TimShadboltfan27

As soon as you make me one m9! ill send you the dimensions Jim

Which bark buster is best for your lifestyle etc

Yup seriously considered seeing Stacey Jones and financing a CRF250L they are so rad, but think I made the right decision buying the 40 y/o version of it

I've been punishing small bikes on some seriously sweet adventures recently and i decided i definitely prefer offroad and gravel adventures more than the sealed stuff. It was time to step into the inevitable world of being a punishing boomer adventure rider. I was very close to being another loser on a DR650 or KLR650, but man i am blown away by how much clowns want for second hand, 50000km+ DR650s when a new one is only 10g. Also being my first "adventure bike" per se, i was skeptical whether i wanted to lug around an ugly donk like a KLR. At my price point all i could hope for was a BMW funduro or a flogged example of the above, but this is oldschool, what the fucks the point in having a modern reliable bike. To my luck i found an XL250R on trademe and jumped on it quick. The seller was a GC, an 80 year old pensioner who bought it in 1984 and was used as his commuter for 10 years and then briefly by his son for university transport in the 90s, and has been in his ownership since. Needless to say its had a relatively easy life. Sharns were exchanged and i had the bike transported from Blenheim and got it last week. Yesterday i took it for its first decent ride, 100kms with 30kmish of gravel out the back of Taradale Hills towards the Kaweka Ranges. Im impressed at the power this thing has, lazy Honda 4 stroke power and 6 gears makes for surprisingly comfortable 100km/h cruising. Top speed isnt much more than that but at least it can maintain open road speeds. still probably slow, but coming from a 125 2 stroke it was very lol to have enough power to lose traction powering out of corners. This thread will probably be a scrapbook for the boomer spec adv mods and the rides i do on it, and to perfect my motocamping setup. im on the hunt for some soft panniers and will probably make an equally as barry rack to support packing and mounting. being 37 years old and in original condition theres lots of little bits to tidy up on it but for now i think ill just keep on pesting.

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

Throwing star Suzuki rims are amazing. Makes it look like a baby GS! i can fit a 3.00 on the rear of rx125 for reference, or maybe for a /ling

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!!!

Hello all. I now have some first hand experience in re-registering a motorcycle that has previously been registered in New Zealand. so I thought I would re-cap the process for those interested. Note: may vary for cars. the motorcycle in question is a 1979 Yamaha RX125. This particular bike had not been registered since 1986 and was not recorded in the NZTA data. The only proof of previous registration was it’s original plate and attached wof tag. a few months back I walked into the AA testing station in Napier and asked for everything I needed before taking it in. The helpful gentleman told me I required two things; proof of ownership and proof of previous registration in New Zealand. He stated as the bike was pre 1990 I did not require a brake declaration. for proof of ownership, AA provided me with a standard statutory declaration form which I filled out and had declared and signed by a notary public at the Napier District Court. This took all of two minutes to obtain. for proof of previous registration all I had was the wof tag and number plate which the inspector accepted. i rung them up yesterday morning and booked the bike in for the following day (today). Dropped bike off at 8am and by 11:30 they text to say it was finished. When I got there the inspector asked me to show all the lights and indicators etc worked. Then they ran it through what I assumed to be a standard wof check which it passed with no issues. the cost was $180 then registration for 12 months on top of that. they even re-used my original plate, even without having to get the authority myself from that lady at NZTA which was great. all in all a very easy process and the guys at AA Napier were extremely helpful and efficient. hope this helps for anyone who wanted up to date knowledge on how the process works.

Four of us j5, will Happily accept lodging in lean to’s, kitchen floors and dog kennels

NZ Rail Fan spec train spotting + small bike gravel road pesting ? I’ll have to bring an extra towel for the additional foam Ill be spreading

Sweet, got my sleeping arrangements sorted! but seriously, probs won’t be much worse than the tent I’m using /wats waterproof

hey @johnnyfive where are all our fuel stops along the way? more specifically on day one as it seems to be the longest. I'm guessing leave with a full tank, fill up in Murupara, again in Ruatahuna and then nothing until Gisborne ?