BFTP - Blast From The Past Rides

[jamessmith]

i agree jase... i agree... im trying to find an engineers shop that will make me a bolt for the sump. getting to one is difficult with work as busy as is. as for chain.... well..... thats money that wont be spent on bike anytime soon.. (thanks wife)

but it does still go vroom

[wickle]

i agree jase... i agree... im trying to find an engineers shop that will make me a bolt for the sump. getting to one is difficult with work as busy as is.

get the sump plate threaded(helocole) to same size as spark plug then you can always use a spark plug as a temp sump plug

[RDjase]

i agree jase... i agree... im trying to find an engineers shop that will make me a bolt for the sump. getting to one is difficult with work as busy as is. as for chain.... well..... thats money that wont be spent on bike anytime soon.. (thanks wife)

but it does still go vroom

What thread is it? I can sort it if i see it or you know what you need, Give me a txt or call and we sus it

[jamessmith]

when I pulled the thread, I got the mechanic at work to re tap the sump.. which he did with an (so im told) 1/2 inch BSP thread... so there lies the problem.. thinking ill need one made. noce of motorycycle shops can help. not even barrys.. or fortress.

[Ixion]

BSP is standard plumbers thread. You'll be able to get a plug bolt from Bunnings. Prolly be brass but that's OK.

[RDjase]

when I pulled the thread, I got the mechanic at work to re tap the sump.. which he did with an (so im told) 1/2 inch BSP thread... so there lies the problem.. thinking ill need one made. noce of motorycycle shops can help. not even barrys.. or fortress.

I will have one or many in my ute, You can get them in taper or paralel thread, A paralell with a with a rubber/steel washer(hydraulic type) will be best .
Depends what your mate at worked taped it to suit. Did he say?

[jamessmith]

its a taper thread.. might be a van ride to your place then jase?

[wickle]

its a taper thread.. might be a van ride to your place then jase?

your big bike might not fit in your little van!

[jamessmith]

i could just take the bolt... and i know where theres a bigger van

[RDjase]

i could just take the bolt... and i know where theres a bigger van

the fairings on your bike look like came off a van lol

[jamessmith]

the fairings on your bike look like came off a van lol

... will reply to this with a suitable comeback eventually

[Ratti]

... will reply to this with a suitable comeback eventually

it's like that with older bikes. One gets used to the 'eventually' tagged on the end of the discussion

[RDjase]

... will reply to this with a suitable comeback eventually

Gota love the cool 80s muscle bike styling aye james

[RDjase]

it's like that with older bikes. One gets used to the 'eventually' tagged on the end of the discussion

Hi Ratti
Good to have you with BFTP, got a rally on in april in HB and hope to have a Castlepoint (TBA) ride with the welly/HB group at some stage soon. Great to get some Kwakas in too, Im sure we can get the suzuki ratio down lol

[StatusQuo]

The BFTP Paeroa Race day ride update.

What a beautiful day for riding motorbikes. Bit hot for standing around in the sun watching lunatics canning it around Paeroa streets but cool to watch all the same.

Voli, Ixion, Bikemad and self met as planed and had a nice relaxed ride down. On arriving the obligatory mussel fritter was wolfed down. Wandered around checking out the various stands, watched some warm up laps then had to cool down inside the RSA
then caught up with Status Quo as we wandered down to the Ohinerwahaithingy club for lunch where Max Headroom caught up with us very nice filled rolls too.

After desert at Le Whippy, we made our way to the pit area and said hi to Peter Smith (BFTP member Post classic racer) who came 3rd in his first race of the day Well done Peter.

Watching those fellas up close is pretty impressive. They push bloody HARD.

Anyhoo after that we made our way to the hairpin to watch the side cars for a very little bit before an accident delayed racing............... Gosh it's hot. Is that a hotel over there? Ahhhhhhhh

We bailed early as racing was still delayed and had a nice cooling ride home.

Gad started missing bad when I was about 30 km from home... Dunno what that's about. Dare say I will have to do something about it


Thanks for coming along guys Was great fun.

For those wanting to see pics Shoulda come down and taken your own

Hi Colin,

Turns out you didnt miss much by leaving early because they canned the rest of the meeting due to the fact that both ambulances had to leave the circuit for about an hour +. Pissed me off as i got there later so i could stay till the end.
I caught up with some Triumph RAT guys and didnt get a chance to catch up with you again.
Riding home i had to stop and have a rest- heat exhaustion - didnt drink enough water + too much sun.

Lucky to not get pinged by a cop on radar on the way home.


Cheers