Truenotch

Thanks. 

Next question... Who has a spare bed or 5? looks like she's full! 

@johnnyfive - can you please add the locations for each night to the first post? I went to book accommodation and got confuse. Friday Gisborne, Saturday Waikaremoana? 

Also, who would like to bunk-up in a fisherman's cabin at Waikaremoana? @Beaver, @Geophy, @mark105, @RUNAMUCKBORT? 

Nice, it had a leg shield! Don’t see that too often. 

On 20/06/2020 at 13:18, RUNAMUCK said:

Anyone got a spare bed in gizzy on night one? I'm too fucking useless to book my own room. The fellow who booked the room I stayed in the last two years cant go this time round. @Truenotch, you wanna step up and fill Ben's shoes?

Sounds like a wise idea. 

Flag that, you're talking about the mains, no the big end. Hmm. 

Sounds like they could be a factory heat marks from installing the crank pin @Steelies

https://thumpertalk.com/forums/topic/523443-crankshaft-burn-marks/

46 minutes ago, sr2 said:

Would love a 'car less day' sticker for the latest project.

We're looking at doing these once we find decent images of the designs. Fourfingapete used to sell them here, but we haven't been able to track him down for a long time. 

Here's a couple we've made: 

The stickers aren't worth much/anything in my opinion. The complete plate could be worth something to a collector, but I would say $30-$50 max for a plate in perfect condition. 

Sounds like it's time for a Beams conversion. 

Our boot lock is butchered from accidentally locking the key in the boot once... now it’s jut a vague hole that you can turn with a screwdriver etc. 

The rear springs look factory to me. If you decide to upgrade, try to find something stiff with a linear rate (not progressive). 

Oh wow, I know this car! It was never very fast (hence being in the RS cup), but did loads of events and the owner was always good to chat to. 

Did you get the logbook with all the homologation papers etc? 

Are the Konis able to be converted to coil over? These cars improve a lot with stiffer springs. 

On 26/05/2020 at 14:02, Beaver said:

Fuck Foamers. Speedcocks rule

QuickDicks for life. 

What brand of pot belly paint did you use? I painted my motorbike exhaust with a hot black paint from Mitre10. I think it might have been Plastikote brand? It cured nice and flat and stuck really well. I cured it for half an hour or so with a heat gun and it seemed to work well. 

I feel like it was this stuff: https://www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/plastikote-hot-paint-spray-paint-400ml-black/p/359061

Chityeah, let's gooooo. 

There must be more profit in hand sanitiser than E85 now, so the ethanol is getting repurposed  . 

That’s awesome @Theo! They are very cool little bikes. 

Mine is very complete, which is lucky. It will still need quite a bit of love to get it back to its best and I’m looking forward to the resto. 

Mine will need a mild engine rebuild at least. It seems like at least one crank seal is misbehaving and I’m sure it could do with a set of rings or even oversized pistons. 

Is yours a high pipe or low pipe version?

Definitely keep in touch if you find parts. I’ll do the same. 

Front tyre is a 2.75-18 Shinko SR241 and the rear is a 3.5(?)-16 Shinko Holeshot super extreme knobbly. 

Yep, the toolshed power files are legit. They're no makita, but are cheap enough and can take the abuse most DIY users will throw at them. 

1 hour ago, lachy1324 said:

hey guys need some help pulling apart rear shocks on my 1980 mx100

I’ve never pulled a set apart before, but ask the question in this thread, I’m sure someone  can help: 

7 hours ago, Roman said:

Just a bit of sanding and clearancing (I missed seeing a part where they intersect on the model - woops) then good to go.

Nice! Now what kind of gearbox are you going to run?

Fuck yes. That little EJ and gearbox look perfect in there. Perfect recipe for a slalom slayer and a donut machine. 

Here's the car I was telling you about a little while ago that's a similar concept. It has a 2.4L Audi V6 and transaxle in the rear. I can't find many pics of the rear suspension setup, but hopefully it'll be at the track soon for more investigation: 

I think we should give it a go if we're allowed. oldsocialdistanceschool meet. 

Just now, GuyWithAviators said:

FA50

2 hours ago, Dolan said:

Giz a price

Flick @Archetype a PM and he'll let you know.