Haha yeah your not to far wrong.
Haha yeah your not to far wrong.
The bike is getting me into some honey holes.
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Out picking up some electric fence reals a couple of days ago.
A 5min visit turned into 1hr+ talking to a 70+ yr old and still doing it deer stalker.
Talk turned to bikes and I showed him some Pic's of mine.
He mentioned he had an old bike in the shed that he had under cover and never used.
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It's now on it's way to a new home:thumbsup:
How many bikes and other things are sitting in sheds around nz like this
Father had one on the farm also with the hi lo box
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KLX650
Heavy old and ugly like it's owner
Just went for a quick spin on the Stumpy.
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St Arnaud. Rode the fat bike on it last winter when it was frozen. That was a bit of fun.
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Three days of frost in a row and we're in:thumbsup:
Never tried a fatbike, must be a bit of a laugh. Been thinking about upsizing from the original 2.3 tyres to 2.5 or 2.6 on the Trance at some stage for an experiment, but thats still a long way off full fattie.
My Stumpy is a 6Fattie so 3.0" tyres. In a word...awesome. Much better grip and very forgiving. I run them at 14psi so there is the trade off of having to pedal a bit harder on the smooth stuff but well worth it when you start going down on the rough stuff.
PS Added a photo of the Fat bike on the ice.
You can take a fatbike some interesting places. I run these tyres at 4psi.
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They just compensate with a wider range of cogs on the rear sprocket than they used to have, most new MTBs now are 11 or 12 speed with only one front ring to keep it lighter and simpler. No front derailler, less to go wrong, less likely to have chain jump off.
Mine is 12 speed, I find the 1x12 doesn't have quite as wide a gear range as my old 3x9 27-speed did - notice it mostly at the top end if riding on the road where you can spin out top gear and still be wanting more. No problem off road (better because its simpler), it still has a granny gear plently low enough for steep climbs and if you're going fast off road you're generally standing up on the pedals downhill not sitting down pedalling.
@Shearer that looks great fun, 4psi is funny as. Even 14psi on the Stumpy is super low compared to the 23-24 front and 27-28 rear I run on 29", must get great traction.
I might experiment again with lower pressures once I'm back riding interesting stuff after the lockdown is over, but that seemed the sweet spot before for my >100kg on those tyres.
2002 me and my new Fireblade.
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Road legal, and because it was 49cc, no WOF needed.
Attachment 134144Attachment 134145 I rebuilt this one in Cairns. It was the KLX650R which was kick only. The chick chased her boyfriend and he left with the key after locking the steering neck. After half a tin of WD 40, she decided that it was rusted tight. I paid $900 for it and restored it. Felt like a hippo and was very difficult to kick once in a dodgy position. Their cam chain adjusters were dodgy and a simple to make refashioned one is the go. Never ridden a KTM but they are the go to for many.
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New (to me) bike day. Picked it up last week. First time with full suspension and feels like riding in a arm chair.
@veitnamcam this would be up your alley then...
https://www.evolutioncycles.co.nz/Pr...etallic-green#
Got out for a token ride today, through a few local parks.
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Wasn't quite keen enough to add the 10km of road each way to do my semi regular ~15km loop.
Me too.
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You win, looks much nicer up there today!
Was a lovely day. Bit windy but.
Found some pics of my old bikes
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Looks a lot flasher than mine - yes those cam chain doohickeys often get a mention on the various forum threads. A bloody good score for $900, that's the only benefit of hanging around people who are "drama" - they often make irrational economic decisions to the benefit of others
I see you had your set up for road by the look of the tyres, mine has an old Land Transport plate on the neck so it was registered at some stage and while I do like the idea of a Motard I figure something that does two things (trail and road) often doesn't do each thing properly
Just my opinion, many would say that Motard is a thing all of its own..
I want an elec start on my next bike as it's a helluva lot easier if you've stalled it halfway up a steep bit
Also I'm really aware that tech has moved on a lot since the mid 90s and the modern 300/350s are pretty damn quick
Also I love two strokes
Do you still ride?
My mate has one of those new tyre setups with the inflated rim-wrapper that runs at high pressure so he can run the actual tyre really low pressure for more grip - he reckons that they are the absolute tits
1000 ways to have fun with bikes - with a motor or without.
It was fascinating as a very young fella watching the development of the jap machines. Very early 60s ones like the little Honda 125 Benley, then the Honda 305 Dream. Bit young for those but then in late 60s/early 70s we had some the real milestone bikes that changed the motorbike market forever. These included the Suzuki T20 (6 speed 250), the awesome Kawasaki 500 triple H1 - a helluva machine. Then the first of the superbikes - the CB750F four Honda - and a little later the mighty Kawasaki Z1 900. Great to see even now.
I had the 1971 T250R Suzuki - a very quick little 2-stroke, and a bit later three 750 fours - a 1977 CB750F, late 80s Suzuki GSX750, and a very fast '86 Yamaha 750FZ. FZ Yamaha by far the quickest and a brilliant roadholder for the day, but the older Honda '77 CB750F easily my favourite. Brilliant old cruiser - very comfortable for hour after hour of open road riding.
https://en.suzukiclub.cz/gallery_detail.php?id=705
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ferx75nWHH8
https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds...0/1396985.html
Absolute treat even looking at pics again - would very much like another old Honda 750F :) :) I wonder....
This is a good link on the development of the superbikes in the seventies - some very interesting machines here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HESIjHvOjtw