EpochNZ

Always been intrigued by these pressed steel frame 2 strokes, and with the forum filled with small bike shinanigans decided I might try it for a laugh.

Inspiration was always this S90 posted somewhere else here:

@Yowzer's huge fire sale made me think of taking the plunge.  Although the thought of getting a bike to the 03 from the Tron seemed near on impossible, he did point me at @ThePog who was holding a couple of bits bikes for him.

So a deal was done and the Sierra was duly dispatched to drag the carcasses home.....to where it met with an appreciative audience who no doubt will end up being the owner.

So here we are......I'm putting together an initial shopping list to at least get it going, namely both levers, throttle, starter and gear pedals, chain, rear sprocket, brake pads, engine cover, headlight etc.....all available and doable if Ali and EBay are to be believed.  Probably wont have it ready for the Molesworth but one can dream.

Oh, and this would be nice....

Thanks to James out in Amberly (not sure of his business name, I'll let @- i5oogt - fill in that blank), the naughty rust patch found by that nasty warrant man was cut out and patched. 

A Quick visit to Kaiapoi Alignment and Tyres for some new rear rubbers, a fresh bulb and a hell of a lot of hope......turned into this.

And not a moment too soon as there was pressing work to be done at the islands northern extremities.  Grabbed an eye wateringly expensive roof rack (could have shopped around via mail order, but in a hurry) and set off.

3 days and 1400k's later we are back home.  It wasnt all plain sailing, steep hills are quite clearly her nemesis and she has an auto choke issue (we think) that means the mornings can be a bit embarrassing (like on the Blenheim BP forecourt).  No one really needs to see an older car being pushed away from the pumps so it can have a few moments in the corner having a damn good think about what its done.  15 minutes later, liberal applications of throttle and excessive cranking and shes away again while laying down a blue smokescreen.  Weird, cos then its fine for the rest of the day.  And starts first time fine, its just the second start after a short run.  The run home in the dark was interesting especially when you realise the car behind you is illuminating more of the road in front of you than your own puny headlights.  Oh, and the WoF note that the front shocks may need replacing soon was pretty much on the money as steering at speed could be a tad sketchy at times. 

And with all good wagons, if the back wasnt full on the way home then it was a wasted trip...

Great to meet Dylan ( @ThePog ) and a big thanks to the Marahau Mafia ( @yoeddynz, Hannah and Kevin) for their awesome hospitality and discussions on repowering options.  Cos as we know, Alex will tell you straight....like a Pear CIder....

(He nearly got gifted a Saaaaab for Xmas but the other 50% owner of the engineering workshop was having nothing of it).

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One for @Carsnz123 to get all moist over...

Home at last, although the latest run at a warrant wasn’t a success.  More welding to be done unfortunately.

However, it’s good to have her home so I can, at the very least, play around with a few things…