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I never realised you had one of these. Or actually you've possibly told me but I have plain forgotten because memory like a sieve. Looking forward to amazing, progress filled updates from now on

Having sorted out a leaking float valve (by swapping in a spare valve from the 400E carbs) I actually finally got to ride this bike for the very first time on Saturday night. Just a quick spin down to the beach and back. It was getting late but the roads were super quiet. Anyway- it goes really well, smooth, sounds lovely - a lot quieter than I expected which is really lovely (I must be getting old and sensible...) and it feels stable. Being smaller and some 150kg lighter than the Goldwing makes for a more nimble relaxing hustle. I need to adjust the clutch slightly as its a bit tricky to get it into neutral from first. The box certainly isn't as smooth/snickity snick as the goldwing box was but I have read as much in period road tests. Looking forward to the next ride now! I'll have to get some nice photos of it out in the sunshine. Typically now I have it ready to ride the rain god decided it was time to spoil the fun. This bike is too shiny and clean to ride when its wet out. Plus I'm still a learner so I'm playing it safe.

I sold it to a fella in Nelson and it now absorbs moisture in a container 🫣. Hopefully it'll get some love in the future.

https://www.repco.co.nz/tools-equipment/safety-protection/disposable-latex-nitrile-gloves/tgc-rocket-black-nitrile-gloves-large-10-pack/p/A6244942 This is a fun read. Looking up Kelly was not so fun.

Quick update. I finished off the repairs, gave the entire underside a clean and painted it with 'new car in a can' (zinc rich black spray paint) Checked over the rest of it all. Freed up the rear brake calipers - luckily just a bit sticky due to lack of use i figure. Took it for wof. A couple of dodgy earths on a plate light and side light fixed and it passed. Back home and it was treated to new oil/filter. Old oil was pretty clean but its cheap to get it up to date. Spark plugs were a bit worn looking so a new set of those went in. We also fitted a nice Sony head unit and some new Sony door speakers to match. Lucky we did this because my brothers place near Greymouth got flooded so we had to mission it down to help him out. Ideal trip for Mavis that really would have sucked without decent sounds. Took some pics on trip.. Drying my brothers Corolla out.. Heading back up the west coast to Westport. Such a beautiful and fun road to drive, especially in a nimble little car with a willing engine. Many photo stops. Mavis was cheap to run, fun and easy as. Now being used as a little daily and great to have here to use but we had to decide between her and the Cube. Although quite a bit more thirsty than the k11 the Z11 wins for us because the amount of space in the back for our business plus we really do just love the look of Cubes. Its CVT has magically stopped being slightly worrying while Mavis has been in the yard. Which fully means it'll probably crap out as soon as Mavis is with her new owner. Oh and that new owner is one of us Oldschoolers! I wont mention names but looks to be going to a new excited home. This is cool. Its also possibly the last update from us unless we nip off for another little mission somewhere for some last minute K11 hoons.

Looks like you dodged a bullet 🤔😁 I'll put the lid back on my tin of bridging filler.

Wheels look good. Is Carol happy with you having a poster of her up on the wall for all to see?

Hey Nelsonians. This is for a hood cause. Dust off your classic car and get along to this. For those without a classic car you've got a whole week to find and buy one for it.

But once they are sorted (ie use a new one just to be sure) they are pretty bloody good and very smooth. Plus less clutter on outside of engine/box.

Still been chipping away at this bike. Little jobs here and there. Fitted the badges back in place. Nice I decided it really would be best to strip and clean the carbs as best possible since I had rebuild kits already to hand plus two very well written, informative guides for these carbs. I borrowed an ultrasonic cleaner from a local friend.. I just got immersed in the job and didn't take many pics. End result, clean, new seals and ready to polish some parts. There was one part missing from the kit. The accelerator pump. But the original was crack free and still supple so I refitted it. Remember this bit. Polished up and assembled.. Supercheap auto had a polishing kit on clearance for $12 so I coudn't resist. I modified an arbor I had for a drill to fit my bench grinder.. Sat in the morning sun and had some fun polishing the rocker covers. Easier than expected and quite addictive.. Masked up and painted.. Much better. Happy with these now... I put some petrol in the tank I'd removed the rusty bits from. Turns out there were more pin holes. I cut it all out again, removing more this time.. Doubled/triple checked it. Ended up chasing a few more holes and the repair is not pretty but its now solid and leak free. Fitted the tank to the bike and finally time to start it up... Wow - so that was easy Sounds lovely too. Much quieter than I was expecting. I could only run it for a few seconds because I'd not yet filled the cooling system up. I figured that doing so would have tempted Murphy to step in and ruin my day and the bike would not have started or something. Anyway. It goes. Great! But remember earlier when I mentioned the missing accelerator pump from the rebuild kit.. well the old one leaks. Typical. Its just weeping out around the edge, the old rubber too squished to make a complete seal. I now have a new one ordered. It'll be a few days but hey, its taken me this long already so no stress. Here's a pic of the bike (sans carbs) pretty much finished but for some future touch ups of paint needed here and there..

Yeah she's looks very similar to mums!

You have a cute dog (border collie?) and a cute cat. Landie looking good too.

But here's another idea...

Also keen to see as hannah and I are thinking about converting a cube to electric

Looks really nice in that pic. There's almost a modern 911 vibe going on with the front end. 3000 at 100kph seems pretty normal for the type of car? - certainly not low geared imo.