Manawatu Rant n Rave

[banditrider]

bastard! No mentioning riding and 9 in the same post! I went for a drive in my car today..... twice!

I forgot to mention that it was about 9 degrees when I left my house (number 9). I rode across town in approximately 9 minutes before cracking open the throttle on my 996cc twin and maintaining a sedate 99.9km/h to Ashhurst. 9 minutes later............

[specter]

ah well goodbye everybody leaving tomorrow lunch time and don't expect to be back until the very end of October...

at least the roads shall be warming up and will be able to go for a very good ride!

keep safe guys watch out for those bloody cage drivers! (especially cowboyz )

[NZsarge]

Those Rev-it balaclava's make a hell of a difference. I left the heated grips off after putting that on.

Yeah mine stayed on all the way home, got pretty cool by the time I got back right on 5 o'clock,

Given up on balaclava's - too much fogging of the glasses. I've found that the whisper kit helps and if it's really, really cold - a neck warmer. Haven't ridden in snow yet this year...

I'm a full convert to the Rev-it balaclava now, sooo much more comfy than the oxford ones plus you can pull it down so it's on your chin rather than over your nose and the comfort is not effected.

Thats blardy awesome mate, good luck with that and keep us posted

I see you were successful in getting what you wanted in town...

I went for a drive in my car today..... twice!

Best sort that out eh...

[NZsarge]

ah well goodbye everybody leaving tomorrow lunch time and don't expect to be back until the very end of October...

at least the roads shall be warming up and will be able to go for a very good ride!

keep safe guys watch out for those bloody cage drivers! (especially cowboyz )

Righty-o then, hope you enjoy training and it all goes well for ya, don't worry Cowboyz will terrorize the roads for ya while your'e away..

[ducatilover]

Hehe go the GPX burn out! Boganvillia!!!!!! I worked on a cage all weekend, dirty big wiring job in an xr3i escort convertable. How fun!

[bogan]

ah well goodbye everybody leaving tomorrow lunch time and don't expect to be back until the very end of October...

at least the roads shall be warming up and will be able to go for a very good ride!

keep safe guys watch out for those bloody cage drivers! (especially cowboyz )

have fun dude

[slydesigns]

Had an awesome ride yesterday, Gorge, Saddle, Gorge, gorge again, out to massey way, turn off to the Track and over the track twice then home. Hopefully the next ride will see the new pipes fitted and all the shiny bits.
The morning was spent at Manfeild for our Lunchtime Drift Demo and watching cages crunching into each other coming into Dunlop...so entertaining!!

Remember not to stand out on Basic... be the Grey Man, the nail that stands out gets hammered. Its team sport, be the team player and you'll breeze through Basic, just dont call ANY NCO's Sir... ever... seriously... We NCO's work for a living.

[chanceyy]

, don't worry Cowboyz will terrorize the roads for ya while your'e away..

in his car ????

[bogan]

in his car ????

nah, the TT250! way more terrorising than a car, could explode at any second doncha know, would probably have to stick with just the streets of ashurst though

[dogsnbikes]

nah, the TT250! way more terrorising than a car, could explode at any second doncha know, would probably have to stick with just the streets of ashurst though

Have you ever been in a car with cowboyz?and that was just around the block

[ducatilover]

Who wants some extremely good meatloaf? I made one and contaminated it with my flu. 'Tis wonderful.

[bogan]

Who wants some extremely good meatloaf? I made one and contaminated it with my flu. 'Tis wonderful.

not so much, you wouldn't happen to know bout vehicle certing? i did an engine transplant on my van (90 l300 swb) same type of block and head, gone from carby to efi though, I can't make sense of the regs, cert guy reckons it'll have over 20% more power than stock so does need cert, I can't find out what other engine variants it came out with as in theory it relates to chassis strength rather than stock engine...

[ducatilover]

not so much, you wouldn't happen to know bout vehicle certing? i did an engine transplant on my van (90 l300 swb) same type of block and head, gone from carby to efi though, I can't make sense of the regs, cert guy reckons it'll have over 20% more power than stock so does need cert, I can't find out what other engine variants it came out with as in theory it relates to chassis strength rather than stock engine...

It will only need a cert if they know it has been changed. The 20% more power rule is true, but, from memory you said it was a 4G63 DOHC? They came out with 92kw.....so it won't be a ball of fire. Mind you the GTi-16v Galant had 107kw and the AMG Galants had 125kw. I personally don't think it needs a cert, just tell him it's a replacement engine for a JDM van? Could be worth a shot. How will they know it isn't the standard motor?

[bogan]

It will only need a cert if they know it has been changed. The 20% more power rule is true, but, from memory you said it was a 4G63 DOHC? They came out with 92kw.....so it won't be a ball of fire. Mind you the GTi-16v Galant had 107kw and the AMG Galants had 125kw. I personally don't think it needs a cert, just tell him it's a replacement engine for a JDM van? Could be worth a shot. How will they know it isn't the standard motor?

yeh after hours of searching the reg etc, think i've come to the conclusion its down to the 20% as its the same block and head. I can't find any details bout the 1990 horsepower, but the 86 had 65kw and the galant had 77kw (its only SOHC) so an increase of 18% The wof guys know it's been swapped and sent me round to the cert guy to get an exemption note if one applies, cert guy said it'd be over the 20% rule, and a general rule is if it doesn't come out in that variant it needs a cert, the later is total bullshit according to the regs though. Technically you can't put a larger size engine into a vehicle even if that chassis came out with the engine configuration, or swap from a petrol to diesel, but it's pretty hard for the wof station to pick up on that which is why most reckon it's legit I guess.
So hopefully i'll work it out tomorow.

[bogan]

It will only need a cert if they know it has been changed. The 20% more power rule is true, but, from memory you said it was a 4G63 DOHC? They came out with 92kw.....so it won't be a ball of fire. Mind you the GTi-16v Galant had 107kw and the AMG Galants had 125kw. I personally don't think it needs a cert, just tell him it's a replacement engine for a JDM van? Could be worth a shot. How will they know it isn't the standard motor?

yeh after hours of searching the reg etc, think i've come to the conclusion its down to the 20% as its the same block and head. I can't find any details bout the 1990 horsepower, but the 86 had 65kw and the galant had 77kw (its only SOHC) so an increase of 18% The wof guys know it's been swapped and sent me round to the cert guy to get an exemption note if one applies, cert guy said it'd be over the 20% rule, and a general rule is if it doesn't come out in that variant it needs a cert, the later is total bullshit according to the regs though. Technically you can't put a larger size engine into a vehicle even if that chassis came out with the engine configuration, or swap from a petrol to diesel, but it's pretty hard for the wof station to pick up on that which is why most reckon it's legit I guess.
So hopefully i'll work it out tomorow.