Tales from the Emporium

[tri boy]

Great effort NB.
Sounds like the kick start ratchet (or something similar) may need some attention soon.
Don't worry about those mono shock boys. real men ride twin shocks.

[NordieBoy]

Great effort NB.
Sounds like the kick start ratchet (or something similar) may need some attention soon.
Don't worry about those mono shock boys. real men ride twin shocks.

Nah, the engine is sweet, the DR caused the same sounds on the camera.

If only the CB250rs came out in 1979
I could use the front brakes

The problem is that it is a twin shock bike.
I want it to be a twin suspension bike

[NordieBoy]

Woohoo!
4th in class
http://www.mmcc.co.nz/results.html

[warewolf]

Yay!!!

[merv]

Yeah good on ya!

[NordieBoy]

Hmmm...
There's a set of 2nd hand Works Performance shocks for an XR500 sitting in Dirt Extreme at the moment...
They want $650 + postage.
New they'd cost about $1000 landed from the US - Same as Ohlins from Robert T.

[Transalper]

Woohoo!
4th in class
http://www.mmcc.co.nz/results.html

Ok the thing of concern here is that all other classes had the first 5 places listed, your class only listed the first 4. This leaves me wondering how many were in your class?

[cooneyr]

Ok the thing of concern here is that all other classes had the first 5 places listed, your class only listed the first 4. This leaves me wondering how many were in your class?

Care to elaborate Nordie

Cheers R

[warewolf]

This leaves me wondering how many were in your class?

Rules said a minimum of 8 in each class.

[NordieBoy]

Ok the thing of concern here is that all other classes had the first 5 places listed, your class only listed the first 4. This leaves me wondering how many were in your class?

Picky buggers arn't we....

Rules said a minimum of 8 in each class.

Soooo....
There must have been 8.

Or 4 If you sweet talk the steward.


Talk about spelling mistakes.
My brother's last name is completely totally wrong and the same person got 1st and 2nd in pre 85

[NordieBoy]

Got the Shinko 244 on (not too happy with my new lead lined rim though).
We'll see how it goes tomorrow.

[NordieBoy]

On the scales at Warewolfs place and my DR is 79kg front, 80kg rear with about 14L petrol.
159kg total.

[warewolf]

95 RON petrol is 735g/L.

The 640 Adventure half-dry numbers are: Fr 75.4, Rr 82.6 (48/52%) total 158.0kg. KTM's quoted half-dry figure is... 158kg!! Fully fueled, it would be 176.8kg.

If you add in one removed Fr disc & caliper, subtract the increase going from alloy to steel Rr sprocket, the OEM half-dry number looks more like 160kg, still pretty close. Knowing KTM's poor documentation updates, 158 is probably the figure for the earlier single-disc model.

[NordieBoy]

Which brings my DR back to about 149kg dry(ish).
Add 3kg for the stock pipe and take off 3kg for my seat and it's about at the Mfgr dry of 148kg.

[NordieBoy]

Shinko 244 update.
Maungatapu to Pelorus and back with TransAlper and Warewolf.

I like it on the gravel, dirt, clay, rocks, seal so far.
Nice and progressive leaned over in the gravel.
I hope the carcass gets into shape though. It didn't look good on the balancer.

The front was feeling quite heavy but with the extra drive I'm getting it's back to nice and light again.