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    Looking good.

    A Dakar tank from an R80GSPD should fit with a bit of work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NordieBoy View Post
    Looking good.

    A Dakar tank from an R80GSPD should fit with a bit of work.
    How many millions of miles do you want this thing to travel. Weren't the R80GSPD tanks 30+ L!

    Cheers R
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    Quote Originally Posted by cooneyr View Post
    How many millions of miles do you want this thing to travel. Weren't the R80GSPD tanks 30+ L!
    Shush you!

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    Quote Originally Posted by NordieBoy View Post
    Shush you!
    Outed eh? Looks like a GN tank will bolt straight on but that's got no class one from a Volty should fit too and has more capacity then a GN and much more styley. It is a girls bike after all Kanny wouldn't miss her tank would she Triboy?
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    She would hunt you down and...................

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    looking good! Hope the hobbit is enjoying her toy & hope to meet up sometime.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tri boy View Post
    She would hunt you down and...................
    ............... I'm quite attached to my nuts and would like it to stay that way
    Sometimes you wish it was easier, but if it was, everyone else would do it, then you remember you don't want to be like everybody else!

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    I made and painted a bracket for the bike computer last night and fitted it this morning. And as you do, I went for a wee ride via the Waimak & Oxford to calibrate it. This was the first real ride on this thing and I was very impressed with it. Its certainly no chook chaser but as a wee adventure bike for SHMBO it's ideal. It's a sweet handling we thing. The track thru the Waimak was pretty rough with parts of it recently re-shingled if you can call baseball size stones shingle, a few creek crossings, a bit of sand, mud and the odd bit of good shingle track. Over all a much rougher ride than we'd envision for it. Given that the front wheel is 18" and limited suspension travel it coped well, just at a slower pace
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    Sometimes you wish it was easier, but if it was, everyone else would do it, then you remember you don't want to be like everybody else!

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    How was that ford?
    Last time I went through the other way,just over a month ago,the bike ended up on it's side on the grassy bank on the right of your pic almost facing back where you are.Don't ask how,I still haven't figured it out.It's a tricky little crossing and is a bit deeper than it looks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NordieBoy View Post
    A Dakar tank from an R80GSPD should fit with a bit of work.
    Quote Originally Posted by cooneyr View Post
    Weren't the R80GSPD tanks 30+ L!
    It was great,I could get to Greymouth and almost home

    Just a bit too bigger tank for me off the seal,so I would use a R80RT tank most of the time.Just made the beautiful beast just that bit slimmer....

    Gaston Rahier was just a small man.....but yeah that tank was massive!!
    Quote Originally Posted by Peeteey View Post
    You're very welcome darling. I do maintain that you could ride a rock and it would go quick!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peril View Post
    How was that ford?
    Last time I went through the other way,just over a month ago,the bike ended up on it's side on the grassy bank on the right of your pic almost facing back where you are.Don't ask how,I still haven't figured it out.It's a tricky little crossing and is a bit deeper than it looks.
    There's a bit of a hole on the left but the RHS is OK. Looking at your exit/where you want to go, not the water in front of you seems to be the trick. Cheers.
    Sometimes you wish it was easier, but if it was, everyone else would do it, then you remember you don't want to be like everybody else!

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