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300cc kit?

Just now, Bellicose said:

Slow as shite.

Haha very true, but you dont buy an 80s 250cc in the hopes to go fast 

15 minutes ago, datlow said:

That was on fb market the other week then I couldn’t find it pretty sure for the same price 

would quite like just the motor for mine 

If you could get it to your front door for under a grand you could keep the motor and make your money back I would say.. Just gotta put in the admin haha

https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=2339932359

Could be a cool little budget build. Parallel twins hnngg 

On 28/09/2019 at 15:59, datlow said:

Yeah the insides of the solenoid will be pretty shitty and prone to doing it again/ could go the other way and not engage properly too

either pull apart and sand contacts smooth (prob a cheap cast plastic unit tho) so yeah buy a new one 

Yeah, I ordered a new one. It was only $35, it should arrive in the next couple of days. Cheers for the advice/confirmation 

Had an interesting situation with the Hyobanger last week..
Starting the bike in the morning as per norm but when I pulled my hand off the starter button the starter motor didn't stop
I hit the kill switch.. Was still going
Turned the key off.. Was still going
So I had to disconnect the battery real quick cause I didn't wana burn out the starter
When I put the cable back on the battery the starter would engage.. 

Yep, so the starter is getting constant power regardless of the key situation/kill switch situation

I pulled the fairings off and checked all the cables, they all looked fine.
Pulled apart the RH Switch block to see if there was any shorting there but that was all good
Disconnected some stuff to see if that made a difference (ignition, switch block etc).. nothing

I sent a snapchat out to the boys to see if anyone had any suggestions which some replied with some helpful knowledge but nothing I hadn't already done
Bit the bullet and loaded the bike up to take to an actual motorbike mechanic 




Unloaded the bike, explained the situation
I got in the car and I got a snapchat from a mate. I nearly didn't check it and thought fuck ill check it at home, im hungry I wana leave
but he said "sounds like the solenoid is stuck on bro.. Give it a wack or two"
I had done this.. but obviously not hard enough

Surely enough.. Gave it a couply decent love taps and it was fixed..
Loaded bike back on and head home.

I dunno if I need a new solenoid but they're cheap enough to replace so I will order a new one in a minute but yeah.. No big bill from the motorcycle shop so thats a win

Fun fact about that pink ute.. Bloke who owns/painted it is colour blind and thought it was grey
I used to knock around with his brother back in the days and he told me. Unsure of legitimacy but good chat

Does anybody know where to get some youth size motorcycle gear (for pillion, not MX gear)
Proving to be rather difficult to locate

3 hours ago, Ash-he said:

I’m about 97% sure it’s my old one! 

If it is I sold it to a guy for a fair bit less than that, old advert is in the bike FS section

$3k profit, you reckon?

Thats cool man, digging the dark vibes. Gonna black out that timber framing too?

This one belongs to a forum member ay?
https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/cruiser/auction-2227688623.htm?rsqid=d50d328b5e864fdaaa9ab5444d766a81-008

Curious to know if you've had any nibbles on it.
I never see these pop up for sale and all of a sudden there are 3 on TM!

1 hour ago, datlow said:

got enthused and went to fit my ali clip  ons..... only to find i ordered 35mm instead of 31mm, 

so anyone need some 35mm ones? google says maybe honda cb's?

 

Couple rolls of electrical tape will make em fit if you're just wanting to test fit of course haha

This guy has some GS500 (?) forks in his inventory which I believe he was selling pretty cheap (read: 80 bucks)
https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/parts-for-sale/wrecking-bikes/listing-2225279875.htm?rsqid=0ad63fc094024239b3887569bcfa7f85-001

Just in case you didn't want to go down the ali line

Nek minit, build thread in "Other builds"
Kimjon builds alignment machine

Float bowl height 101..

How does one measure the height. Lets say for arguements sake, you want to set the bowl at 20mm - what are the points of reference for setting the height?

Some good pointers when diagnosing an old bike that won't start
 

3 minutes ago, cletus said:

Wof rules for bikes

https://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/virms/in-service-wof-and-cof/motorcycles

Ahh perfect.
Imagine if everyone googled before asking questions.. There would be no need for a forum!

 

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Modify means to change a vehicle from its original state by altering, substituting, adding or removing any structure, system, component or equipment, but does not include repair.

^ So basically anything other than what's from the factory is a fail 

46 minutes ago, datlow said:

theres not lvvta as such for motorbikes so no proper thresholds afaik as to what would be a wof fail and require a cert

tags as nt extra bits of metal in the frame? id imagine most wof places wouldnt know/care if its not really deemed structual

 

Yeah, sorry should have been more specific. Tags as in tabs/bits that aren't needed anymore as opposed to 'pLaTeZ n TaGz'

Whats the deal with motorcycle certification?
I assume that when you weld something new on, you would require certification?
What about when you're taking tags off, does that require certification?

Obviously it's subjective to your WOF dude but whats the legal requirements 
Chur

I completely misread you post, my bad.

It's got these what looks like 250mm pit bike shocks and the bushings are too small.
The style of bike i'm going for is the 'brat' style so I wanted something a little more bigger/factory

 

23 hours ago, AllTorque said:

I’m 95kg. I tried to buy the same/similar again from Ali but when I chose the black/gold the seller was all we are out of stock, do you want some red ones. Ended up getting second hand genuines from a wrecker on TM.

I was going to look for some all black ones but depending on what you're after for them I could just paint black and risk it looking like ass haha

You a big lad or struggle to get 80kg dripping wet kinda guy?
I'm just struggling to justify spending 300 on a bike that isn't going to see more than 20kms a week and when it does, it's a straight line

Anyone had any luck with those RFY shocks on Ali?
About 120 bucks. Apparently they're hit and miss in terms of the gas PSI consistency but thats just one persons opinion on the internet

If you remove the RFY stickers and add OHLINS it's basically a $1000 shock, right?!

Up the mighty GN