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That flat shifting tech etc is cool. 😃 The engine is sounding great. In the future, when I can be arsed, I'll remove my loom, un-pick my loom then add more wires to ecu etc and look to adding fbw throttle. For now I'll have to deal with a cable and sticky throttle (although there's this guy I know who was going to send me some of his special throttle jizz...)

He got a bloody good deal. 5 doors for the price of 3...

You'll get all the ladies you want now... https://youtu.be/GidTnIMdlqY?si=M5qxbGjJYR6OchDz

He's onto a winner for sure. It'll be ripe for a cover on this fine mag (that sadly doesn't exist anymore)

The exhaust tips pointing down seemed to work a bit better for catching the flow under the car and whisking the exhaust away. But I wasn't sold on the looks though. I'd ordered some more bends from Ali and once they arrived I added them in. I also changed the pipe angle to suit. On the car.. I've since cut the ends back a little as the sound was just a touch too boomy. Really happy with the sound now and they look even better. Speaking of sounds the UE boom sound system, as posh as it is, just wasn't cutting it. I wanted a better setup. A couple of months ago I traded some work on a ute for a powered under seat subwoofer.. Surprise surprise I fitted it under the seat. I still had the pioneer speakers that I'd fitted into boxes and had mounted on the wheel arches below the dash. They were always in the way and would get kicked by feet as people hopped in the car. So I machined up some wooden pods that would allow me to mount the speakers tucked away under the dash.. They would have to be easy to remove though because the fuses are behind them. So I did the sensible thing and rummaged through the bag of bicycle quick releases that everyone has.. Found some suitable ones and made brackets to suit like.. Mounted.. Crap pic but you get the idea.. The pods were painted black and the speakers changed out for some much nicer Sony units that were on sale.. Its all run by a JVC head unit with bluetooth that I've tucked under the dash and it all sound very nice indeed. We getting to try it out on a road trip now. Headed over to Blenheim to see my mum. Kevin fluffcat curled up in his usual tucked away spot - doing his best to fur the recaros.. Today we went for a cruise south to Kaikoura. Spotted this little caravan on the way and I just had to get these pics.. Onwards to Kaikoura. The weather was fantastic and the sea looked amazing.. In Kaikoura we spotted another blue rear boxer engined classic.. Other pics along the way.. I'd wanted to get a repeat of this shot that I'd taken last year but with snowy mountains. Sadly in the morning on the way south the mountains were covered in cloud. This afternoon on the way back north the clouds had cleared but the sun was washing it all out. Next time then. Got back to Blenheim and refilled the fuel tank to the brim. Even with some very quick driving but otherwise cruising with the flow of traffic the little six still returned 5.5 L/100km (51mpg) - super happy with that Not so happy at paying the $3.39 for 91 in Blenheim this morning and then $3.45 9 hours later - what's the orange man done now 🙄 Anyway.. we are all dealing with it. Back to the Imp - we'd taken the laptop with us and had done a little more tuning of the fuel table but there's still areas I want to improve. Finally there's this little keyring I'd bought on Aliexpress. I emailed them a photo and got back this... The little things Edit: other pics from Kaikoura. Always extra nice when mountains are covered in snow. Basking water dog...

Took the bike in for a wof. Failed on a few things. I'd completely forgotten to replace the broken front brake lever brake light switch. $15 from local m/bike shop. The front sidelight bulb had a poor earth, easily fixed. I had to re-fit the rear foot pegs because with a double seat they have to be present. I'd removed them when cleaning/painting the frame and not fitted them back on because ugly. Sorted these bits out and got my years ticket. $91 later and it was rego'd for the year too Yay for classic reg! So I've been taking it out for hoons. Its pretty nice and I'm getting used to it. My cousin from Nelson turned up yesterday afternoon so we went out for a ride. I'm still taking it super careful and just enjoying cruising on a nice looking smooth classic bike. He was able to give me some pointers (he's been riding for almost 40 years and is pretty handy on a bike) Took some pics.. me , Alex Macpherson legs making the bike look small 🤣 .. ( I do have proper gloves, just not on at photo time. Jeans are the proper deal kevlar lined things I picked up brand almost new at bargain price from local fella who barely dabbled in bikes) Perfect day for a ride.. My cousins SV650 is quite a thing. I took it for a short ride. While its only got 9 bhp more the bike is some 40kg lighter! So much more nimble and easier to ride than my old bike. Not really a bike for learner me though- I could see myself being a bit silly on it, running out of talent and ending in tears. It was also a bit cramped for me and I got really sore hip flexors.

Really cool to announce that there's a new happy home for Mavis 😀 This morning we met Glenn @felixx and Alex @Hunterkiwi01 in Tasman village for the hand over. We then popped down the road to Mapua for a coffee, Alex driving his first car there with Dad no doubt giving him sage advice. They have now completed the journey south and hopefully Alex will start his own thread about his adventures in the Mavis mobile. This thread will be kept open because I'm sure there will be more K11s for Hannah and I in the future😆

This is true. All you need is a ramflo filter on a nikki carb with mechanical secondaries plus a big exhaust with a dumpy. The rest is all unnecessary weight. You can then revel in the many hundreds of ponies at ungodly revs

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?