peteretep

Man I wish I could moderate the internet to get rid of all the rubbish 2 stroke scooter tuning info. If it’s on a forum somewhere it becomes lore, so much misinformation

Fiddled with a bunch of needles on the scooter, still bogged down a bit before taking off so I blamed the exhaust powerband and lifted the clutch rpm, goes much better now while hiding the lack of low down power

motorbike headlights, I just got a LED headlight. Any general guides on where to aim it? I couldnt find anything specific in the bike manual or the NZTA website

I got myself a second hand IMS plastic fuel tank, but it’s clear and I want it to be black, apparently stickers and normal paint won’t stick to it. Any ideas?

Man screw riding a bike without a light

in other news, Santa got me a new bell helmet with protint autodarkening lense

also bought myself a tusk rear rack and a Nelson riggs enduro tail bag, ah, it’s from Santa actually 

grab one deals on ride forever courses
 

https://new.grabone.co.nz/activities-events-outdoors/other-adventure-outdoors/p/acc?fbclid=IwAR2mXRbishNBWiDvTQ-7-kABbEan32I1Rk4C0J00SlM4jumVAl1aH4zkxVc

12 minutes ago, Willdat? said:

I'm looking forward to @peteretepgetting sick of his then plate swapping between the WR250R and WR250X for all of one rego/one wof goodness.

 

man, I enjoy riding my bike every day. I'd love to try some dirt but its not usual for me so supermoto life is great.

Shit yes 

bit of a side track, but I wonder if there is a sweet way to go in/around the whanganui national park, seems like lots of cool tracks around there. along the whanganui river, bridge to somewhere, I see there is Patea dam, although it looks one way, 

Is there a map that shows forestry roads or something?

who had the big boy ktm? 

man GN's are shit

@rumrum what happened to your gilera thing?

oh man, bike parts I ordered from a NZ supplier at the start of august, now wont be arriving until end of november/early december. Dont worry though, website will say the item is in stock

personally havent had much luck with chopping plugs, I think you need a really long straight to get some colour into the plug, but then its a total pain in the ass having to pull everything apart and destroy a plug. I have had a much better time just riding around and getting a feel of different throttle positions on the carb and referring them back to which jet/needle is affecting the power at that level. And a temperature gauge to make sure you aren't wayyyy out.

Hard to imagine you need much more than a bit of adjustment on your thing though, as nothing has been grossly modified. I would be looking at maintenence items like seals and rebuilding the carb first

On 31/10/2020 at 21:49, Vintage Grumble said:

Wouldnt 2 strokes plugs always be a bit on the greasy/carbony side? 

definitely not, when there is good fuel/oil/air ratios, the spark plugs look like normal. 5000km old spark plugs on my scooters are dry as and have a nice colour to them

oh man this stuff looks so lush

https://southernsuzuki.co.nz/products/ipone-samourai-racing

do you have a compressor to blow into the crankcase if you think its super flooded?

On 01/10/2020 at 12:19, peteretep said:

After dealing with the shitty NZ bike parts suppliers and their crusty websites, I was told 5-6 weeks lead time initially, now its 8-9 weeks. Never again, its fucking worse than aliexpress

Now its at least 11 weeks

After dealing with the shitty NZ bike parts suppliers and their crusty websites, I was told 5-6 weeks lead time initially, now its 8-9 weeks. Never again, its fucking worse than aliexpress

Hey @Willdat? there is a guy selling some warp9 rims on Facebook wr250r group for 900 usd, might ship to nz?

also I just painted my aluminium skid plate with rubberized paint and it made the bike a bunch quieter. Quite lush, now I need a loud exhaust 

Anyone ever noticed varying wind effect on different helmets? I seem to get a heap from my current (cheap) helmet but wondering if it is something where a fancy helmet might give better results. Currently looking at getting a HJC i70

We use spraywell at work. Apparently the trick to getting a better price is to go around the back on the left hand side and find the younger dude (son). The dad charges more. Also the charge prices seem to come out their bums, they just pick a number. Good quality finish though

check connections in the plug lead?

good man

1 hour ago, RUNAMUCK said:

Do what Tom says!

@UTERUS has spare beds.

I have almost no experience riding a bike with gears too. (But lots of twist and go) so this year will be a test.

Come along, and all the gun riders can laugh at us both.

what bike you rolling this year bort?