Tales from the Emporium

[NordieBoy]

you should be able to get 8 DRs in there... a prodigious quantity!

1 DR is enough.

With room for the Nordwest, the other Nordwest, the XR250, the XR350 rolling chassis, the KDX non-rolling chassis.
The spare engines...

[NordieBoy]

Going offline now to shift house tomorrow and it'll probably be next Wed before it's back up again.

See you all later.

[NordieBoy]

Smurf teeth on the laptop so I'll make this short.
Shane came around last night because he wanted to check out my noisey tappets and found they were actually only just out of spec on the exhaust side.
When adjusting them he reckons the decompressor is activating nearer BDC than TDC which would explain the bike stopping at TDC sometimes when starting and the dash lights turning off.

Now I've got to find out if you can adjust/stuff it up by just doing the clearances as it seems I did when doing them for the Dusty Butt.

[NordieBoy]

Oh and the shed is full and the DR is sleeping outside at the moment.

[Crisis management]

When adjusting them he reckons the decompressor is activating nearer BDC than TDC which would explain the bike stopping at TDC sometimes when starting and the dash lights turning off.

Now I've got to find out if you can adjust/stuff it up by just doing the clearances as it seems I did when doing them for the Dusty Butt.

I'm interested in this Nordie, I have similar strange / struggling starting at times, lets compare notes when you get back on line.

Enjoy the moving!

[Mole_C]

Got my full test on friday the 14th and wondering if you guys think the 4 drilled holes in the muffler will cause me any problems with the testers? Would suck to have to fork out more $ and wait longer just cause i have some holes

[NordieBoy]

Got my full test on friday the 14th and wondering if you guys think the 4 drilled holes in the muffler will cause me any problems with the testers? Would suck to have to fork out more $ and wait longer just cause i have some holes

If it's not a noisey bike then it should'nt be an issue.
They're testing you not the bike but the bike does have to be to a warrantable standard.

Good luck

[NordieBoy]

Anatori capers with JATZ and Co... (Google Earth track).
Well that was a fun ride.
Even better with the correct(er) tyre pressures eh guys
I ended up with 396km and 6:36hrs running time.
I have no idea whet the vibration was from but will replace the cushdrive bearing just in case.

[JATZ]

Have to agree, good ride,Mrs Jatz ran out of gas just as she pulled into the pub.Dont know how much I had left but there seemed to be heaps
I didn't realize what a prolific photo taker you were.
Should be another route coming your way for the adv site cooneyr,Good camping at the mouth of the Anatori river.\

Pic 1- some of the road
Pic 2- Anatori river mouth
Pic 3- fording the Anatori on Dr Big
Pic 4- more road
Pic 5- Nordieboy crossing the turamawiwi (big slippery rocks under there)

[NordieBoy]

I didn't realize what a prolific photo taker you were.

I actually took less photos than I would have liked to save your camera the death by dust mine suffered on the DB1k

[cooneyr]

Anatori capers with JATZ and Co... (Google Earth track).
....

Am I stealing the KMZ or can you send me a nice detailed gpx file

......Pic 3- fording the Anatori on Dr Big.....

Hows the big doctor going? Kinda curious as to what it is like?

Nice trip down there. Been down once in a 4x4 but must get back one day.

Cheers R

[NordieBoy]

Am I stealing the KMZ or can you send me a nice detailed gpx file

E-Mailed both but the GPX is 396km long type detailed

[NordieBoy]

Got my new 2nd hand Garmin Quest today
The City Navigator V2 and V3 CD's are unopened and will probably remain that way.

I can upload routes and maps to it and download waypoints/routes/tracks from it.

10000 trackpoint memory the same as my Legend and it does 254 waypoints per route vs 120 for the Legend.

So far I like...

[JATZ]

Got my new 2nd hand Garmin Quest today
The City Navigator V2 and V3 CD's are unopened and will probably remain that way.

I can upload routes and maps to it and download waypoints/routes/tracks from it.

10000 trackpoint memory the same as my Legend and it does 254 waypoints per route vs 120 for the Legend.

So far I like...

Can you put marine charts on it, looking at getting one for the boat but if I can take it out and mount it on the bike all the better, also be good for going 4wding

[NordieBoy]

Can you put marine charts on it, looking at getting one for the boat but if I can take it out and mount it on the bike all the better, also be good for going 4wding

I haven't looked into it but you should be able to.
I know you can on the Legend with it's 8mb memory and the Quest has 112mb.