TimShadboltfan27

Yea I think I’ll cop one of those hammocks and test it out, but yea as cam said a lot of camp spots don’t have enough trees to provide for such a set up. kathmandu have a pretty killer one man tent that can be had for under 200 clams on sale and packs small and reasonably light I would probably go for that option

Post Te Urewera ride update. Bike went great. I was incredibly impressed at how it handled a very hard 540+ kms of poorly maintained, and overly maintained roads. Things i noticed compared to similar bikes; this bike is definitely lacking in the top end department. My speedo was showing an optimistic 110+ kms downhill and dicing with other small 2 strokes, only to find out it was more like a GPS verified 85-90. womp womp. It does go very hard for what it is up hills though, i think it was geared too tall for gravel and slow climbing, in the tight stuff i could barely get out of third, but second gear pulls very well up hills and was able to maintain good pace on climbs. The ride wasn't without its setbacks; first stop at Matahina Dam i noticed i had lost the nut for the swingarm and exhaust, i must thank @Duke Blackwood and @anglia4's old man for bringing his mobile workshop, and was able to tap out an m10 nut to an m12 with his handheld vice and tap kit on the roadside. That was probably one of my favourite memories from the trip. The battery also exploded, lol. Heard a massive boom under my legs. thought the bike was backfiring. I lost all electrics which i assumed was just the gravel vibrating all of the earths loose. Friday night i pulled off the side cover and found the battery had done itself a mischief and there was lead acid goo everywhere! perhaps stator is throwing out too much juice at max rpms. Here are some snaps of the bike in action. I am definitely keen to go on more motocamping missions. Camping was legit and now knowing that a $6 warehouse tent will not suffice even in tropical conditions i am on the hunt for a decent one man tent. I also painted the side covered silver to match the tank. It was an off the shelf rustoleum silver gloss which looked suuuuuper sparkly when applied, but dried to a very nice finish. Almost identical, stoked. The next part of this project is now focused on power. The motor that's in it showed good compression when i checked it but i definitely feel it should go a bit faster. So i've ripped the barrel and head off a spare motor and will get it bored out for a 1mm oversized piston. Might even look at the porting while im there... but thats another story.

swoon!! man this popped up on my market place all the time, i had a daily internal struggle to resist buying it. that spanny tho, loooooooooong whistle

One of my favourite images from the ride, a wide eyed, knowledge filled Bort asking beave how hard the power stations go for what they are

I believe those waikats met their untimely demise on the Motu. @Dolan poured one out for the fallen homies

You can get it driving a plow, you can get it rootin a cow, matter of fact I’ve got one now

Reminiscing by little river band plays

RIP Irvines mince and cheese; we are poorer for having lost his robust mincy taste. my leaning tower haiwaiian microwave special was shortly dismissed after succumbing to the Stanley Road corrugations. we will be back next year with a 12v microwave oven mounted in a pannier bag powered off the stator

Good times with beautiful people. No major mishaps. Thanks to all the support drivers you were bloody A++ champions. And thank you to the tender Asian man for feeding me pink pussy at the China palace. When’s the next one

Nice early morning shakedown FYI for those having luggage fastening foibles I find the wide bungee straps from mitre 10 to be super legit, my sleeping bag now acts as lumber support during my ride

Eat a jug for lunch?

Yea foreshore and seabed! Keen for campsite carb rebuilds in Waikaremoana tbh. Keep it in your back pocket Jim. Mine runs a 30 standard and is suuuuuper rich at idle and 1/4 throttle I’m interested in anything that will lean it out down low.

Total Andy /ling but gizz 17.5 pilot to have a play with my RX125... will swap you a 30 if you need spare bits

Ok boomer

Aaaaand she’s legal as a drug sniffing beagle! i described my revin process in the revin thread, but today I got this thing back on the road. Stoked as fuck. even get to keep the original plate! 68 Gag em since last update I decided I thought I’d bang some off road-ish tyres on it considering my main premise for this bike is light off road duties. I managed to track down a PPSC control tyre Shinko SR241 in 2.75 x 18 for the front and a Shinko SR244 in 3.00 x 18 for the rear. The front needed a bit of a massage and some self clearancing to fit, but the rear fits comfortably. well what now!?!! I need to get the seat recovered and paint those side covers in original silver. Decided I’m gonna keep the OG silver tank and it’s patina, and get some decals done. then perhaps make some tasteful scrambler mods.... Bring on the Te Urewera Undertaking!!!