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Its all GM and its all good i was referring to burning the headlining

i can bring a lighter. that'll fix the whole problem.

Oooooohhhhh yeah... a bit of homework eh?.. nudge nudge, wink wink...

That's so simple and so cool. Osh would love that !

Ha ha brilliant! Just enjoyed the whole episode over breakfast and coffee. Margo saying "people don't take things seriously and then we wonder why we cant produce a decent motorcar"...

Oh man that was such a good series but cant remember that one. I must look it up. Yeah I fancied her too. Along with that Elizabeth who played Samantha from Bewitched.

It wont be a cage so much as a roof rack for timber. But yeah- not keen on a quad squashing me. However, where we'd be riding it you'd have to do something very silly to get it to tip so it should be OK. Now that 'Im already getting used to it i may well yet convert it in the future to forward control. Especially as the main track will get smoother and smoother as we ride it and tidy it up. Damn I fancy a 'mini landrover FWD control spec' type vehicle with a little tipper tray. Itchy modification fingers... Spotted a landie forward control last week in for lots of work at local garage. So cool. Cant find photos i took dammit!

well now I wont sleep....

Not got a good pic of the latest one but heres a pic of two of ours plus a mates one, in blue. Our latest one is a 036 and with the 20" bar its ideal for most of the pines we have. Anything bigger and I could do it in bits but would be sketchy so we'll get our friend to help. My favourite is the little one, an 017 I think, for its shear guts and longevity. We've had it for 11 years and its done so much work. Bought for 100 bucks in england and has never let us down. I'm a big fan of using the smallest saw I can get away with because the bigger saws just screw my back after a day. That little one in perfect for bush work, climbing with, de-limbing felled trees etc. Plus its thrifty. It been through a lot, been attacked by my brushcutter, dropped all sorts of places, carried by bicycle trailer up alpine climbs in the French alps to feed our Bedford woodstove and just gets the job done. I like chainsaws. I have too... there are so many trees to be felled yet! That's my story for Pete.

Yeah something like that would be great for carting firewood down and gravel up. I'm gonna ask a neighbour if he has any old quad wheels- he used to run quad bike tours for years so he must have old bits about. Hannah has built a cool little trailer for the van, Its about a sheet of ply big inside and shes making removable frame sides so we can load it up with kanuka brush etc. The quad will tow that easily which will be better than running the hiace about the place. I think the quad is rated to tow 380kg.

Yee haa! Bush block donkey has conquered the ridge! After an afternoon of digging and removal of tree stumps in the way we had knackered backs and a track that was safe enough t ride. Managed to skirt around a section of mtb track I was worried we might have to alter. It was getting late by the time I finally saddled up and rode the beast up the final push. Up the last section which until this evening we couldn't get through to.. Man and donkey.. There was a bloody big tree stump right there this afternoon. Bike track passes across about there. Also, after lunch I had whipped up a quick plywood box for the back and will make one for the front. Later on I'll make some drop in cages so we can bring down firewood, of which there are ever increasing piles of everywhere. Very happy to have easy access to the ridge now . We can now start prepping to build a cabin up there! My uncle is giving us his spare motor mower so I'll get that up there and start mulching down the grass for future lush lawns.

Wow- only just discovered this thread this morning. Fuck me- awesome work Pete. Really fun seeing the bikes come together! I'll have to put you on to a mate of mine down there who used to work for Bauer and has made many a cycle- he's a proper Barry (although an exceptionally fast Barry and his brother has been NZ X cross and mtb champ). Comes up here to stay, go riding and we talk bike building all the time. You'd like it.

Oldschool nz flavoured bikes is where it's at. None of these big wheeled Aussie bikes need apply.

I like the little lights. They even have high and low beam. I rode it down through the bush this evening and had the lights on = Neato! Looking forward to customising it.

Well then... we finaly got back to doing some work on this thing. I had ordered several new ignition components from China, they arrived. The CDI unit ordered didnt work and was completely the wrong size etc. I got my money back. Fitted a new coil, went over all the wires and plugs and finally got spark. Not sure how or what but spark turned up and has not gone away so we are happy. Next thing was fuel. It would turn over and spark but no fuel. Stripped the carb and it was a bit gummed up in the jets plus the float was stuck. The primer was blocked up too. Cleaned it all out and refitted it. Turned the fuel tap on, gave it some choke and first press of the button it fired up! YES!!! It was raining cats and mice outside so rather than go for a wet ride we bled the front brakes.. Lever came up solid and felt good. But no braking effect. Hmmm. Not good. So stripped them down and sure enough- they must have weeped out while sitting. Managed to free the stuck pistons and cleaned everything up. Lathe handy for cleaning up pistons.. The bores were good and the seals mint. Boiled the linings clean, an old trick that works fine. Reassembled and we have brakes. While it was all apart I cleaned the suspension up and flicked some paint on. I like the old model sticker.. Then took it for a spin. Woot woot. Its good fun! Runs mint. Not too loud either. Hannah took it for a strop.. That evening I took it out for a blat up the drive t get the post. I needed to check the lights work didn't I... This morning I took it up the main track as far as I could. Handles steeper stuff better than I expected but damn I can see how people roll these things!!! Anything slightly off camber and it gets sketchy. The turning circle is shocking so lots of three point turns. Definitely not extending the wheelbase now as that'll make things worse. After riding it up and down and getting to grips with the way it handles lumpy off camber stuff I'm not keen on sitting two by two over the front either. Tried going up with hannah behind on seat but sketchy! Not worth the risk. Seriously think I should get a helmet for the steeper stuff (plus the general consensus nowadays is that you just should if using on farms etc, ACC and all that) so I'll check them out. Some a bit more substantial then my cycle helmet. So plans are this. It needs a rack system to carry the odd bit of timber etc and this can double as a roll cage thing. Build some decent size wider bins front and rear racks to take the chainsaws. We always end up with the three saws when dropping pines. The large one for big trees, medium for smaller and the little saw is ideal for knocking off all the branches. Those plus fuel, gear, water etc etc is a shit load of crap we have currently been lugging up. Its gonna be so good to take it all up on the quad! Maybe once the main quad track is well settled in, our experience in riding it has increased and our carting needs are established will I be able to hack it apart and build a forward control type thing as first planned. But for now I think it best to just use it as is and get used to it. A trailer will be handy too so that will have to be built. It can tow up to 380 kg which is enough. Other important jobs are paint the tank and add some pinstripes. This weekend we'll drop some more trees and clear out the last bit of area to make way for a safe quad route up. Meanwhile here's some sexy quadbike photos... Now I'm off into google land for a looksie of what amazing storage/carting devices people have made for their quads....

Next time we will have to get the groups to combine !!!! = more yarns

Was a good meet last night. Good venue, good beer, good fire, good staff, good punters, good yarns, good drive there and back. Who owned all the OS cars that turned up and left later on ? I spotted an Avenger, aw11, Starlet, escort etc. They turned up but never came in? If you're one of them owners and reading this then please do pop in next month and join the table. Don't be shy and sit out in the cold. All we do is talk shit and we are pretty damn chilled

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I do have a spare Northstar V8 just kicking about......

Sounds mighty fine to me. @Slacker_Sam. - would you like me to pick you up on way through? @ynot See you there too? Go in convoy? @AttySlungGatty Coming along?

Needs a motor

Sorry if it appears rude to HC Viva fans but Im not a fan of HCs. HBs are my bag..

Much.

10 k at least. It's a viva. I am not delusional.