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a fucked GN's probably still more reliable than every other bike that attends this ride ?

plenty of room in the Lips Ward maggot sack

hey whos keen on a mish to Rere falls this year? or check out the Motu Falls? feel like we will have a bit of time to take a hungover plunge on the saturday.

I woke up this morning with a massive erection and it still hasnt gone away was tryna figure out why... then i realised Te Urewera only 2 months away!

@Willdat? the routes look epic I’m very keen. Does rainbow road turn into the road we hoon down at hanmer to the port and cheese hut ? What’s the rough idea for accom ? everyone fend for themselves type setup ? Would be mean to do a group camp at a doc site or something similarly brokeback mountain-esque

Oh yea lock it in eddy

Are cabins still $20 a night at Reefton ? Pretty keen to get amongst this on 2 wheels tbh irl

scenes before @Truenotch brought out his seedy bottle of brown bag liquor and tried to Indian wrestle everyone

just chuck another 90 or 110 in it ? /XR250

SR241 is PPSC tyre of choice, i find them the best value for money dual sport tyre available. They are quite soft but they go really well on small bikes. SR244 is also a good option, bit of a beefier knob.

Boy I can’t wait to see the look on mr miyagi’s face when we order 40 pink pussys

bit of a /ling thread jack, but anyone wanting a good shakedown/cant wait til november to ride with a bunch of sweaty dudes, PPSC are organising a ride from the hawkes bay up to waikaremoana for an overnighter. looking at the last weekend of august, 29-30. if that sounds appealing to you just send a fax my typist Gladys and she can telex you an information pack.

Yea that was probably the moistest 24 hours I’ve ever had, besides that weekend with Al’s mum. torrential thunderstorm, then hot and steamy night in $6 warehouse tent, made for a lot of condensation. would I do it all again? In a heartbeat

Hmmm it’s June, should probably turn my non running motorcycle into a running one nah week before will be alright who else is camping this year ? Go on you know you want to...

+1 for mt21s, we run em on our vmx bikes and I have the “rally cross” edition on my XL250R. they have a thick edge on the knobblies, you won’t be knee dropping like valentino but man they are so good in gravel and shit terrain

Another project!! loooong whistle boys here she is the stock agent special, the Country Calendar theme humming, fonterra payout whinging, river polluting, gate closing pinnacle of agricultural motorcycling. This bike was actually my dads, he purchased it in 1976 and delivered newspapers for the wanganui chronicle, and general pesting round the Rangitikei region. He gave it to his pal to look after for a while when we moved house many moons ago, ol mate wants it gone now so i have come to snap it up. According to jim the bike ran when parked, however that was many haircuts ago. Its sat outside for a very long time, The motor is seized solid, so it will need a proper birthday once we get to that point. Today i started dismantling it and taking stock of what it needs... pretty much one of everything. Taking it apart had its moments; plenty of snapped bolts, rounded out screw heads and a lot of rust. I have a lot of challenges ahead of me; the biggest one being finding a replacement tank. Ive seen some rooted tanks in my time, but this one is really up there... Yea that chrome will come up mint maaaaaaaaayte F Dagg Automotive and Farm Machinery Limited So this is where im up to. Once i can rig up a suitable stand for it i will proceed with final strip down. The fork uppers are fucked too so im thinking of swapping a complete Mudbug front end onto it. Parts in general are proving to be a bit tricky to track down for these too, ive found that these are very simila to the TS125 of similar vintages, only slight styling differences, and the addition of the Hi-lo gear box on the TC.

ill have a spare spot for a little spoon in my one man tent jim

TBH codys/brian lowns can gtfo this year. keen to subsist purely off Pink Pussies from the China Palace wonder if Mr. Democracy Manifest will put a few in a doggy bag for me for saturdays leg of the tour

Fresh deck of Winny Selects and a Otara briefcase full of Codys

off topic but hey beave when youre there can you take heaps of pix of lush Tuai hydro houses and derelict .govt buildings for me to fizz over plzzzzzzzz

picture a steamy sunday morning, the earth's moisture rising through the Waikaremoana canopy, while a bunch of hot and sweaty blokes all wake up after a long night of talking about their feelings. perhaps ill look at writing a Mills and Boon-esque romantic paperback novel about this years ride PFT

I’m absolutely steamed here bob. Look into my eyes they’re nearly bleeding bob

Lockdown gave me some motivation to do some quintessential 2 stroke maintenance. Everyone's favourite job - crank seals! This thing hasnt shown any signs of having fucked crank seals, but the motor was in unknown condition when i got it, and did show signs of hard starting and other giveaways. I had ordered a set in one of my previous yambits order cos i knew theyd need doing at some point. what better time than now ? Removal of old seals Pretty straight forward. Disassemble bike to get to engine side covers. remove side covers the right side required removal of the clutch and a few worm gears that operated the oil pump. this seal was easily accessible and you could remove it with a small pick. send new seal home with appropriately sized socket and job tidy. Left side bit easier to get to, you can see the old one was doing a bit of wees which indicated he was pretty tired. Replacement requires the removal of flywheel. then the points and magento behind it. This one required a trick out of Great Uncle Kenny's engineering handbook, by screwing a tecky into the old seal then pulling it out with a pair of pliers. New seal pressed in with a flat punch. This job then revealed more issues i need to remedy before i can put her back together; the kickstart oil seal is chooched. was doing mega wees on Te Ureweras (was hoping itd self-seal with a bit of Motu gravel tbh) and then pulling the clutch cover off truly reemed it. The points also look average and duller than a British weekend. so i will whack a new set in and hopefully unleash some more electrical horse power???? probably not This thing has a never ending to do list but at least the bits are available and easy to obtain. Will whack a yambits order in, along with a piston kit and away we go. Hoo Roo

I hope after PPSC's big dick swinging man camping (feat. a way too organised and onto it @tortron) it convinces a few more of you bin chickens to come and be self sufficient with us! buttsecks is way more enjoyable in a tent

me oh my i have boomfad that yes ENJOY boy