Manawatu Friday Night Ride. (Be there or be in the square).

[chanceyy]

Did'nt go in the end, could'nt be arsed with all the drama...

bugger mate .. really could not be assed riding this aft so had a quiet pootle to cowboyz house & then carmens for dinner cheers girl heaps of new metal around linton .. from garage over bridge & up hill .. then old west road out the back of massey etc ..

Meanie has the phone lists to hand out .. just to be aware Stupy's home number is wrong .. (only cause he had it in his profile wrong ) will be fixed on the next one ..

so hopefully in the next week or so everyone should have their lists .. U4ea I have yours .. dogs you can get yours fr meanie as well ..

[Noel Jones]

One Night Stand Motorcycle Rally is anyone planing on going to it
Moore Road, Tuki Tuki (Near Hastings)
Gates open 11am
Tickets $15 prepaid or $20 at the gate

it looks like I am not working that week end so am going over to it

I HATE TIN CANS

[chanceyy]

One Night Stand Motorcycle Rally is anyone planing on going to it
Moore Road, Tuki Tuki (Near Hastings)
Gates open 11am
Tickets $15 prepaid or $20 at the gate

it looks like I am not working that week end so am going over to it

I HATE TIN CANS

what date is that Noel? prob give it a miss .. have a few things on & wanna save money for the coro loop ride if i can

[Noel Jones]

what date is that Noel? prob give it a miss .. have a few things on & wanna save money for the coro loop ride if i can

1/2 February
is there enyone rides on over the long week end ?????

[NZsarge]

1/2 February
is there enyone rides on over the long week end ?????

Without doubt, keep your eyes peeled..

[NZsarge]

nah - almost impossible to find an NC21 manual, let alone in English, but I think I have the oil capacity written down somewhere.....

If you think it could be done with the need of some special tool i'm still keen to give it a crack, I mean really, whats to lose.
If you can get the old ones out I cant see any reason you should'nt be golden


Edit: If only one of the forks is leaking then you can get the level of that but if they are both leaking....

[yod]

If you think it could be done with the need of some special tool i'm still keen to give it a crack, I mean really, whats to lose.
If you can get the old ones out I cant see any reason you should'nt be golden


Edit: If only one of the forks is leaking then you can get the level of that but if they are both leaking....

pretty sure they have different capacities - like 365ml and 390ml or something like that

only the right is leaking (i think) but its that old that its probably worth doing both

[chanceyy]

1/2 February
is there enyone rides on over the long week end ?????

Without doubt, keep your eyes peeled..

i am out this weekend .. working Sat & monday ...

[NZsarge]

pretty sure they have different capacities - like 365ml and 390ml or something like that

only the right is leaking (i think) but its that old that its probably worth doing both

Most definitely do both, you got dust seals too?

[GSVR]

pretty sure they have different capacities - like 365ml and 390ml or something like that

only the right is leaking (i think) but its that old that its probably worth doing both

Yod the capacity is something you really only worry about to get enough fork oil. Main thing is to get the right viscosity.

You set the oil level in each fork by compressing it fully without the spring in. Both forks should be fairly close as the air pocket provides a bit of a spring effect. I would rather go for to little than to much oil as if the level is to high this puts load on the fork seal. Conventional forks arent as critical as USDs for oil level

There are some tricks in removing the seals for backyard mechanics but the best way is to fully strip down the forks if your going to keep the bike.

First step is to remove the forks from the bike. If you dont have a good vice with soft jaws you will find the job very difficult. And tubing of the right size to fit the new seals.

[yod]

Yod the capacity is something you really only worry about to get enough fork oil. Main thing is to get the right viscosity.

You set the oil level in each fork by compressing it fully without the spring in. Both forks should be fairly close as the air pocket provides a bit of a spring effect. I would rather go for to little than to much oil as if the level is to high this puts load on the fork seal. Conventional forks arent as critical as USDs for oil level

There are some tricks in removing the seals for backyard mechanics but the best way is to fully strip down the forks if your going to keep the bike.

First step is to remove the forks from the bike. If you dont have a good vice with soft jaws you will find the job very difficult. And tubing of the right size to fit the new seals.

cheers Garry - I checked the right oil weight for the VFR and got 10W for it so ok there

I had heard that a decent vice would be handy and I since I dont really have one I was thinking it might just be easier to remove them and take them to a shop to do anyway...

[Noel Jones]

Without doubt, keep your eyes peeled..

I will keep my eyes peeled it would be good to go for a ride to some where

I HATE TIN CANS

[u4ea]

One Night Stand Motorcycle Rally is anyone planing on going to it

Yep.. went last year and had fun in the rain!

[yod]

last nights run was good

shot out to ashhurst and found Garry, cowboyz and Meanie waiting, not too long after another chap turns up (not sure of name, nice to meet you), on a GSX with pillion, done. nice to see the zookis outnumbering the kwakas for a change.

off out the colyton road - apparently it was "my ride" so I was sposed to lead - ok, that works. reasonably gentle pace to kimbolton road, then ducked into Feilding to head for the good ol' halcombe road and was impressed to see the restraint cowboyz was showing sitting on my right shoulder but not heading through. of course that all ended in the last 2 km up the hill to SH1 as I saw nothing but green in my mirrors, but the RF held its ground to the junction with a little help from sun-strike on the last corner

unfortunately after stopping at the top I discovered my magnificent bleed job on my clutch had all gone to the pack as I must have not tightened the reservoir lid properly and there was fluid all down the bike. arse. tightened it up and headed for hunterville. the GSX headed back down halcombe way - catch up again soon mate

stopped in hunterville for gas, coffee and to clean the crap of my bike. bumped into an old mate from Auckland who I hadnt seen in years - random. he will no doubt join us on his GPz900R A6 () when time allows. cool. (sorry if I held the rest of you lot up)

headed up to the vinegar hill turn off where we puased so cowboyz could turn on the camera. this should be interesting.

Meanie led the way with cowboyz recording his every move. the RF was itching to steal the limelight but that road isnt the easiest to pass on when you're all moving quick. off the bridge cowboyz was a true gentleman and just gassed off slightly so I could nip past and get on the tail of the big concours. a few corners later I gave the RF a mighty twist down the inside of a sweeper and had the concours, but again, Meanie was a gentleman and gave me the chance. from there we ripped up the hill and on to stormy point.

at the topped I slowed and thought I'd let the kwakas gain some ground. all of a sudden there's a silver and green blur and I'm half a k behind again. oh alright then. a mighty pace was had by all back to cheltenham where we had a brief stop and summarily took the piss out of each others bikes. as ya do. This whole time Garry was supervising the kids. cheers Garry, I know it was just that rear tyre. youre too nice....

good ride chaps, thanks. ya never realise how much you miss being on the bike until you get back on it.

looking forward to the vid, thanks cowboyz

[cowboyz]

Hmmmm.

Was good to have a bit of a blow out. Sorry the 9 scared the zuki so much it pissed itself at the top of halcombe hill. The poor zuki was so embarassed it turned red.
I am in 2 minds if I should post the video or not. To start with it is HUGE. I have to do some pretty serious compression on it and my DivX codec is playing silly buggers. Secondly the camera is a little low. Not really a good shot. Have to try again me thinks.

Good night though.