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Looking really good! Are you guys planning on living in the coupe?

Count me in.

Cabin #1 is full already sorry. (Me, Brent, 10-5, Greg, Kass). There are more cabins the same place - jump in the Speedcocks chat to figure it out. There's at least you, Richard (WankbankA100), @Zeubin in need at the mo.

Cool, I'm booking a fisherman's cabin as we speak. Me and @Archetype are the only two in it so far, but I assume it will get filled up with other speedcocks @64valiant, @Geophy, @mark105, @Beaver, @Zeubin - there's 3 spots left in our cabin. BYO sleeping bag.

Are you guys booking accom at the lodge or the holiday park?

Yeah, don’t bother. See if you can de-coke yours first and look at alternatives later. The old exhaust I had on my FA50 worked well. It was a small car resonator with a cap on each end to step down to the scooter pipe size. It sounded good and performed surprisingly well. Much better than the pocket bike spanny on the other FA we had.

Which ones are you looking at? If it’s a pit bike exhaust, they’re not great. You’ll lose low down torque and possibly never get in “on pipe” (they’re not engineered well at all). You’d be better off with a cleaned out standard pipe.

Don’t give them your money. Pay for the wof check and GTFO.

Good meet, great meat! Here's a few pics from me and a bunch stolen from someone else who attended.

Sounds like a question for @cletus.

@mark105 - how many seats does your safari have?

Their charge circuits are a bit more sophisticated than a car that only has an alternator and a voltage regulator. LiFePO4 is less volatile than Li ion and less likely to explode if it's exposed to hot conditions or less-ideal charging situations.

A half cage with side intrusion would solve most of the issues.

Cool car. One of the guys from the Manawatu Car Club owned one when he was younger. He ended up putting it into a power pole sideways and it split open like a sardine can. The headlights and tail lights were almost touching. Luckily he walked away from the crash... All he had to do was undo his seatbelt and walk away - no requirement to open the door . I would recommend a rollcage.

Yes, you could, but it wouldn't work as well. LiIon batteries (i.e. 18650s etc) are quite a different formulation to Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) - the Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries work a lot better in automotive environments and can be charged by a charge circuit or any regulated / controlled battery charger.

I'll have to double check, but it's not huge. I think it's rated at about 250cca, but they actually perform much better than a lead acid of the same output, so the CCA ratings can be deceiving.

It’s usually a reliable system and if it’s not having issues, don’t touch it. That said, heavier springs in the primary clutch will perk up the launches a bit.

Sweet bike! I'm not familiar with the 3 speed, but if it's similar to the 2 speed in my FA50 it'll be done with a series of centrifugal clutches that engage and take over the previous gear (the lower gears will have free-wheeling hubs so they can free spin once the next gear is engaged). Pretty much any old car oil should be fine, but I would recommend using a 4T motorbike oil for the transmission. They are designed to work with wet clutches, whereas many car oils have extra additives that can cause clutch slip. With any old 2 stroke scooters, it's always a good idea to give the exhaust a clean out. They tend to get filled up with carbon after 30+ years of tootling around. There's a few ways to do this, but my favourite is to pull the exhaust off and jam a blowtorch down one end until the carbon inside is glowing red hot, then hit it with compressed air until it chooches all of the carbon away. When you get it right, it smells like a steam train and chuffs out loads of white/blue-white smoke. It's satisfying to do (warning: your neighbours may not agree). If it's running well you can leave most of it alone. Just make sure it has 2 stroke oil in the tank and go for hoons.

LiFePO4 all day. I run a small Lithium Iron Phosphate battery in my racecar and it rules. You can leave it for a year or more and it will still start the car (as long as you have no draw / remember to disconnect the battery when not in use. My one is a Shorai, but there are various different brands around such as odyssey. I also know people who have used an aliexpress version with great success.

The Scorched Sausage 2019

You’ve heard of the Cold Kiwi, but this year will be the first “Hot Sausage”.

I’m going to start the bidding with “The Burnt Penis Ride”

I still think you should be able to hit 70 at least. They go fairly well. Might need to inspect the belt and variator? And maybe clean out the carb and exhaust.

It's OK, you have too many projects to hold down a job now anyway .

The Lead? It should be way faster than that.