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Mop Head

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  1. I've ridden a few goldwings and at one point got to spend a decent amount of time with a Goldwing Trike. Whilst it was dead stock I still would take that thing for a blat every chance I could. Blitzing the throttle in a full lock turn lit up the wheels with ease and I would proceed to piss a large amount of cheese. Can't even imagine how cool it will feel to drive this thing when it's together! You make magic happen mate. Seriously impressive.
  2. Interesting yarn and can't wait to read the next bits. Conscious of not spamming up a good thread in the making but I've had a bit of experience with bike auctions from Japan and have the same experience with grades. Always tried to bid on bikes in the 4-4.5 range. Sometimes they would be amazing, sometimes utter shit and obviously graded by someone thats legally blind. Then again I've had 3.5's turn up in amazing condition. There was no rhyme or reason in the 2-3 years I was involved with it - as you have we just had to hope and pray based on photos. Just reading that had me excited a couple of times and deflated an equal amount, I can only imagine how it must have felt for you. Thanks for taking the time to write about the process so far.
  3. Similar but kinda not. The dude that posted it makes tonnes of custom displays for the digital dash he uses.
  4. I have ridden one of these a fair bit. Don't be scared of changing gears 82 times per kilometre. Especially into/out of corners and up hills. When I was at the bike shop we had a guy bring back the big brother (RZ50) after owning it a day because it 'wouldn't accelerate properly'. Turns out he would slow for roundabouts or corners and leave in 4th or 5th then wonder why it wouldn't accelerate out of them. +1 on the tidying it up as is - Cafe racers are just discomfort disguised as 'cool factor'. But it's your bike at the end of the day.
  5. Some haven't ridden long distances on Small Bikes and it shows. The fellas organising this trip have aced it more than once now - and as someone whos also organised long trips, people saying hey lets do this and this and this and this is annoying. Whilst it might be fun to do extra stuff, wrangling a group of excitable men on small bikes is a mission in itself without people disappearing to see random stuff along the way. Just get an NBC110 and go do some mountain skids with cool people. Turn up with a bike, book some accommodation - they'll have the rest sorted.
  6. Barry thread is over that way ---------------->
  7. Keen for an indepth update of this suitably adventurous adventure.
  8. My butthole is actually incredibly tiny I'll have you know. Can't have a big wang and be in FOAMERS. Have a great ride everyone, be safe/do a skid etc.
  9. In my short stint at Bayride, we had 2 of these come in quite cooked. Both had been due to an air intake full of dirt/mud as well as the radiator. I remember designs were changed at some point as ya mention and things got better. But always worth checking that after every ride if you can/if it's the model thats susceptible to that.
  10. May need to find a new parking spot at Rere falls next time.
  11. @Thphantum's son had a nice grass kart. Still does but the inside of the engine is now outside of the environment. Proper slammed and went hard for what it was.
  12. I still have an FX125 motor (I think) I would donate to this cause. Was running when pulled. DOHC etc etc.
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