DR750/800 owners and those interested

**nooles** · 16th February 2009, 18:40

Spokes are 10cm or so long and when I went to get some they said they would have to import from Japan and it would cost a little bit.I found this roller up in cambridge a couple of years ago and it has come in handy.

**JATZ** · 16th February 2009, 18:46

Originally Posted by nooles

Spokes are 10cm or so long and when I went to get some they said they would have to import from Japan and it would cost a little bit.I found this roller up in cambridge a couple of years ago and it has come in handy.

Soooo, you roll your own then or does some one do it for you

**nooles** · 16th February 2009, 18:50

Yeeaah, sorry I cant smoke work for Fonterra and all but the Mrs gets me rollin when I'm not ridin.

**nooles** · 16th February 2009, 19:04

I'll have to tune in to you guy's humour, I was watchin the coast watch and the Taranaki guy's gettin busted

**JATZ** · 16th February 2009, 19:21

Originally Posted by nooles

I'll have to tune in to you guy's humour, I was watchin the coast watch and the Taranaki guy's gettin busted

Taranaki guys are always gettin busted , excess paua/undersize, or to many crays. AAAAAArgh, makes me want to scream, string the bastards up I say.I'd like my kids to have the same oportunities as me.
Mind you I used to collect cockles off cheltenham beach in Auckland as a kid, be bloody lucky to find a worm out there now.
Rant over.
Do you make your own spokes is what I meant ?

**nooles** · 16th February 2009, 19:33

No no I got this DR frame off a guy up in cambridge and used the spokes from its rear rim for mine,didnt even know they were broken until I was pumping up the tyre one day.

**dino3310** · 16th February 2009, 20:35

Originally Posted by nooles

I'll have to tune in to you guy's humour

where pretty bland on this thread, but theres some pretty hard case clowns floating around.
Glad you joined us, good to have some imput from those that have been around the DR longer than some of us.

**nooles** · 16th February 2009, 20:56

Yeah I've been reading some threads about guys moaning of sore arses after couple hundred k's, some road bikes weren't made for comfort.Longest day ride I did on the DR was from Macetown(Arrowtown) down to bluff back up the east coast to picton across the ferry and up to Taranaki took me all that day and into the next day, parents found me half dead the next day(they had heard the DR go thru town).I couldnt walk for a couple of days!!

**dino3310** · 16th February 2009, 21:10

Originally Posted by nooles

Yeah I've been reading some threads about guys moaning of sore arses after couple hundred k's, some road bikes weren't made for comfort.Longest day ride I did on the DR was from Macetown(Arrowtown) down to bluff back up the east coast to picton across the ferry and up to Taranaki took me all that day and into the next day, parents found me half dead the next day(they had heard the DR go thru town).I couldnt walk for a couple of days!!

sounds like one of those rides i used to do in my teens with the aid of a little pink pill and a stamp with a smiley face on it

but that was then, now i'm a nana and a full day's riding leave's me knacked, but happy

**nooles** · 17th February 2009, 07:03

Yeah the 16-25yrs saw alot of ks,the thing I like about the DR is I can load it up point it in the general direction I want to go and at some stage I'll get there, no filling up with fuel every 150ks, just sitting back and thumpin.Man I love that thump. If it falls over you just pick it up and carry on.It isn't the best pillion bike tho(poor bitches got sore arses) so I brought the GS, that thing just eats ks in comfort.