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I think general idea was Friday to do lees valley road onto okuku road, Then saturday/sunday head out to Akaroa doing a big loop around the edges to birdlings flat. Sound reasonable? Any tips? I have the least range with about 160km including an extra 5L tank

I might be able to go look on the weekend, otherwise cam is pretty close. Not sure what his license status is though

apart from ground clearance or belt/clutch blowing up, if the drivetrain is reliable It should be possible right?

8 hours ago, RUNAMUCK said:

 

Maybe something with 14" wheels and at least 80-100cc.  This ride makes the Motu Rd look like the Auckland southern motorway.......

(Well, parts of it do. The actual Molesworth road is pretty easy going)

best I can do is 12" and 68cc

Looks amazing guys, so jelly

out of interest did anyone do it on a twist and go?

what kind of clothing required? Can be + 30 or - 10 degrees? So need to allow for everything?

I have broken a throttle cable each time I have done the urewera ride, not sure why

3 hours ago, Raizer said:

Do they?

Mine all seem to be holding up just fine lol

Your engines don’t last long enough for a thorough test haha

mine always seem to break at the throttle, I have just bought a new throttle which might stop the issue, but a proper ended cable would be best I reckon

how do I order new throttle cables? there are heaps of different ends and lengths etc which no one seems to state, all I can do is squint at the pic and hope the ends are correct?

and making your own cables is pretty crusty, they always break

Nah the actual throttle twisty bit. I agree with AliExpress stuff, corrodes and fails quick

most lush easy turn throttle? I have broken a couple of cables near the throttle, wondering if I should upgrade, trademe etc has alot of $15 throttles, while plenty of $80+ ones exist, what to look for??

I mean, so much time on a bike, might as well be as comfortable as possible. Can stop in at pokeno every day on the way home and eat your icecream as you ride your auto scoots home

man, big scoots would be great for commuting, room for storage, reasonably out of the weather, fairly skinny for lane splitting, luxo seating position

Cool, what cc? Many mods available?

2 hours ago, Raizer said:

It's a round jet kit, but the gaskets and other bits should be the same across most clones

plz send bank details and price

might also buy one of these, seem to have the hex jets in them and some reasonable reviews

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001413016398.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.bbd81986SfFMtf&algo_pvid=cd429e90-4eee-4e85-af69-08228bd1c8c6&algo_expid=cd429e90-4eee-4e85-af69-08228bd1c8c6-0&btsid=0bb0624116121319957123022eff8e&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_

6 minutes ago, Raizer said:

It's a round jet kit, but the gaskets and other bits should be the same across most clones

yeah sweeet, its the big gasket I need the most

10 hours ago, Raizer said:

It's going to be typical China carb garbage, likely find it's got the round Mikuni type jets rather than the actual PWK hex jets.

But $50 from trademe beats $140 from Scootling for a generic China carb.

 

/If you're just after a gasket I'm pretty sure I've still got a China PWK rebuild kit or 2 kicking about.

giz rebuild kit plz

How terrible is a pwk21 going to be for $50 off trademe? Really I just need a gasket for mine if they are terrible, otherwise I can swap some bits over and use the bee one

Just now, Toddy415 said:

I literally just went through looking at trailer options as well. I looked at the M10 ones they seemed to have good reviews but were out of stock and had no idea when they were getting more in due to covid. You will notice most cheap new ones are pretty much the same Chinese trailer with a different brand on it.

I was stuck between looking at second hand trailers which all would end up being another project i don't need. Or a good branded second hand one which was darer than a new Chinese one.

You need to weigh up your budget and what you will use it for. the Chinese ones don't have as good of load ratings as NZ made ones. We ended up buying an Elite Trailers (Chinese) 7x4 with cage non tipper (Chinese). We couldn't afford to extend the budget to a heavy duty NZ made trailer, but at the end of the day our actual uses for it shouldn't worry this trailer. If we need a few ton of gravel we would just get a truck load delivered.

Just picked ours up Saturday and already done 2 full loads of green waste to the dump, so dam handy. DM me if you want to know anything else.

 

thats good info, any reason you didnt get the larger size that could fit a sheet of gib/ply etc?

Sounds like new 8x4 china trailer, with cage and added ply deck

I want a trailer so I can fill it up as I want and take it to the dump when its full, having a ute seems nice but the trays are always too small for anything decent length, plus utes are damn expensive, be better off turning a subaru wagon into a ruthless trailer car

hey guys, I am looking for a trailer for home DIY type duties. What are some tips on choosing something decent, if that even exists?

I guess I want to be able to carry a sheet of gib or ply, so 8x4 size? Most seem to have steel bases which seems pretty crap, Pinto has some wooden type base that actually looks decent but the trailers are about $1000 more expensive than most.

Also want to be able to take stuff to the dump, is a tipper really worth it?

Had a look on trademe and there doesnt seem to be much second hand, and that stuff seems to be priced terribly, so new is probably best?

5 hours ago, davidian said:

yeah fair but an E isnt a motard, its a enduro of sorts.

Youtube was quite insightfull on how to raise ponies with a sander and a drill. Essentially open up the airbox, rejet and you're good to go. From there it goes into changing to E cams, buying a $180 aliexpress carby and other random mods

I have a bunch of motarded drz’s come up for sale, so something to keep an eye on. Coleman’s sell motarded drz’s already I think as new

I daily a WR250X, its lush, would trade again, heaps of fun. I have made a bunch of mods, but have pretty much decided against performance mods, it does what I want and I enjoy low maintenance life. With the gearing it has, it maxes out at around 130kph which is fine for me. Bars are a bit wide, but really not an issue. I believe my bike is equivalent to a DRZ SM, but I have injection and 6spd, OG tank size is a bit small though, but I found a IMS 3gal

Also, if performance was an issue with a DRZ, an E is the highest power, ~40hp, vs ~33 for SM I think. So an E motarded is the best performing DRZ400

I’m looking at doing it on my 70cc street magic, just need to make sure it’s super reliable

its suitable for a 50cc twistngo?