64valiant

hey @sluggy all your images come up dead on my phone as well as pc. just coming up with a circle with a line in them.

On 09/01/2023 at 10:04, oldrx7 said:

Modular Monday

 

It's got a 26b in it now. Very crazy cool

Fuck. Most of you would had seen the 808 that got stolen 

This is the video of how it was found.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnOBVr0hrz8/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Oh man! Things were looking so good.

Hope it's something so small that can be easily fixed.

27 minutes ago, jessemk2 said:

Looks like you guys had ute for the job

End of the weekend it had 3600kms, was brand spanking new haha.

I just rang the hicks bay lodge to double check something.

The office clerk/lady on the end of the phone asked.

If a bunch of us intended on dining in there.

If so could we get some numbers as I said I'd call back around 5pm and let her know a rough amount that would be dining with them.

Chur.

He's a nay as well as kass, he said he double booked.

6 hours ago, johnnyfive said:

I feel like someone asked to stay here the night before but I've lost track, did I promise a bed to anyone?

It was I that asked for a bed/couch space as well as doozi.

We'll bring our own sleeping bags and pillows to make life a bit easier.

Yeah today's check list.

Wide open throttle runs to kihikihi to buy wet weathers, check.

Will use plastic bags in my shoes I think.

Typical top of the page. So here's a photo from the day.

Done my 2nd tank of gas on the new bike and I got 210kms for 5L which has a 5.5L tank. So we are good to go, shouldn't need a Jerry can for this trip.

Getting excited now.

@63Ragtop looks like you got yourself some early bus wide fives.

Slight different offset to beetle wide fives but will still work.

Brought some mirror extenders for the monkey on about day two of ownership. These are the best things out.

Such a good feeling been able to see passed my arms now.

loves a 420 speedo reading.

Everyone ok @mjrstar ?

Oh man, so excited for east cape now!

41 more sleeps and we are on!

1 hour ago, HighLUX said:

Don't miss that inland day Greg it's lush country and roads in there 

Oh don't get me wrong I enjoyed those roads last time on the vespa.

But I also enjoyed the coast line on the twist and go with @Mop Head on the back racing all the ct's the 1st year. 

Ideally just like to be a tourist and go to tolaga bay wharf and a couple other spots and soak them up.

Not to go against @johnnyfives pristine planing and mapping skills.

i was thinking of just skipping the inland track on day two and heading down the coast for max relaxation and cruising. 

Is there a couple of others who might want to join me or I'm ok if everyone else wants to go dirt track inland as I'll just head that way as well.

5 hours ago, DriveBy said:

So a big fan of the monkey? Did test on a grom and quite liked it. Also @64valiant thoughts on monkey?

I haven't test ridden a grom as aesthetically they do nothing for me. As for the monkey, I rode a brand new one back in 2019 and it was super fun, wasn't a full on test ride but a couple of laps around the block. As for previous bikes like my old vespa, I never test rode them as well.

For me, it fits the categories.

small bike, lams approved, manual, plenty of aftermarket support, good to look at, reasonably cheap on gas none modified, capable of doing 100kph, abs, yearly wofs, slow enough I shouldn't kill myself on it.

This one is a mates bike, done small kms and kinda got offered it at a price I couldn't say no to, so made things happen.

Tbh ive been on mine for 14 years.

I didn't really have any desire to level up as I didn't ride as much in compared to my younger years. Only becoming more mature and bit more conscious has made me want to get my restricted and full.

I can most definitely understand a lot of riders will probably stick with a blue license if that's all the plan on riding. 

And even then a lot of people still don't even have a blue license and just ride.

I'll get my restricted this year. 

Also side note. 

Pretty keen on a gsx s750. Time will have to wait till maybe next summer for one.