Manawatu Rant n Rave

**bogan** · 13th January 2011, 16:39

Originally Posted by NZsarge

Actually upon a second look go via Wimbledon - Porangahau - Waipuk.

hmmm, quite an increase, but will keep it in mind...

**bogan** · 13th January 2011, 16:43

Originally Posted by ducatilover

Straight swap for the CBeige with a mate

It is on the small side, but, they are fairly cheap to run. It will go a bit better than my parents 1.8L 4 on the floor Holux. It'll do the job, needs some TLC, has a gaaaaay Harlequin wellside on it and the deck's been chopped for a C-notched ute. Easy enough to remedy though!
Pretty stoked with the whole idea as it runs very nice and has the LSD and power steering (Such luxuries, how exuberant!) and the CB did only cost me $1300 plus the tyre and the brakes, so still only $1600 or thereabouts

That's a cheap 92 Holux!

so, i just google harlequin, and thats pretty messed up, bunch of dead baby things, so I'm none the wiser what the hell is on your truck...
sounds like a good deal though (unless of course there actually are dead babies on it)

**NZsarge** · 13th January 2011, 16:46

Originally Posted by bogan

hmmm, quite an increase, but will keep it in mind...

Yeah but it's mint road, your route is ok just as long as you don't mind doing a shit load of gravel road.

**NZsarge** · 13th January 2011, 16:49

Sorry, getting my wires crossed, no gravel road, as you were.
Still stand by the road through Wimbledon etc being mint though.

**ducatilover** · 13th January 2011, 16:49

Originally Posted by bogan

so, i just google harlequin, and thats pretty messed up, bunch of dead baby things, so I'm none the wiser what the hell is on your truck...
sounds like a good deal though (unless of course there actually are dead babies on it)

It's that gaaay colour shifty paint crap that's super expensive and looks retarded.

The dead babies is a strange possibility, I will look closely and lick it a bit.

**NZsarge** · 13th January 2011, 16:51

Originally Posted by ducatilover

It's that gaaay colour shifty paint crap that's super expensive and looks retarded.

Agreed, saw a VTR1000 done in Harlequin the other day and man it looked shite!

**Owl** · 13th January 2011, 16:53

Originally Posted by ducatilover

It's that gaaay colour shifty paint crap that's super expensive and looks retarded.

Fucken gay is right. Worse on motorcycles, as they look like a fucking lollipop.

**ducatilover** · 13th January 2011, 18:16

Originally Posted by NZsarge

Agreed, saw a VTR1000 done in Harlequin the other day and man it looked shite!

Originally Posted by Owl

Fucken gay is right. Worse on motorcycles, as they look like a fucking lollipop.

I'm glad others agree! It's the most heinous atrocity since chrome tail lights which it also has....
So I'll spray the bitch original white or black, I'm sure it should be illegal to paint a Hilux any other colour.

**banditrider** · 13th January 2011, 20:30

Cool or what? Certainly got the radial sound...

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**ducatilover** · 13th January 2011, 20:32

Radials are the coolest noise ever, aside from Pink Floyd.
Nothing quite gets it hard like a radial nine on start up....

**banditrider** · 13th January 2011, 20:39

Originally Posted by ducatilover

Radials are the coolest noise ever, aside from Pink Floyd.
Nothing quite gets it hard like a radial nine on start up....

It's a great sound, especially on startup but the best sounding engine ever has to be the Merlin! Nothing raises the hair on the back of your neck like a Merlin- it's unexplainable but there's no escaping it...

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I do however enjoy Pink Floyd at the appropriate (high) volume!

**ducatilover** · 13th January 2011, 20:50

Originally Posted by banditrider

It's a great sound, especially on startup but the best sounding engine ever has to be the Merlin! Nothing raises the hair on the back of your neck like a Merlin- it's unexplainable but there's no escaping it...

I do however enjoy Pink Floyd at the appropriate (high) volume!

Oh yes, a Merlin is somewhat glorious. I saw a P51 at wings over Wairarapa a year or many back, that certainly did interesting things in the trouser area.
Pink Floyd is best when loud