave

**Meanie** · 13th June 2010, 08:58

Not bad over here, no rain but a little dark towards the south

**NZsarge** · 13th June 2010, 09:04

Hmm, cheers for that, if I go for a ride today it'll be after lunch so i'll have a clearer idea hopefully, we'll see.
Edit: Might just do a coffee run perhaps Balance cafe...

**Owl** · 13th June 2010, 09:04

Raining at my house

**NZsarge** · 13th June 2010, 09:11

Yeah I think it'll be touch and go but it might dry up long enough to have a pleasant ride but i'm not putting money on it.

**bogan** · 13th June 2010, 18:15

found out my bros has 41rwhp today, little shy of the 46 hordpower gets off a stock one, but they get 52 with a stage 3 jetting kit and free flowing intake/exhaust, will have a look see at all the valve clearances and compression at some point to see where them ponys are hiding, then bring in some more with go-fast parts!

And holly shit them gsxr600's rev highly loudly!

**ducatilover** · 13th June 2010, 20:41

I picked up a P6 today...I managed to get the deal after all! Lovely old girl she is.

That's not too happy for a bros650! Get a Cam kit for her and go the whole hog.

**bogan** · 13th June 2010, 21:34

Originally Posted by ducatilover

I picked up a P6 today...I managed to get the deal after all! Lovely old girl she is.

That's not too happy for a bros650! Get a Cam kit for her and go the whole hog.

googled p6, not a bad looking old girl!

yeh, 86k so may need a top end rebuild, but nah, no need for going too hard out, would be plenty quick enough with 50hp, and seeing as I'm redoing the suspension on both ends it will be able to use all that power round the bendy bits too!

**specter** · 13th June 2010, 22:06

how often are these dyno days? would love to see how many ponies the mighty GPX puts out these days

**ducatilover** · 13th June 2010, 22:11

Originally Posted by bogan

googled p6, not a bad looking old girl!

yeh, 86k so may need a top end rebuild, but nah, no need for going too hard out, would be plenty quick enough with 50hp, and seeing as I'm redoing the suspension on both ends it will be able to use all that power round the bendy bits too!

Cheers dude.
My bros was smaking out a fair bit of power [considering] and had done 27km. I believe it had been around the clock as the clutch was somewhat shagged. I think it had a cam kit in her, had some mega jetting done and a full stainless system, which sounded the bees bobs.

**bogan** · 13th June 2010, 22:23

Originally Posted by specter

how often are these dyno days? would love to see how many ponies the mighty GPX puts out these days

well last one was bout 5 years ago they reckon! but recently the dyno has changed hands, so should see a few more of these, especially if theres a lot of interest.

Originally Posted by ducatilover

Cheers dude.
My bros was smaking out a fair bit of power [considering] and had done 27km. I believe it had been around the clock as the clutch was somewhat shagged. I think it had a cam kit in her, had some mega jetting done and a full stainless system, which sounded the bees bobs.

yeh, my clutch is on the way out too, kinda thinking if I can get the electric going good enough to be a daily commute I might pull the bros to bits and do a thorough job of it all before summer, with enough time and a not insignificant sum of cash I reckon I can turn it into something fucking epic.

**ducatilover** · 13th June 2010, 22:35

This sounds like a plan Mr Bogan! RGV front? Or 05 cbr thou [from memory] have the same head stock, so get a loan and buy a cbr front end.

**specter** · 13th June 2010, 22:44

Originally Posted by bogan

well last one was bout 5 years ago they reckon! but recently the dyno has changed hands, so should see a few more of these, especially if theres a lot of interest.

do you have the guys number? im sure a bit of advertising on KB would pull a lot of interest from the manawatu

**bogan** · 14th June 2010, 09:31

Originally Posted by specter

do you have the guys number? im sure a bit of advertising on KB would pull a lot of interest from the manawatu

simons motorcycles is the name of the place, think it was get over 15 bikes and its only 15 bucks each, which was a good number cos it didn't take too long to get through them all, but still got a decent range of bikes to look at.