North Island invasion of South Island

[junkmanjoe]

Hmmmmm no comment...

[Paladin]

Hmmmmm no comment...

HAHA! Was only kiddin mate! To be honest, that area is so lacking, I'm thinking of becoming a monk! Black robes flowing in the wind atop the Black Beastie DR!!!!!
(the breeze up the robes could be a tad challenging this time of year tho!!!!)


On a serious note: Paid for my ferry ticket this morning!!!!!!!!
Bring it on!!!!!

[Woodman]

HAHA! Was only kiddin mate! To be honest, that area is so lacking, I'm thinking of becoming a monk! Black robes flowing in the wind atop the Black Beastie DR!!!!!
(the breeze up the robes could be a tad challenging this time of year tho!!!!)


On a serious note: Paid for my ferry ticket this morning!!!!!!!!
Bring it on!!!!!

seeing as how you ride a dr the chicks probarbly think you not interested.

[Paladin]

seeing as how you ride a dr the chicks probarbly think you not interested.

I refer you to my previous Toppys waitress challenge that a certain KLR owner didn't have the balls to take up!!

[buggsubique]

Oh hell, after a day like today BRING ON NEXT WEEKEND!!! Hanging out for it - fucking off on the bike with a bunch of good dudes / chicks, talking shit, perving at bikes, talking shit, riding, talking shit...riding. Will be mint!

yes, i had a shit day "at the office". time for another red.

[Paladin]

Oh hell, after a day like today BRING ON NEXT WEEKEND!!! Hanging out for it - fucking off on the bike with a bunch of good dudes / chicks, talking shit, perving at bikes, talking shit, riding, talking shit...riding. Will be mint!

yes, i had a shit day "at the office". time for another red.

Don't forget you're riding with me & Marks - so you better add in:

"talkin shit while drinkin latte's"



Lookin forward to meetin you nutters for the first time!
(even the KLR riders )

And riding in the awesome countryside that is your back yard!

[bart]

Yeah, I had a pretty average day at the office also. Can't wait.

Picked up a new front tyre today. Don't even know what it is. Better go and have a look. It was cheeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaappppppppp, like a budgee.

Priced out a TKC80 and just about fell over backwards ($210ish..............for a front). The guy in the shop said he had a hardly used adventure tyre out the back he'd sell me for $50, so I grabbed it.

[buggsubique]

yeah, its good when that happens - I planned on saving my MT21 on the DB1k and putting on a crap cheap ass knobblie but in the end I ran the MT21 into the ground and saved the knobblie for afterwards - it was a mint rear tyre for like $80. hankook rallycross or some shit. but yeah, cheap and good. ps mt21's one the rear suck arse.

[pete376403]

Re cheap front tyres - I got a Vee-rubber 3.00x21 model is v221 or 51P (there are a few different numbers on the sidewall). IIRC it was $70 or so from TSS and it's really good on the road and nearly as good on gravel. No noticeable wear after 2000 km.

[buggsubique]

ha, this thread has gone so off topic...riding to driving boats, to orgies and sleepingbags to tyres.

I'm running a vee rubber up front on the africa and it's bloody good. I ran a vee rubber rear on the DRZ though and it was fucken suicidal! no grip under throttle and no grip under breaking. even less grip in corners.,...it was cheap...but too cheap!

[Eddieb]

I'm running vee rubbers also. just put a 163 back on the front of the PD, has about 10000km and hardly looks worn $100. The R80 has some seriously knobbly Vee rubber, road legal but it must be only just. Thats lasting well though also and has been a good tyre and was only $60, both brand new.

Were average on the back though, disappeared as quick as a TKC 80 and was average grip.

E09's rock on the back. Have them fitted to both bikes.

[NordieBoy]

CrazyFrog is still? running the front non-DOT knobblie on the DRZ that I used on the Dusty

[buggsubique]

CrazyFrog is still? running the front non-DOT knobblie on the DRZ that I used on the Dusty

pretty sure that tyre looked fucked last time I saw it...up mt pat! I'm running a golden boy equivalent on the back of the africa now - its a Kenda chingquangpow somethingorother and it's fucken sweet - better than an MT21 t'be sure.

[bart]

pretty sure that tyre looked fucked last time I saw it...up mt pat! I'm running a golden boy equivalent on the back of the africa now - its a Kenda chingquangpow somethingorother and it's fucken sweet - better than an MT21 t'be sure.

Haha, just had a look. It's a Golden Boy Trail Tire SR244 (yep.........spelt like that). Looks like it'll be shit in the wet, but hey, I like a challenge.

[buggsubique]

haha, yeah That's the same one I think. Great on road & gravel - I dare say diabolical in the slippery stuff. Shinko also do one. Must woll out of dha saime factwy in china...

sue me