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Love the van. Turbo 660cc Suzuki motor would be ace. Just remember to tuck your feet behind your ears if you're about to crash it.

Yeah I can't see shit. My brumby is under cover at the moment. I took it off the road so it wouldn't get too rusty. Now I've replaced the rust in the doors with metal it mostly needs paint and valve stem seals. I've got some parts off the one I scrapped if you need any of them, but freight might be the killer. -mint tailgate -ok front fenders -ok doors -ok bonnet -random other shit. I had Impreza seats I'd modofied to fit original rails but think I might have binned them when my mate gave me heated leather mondeo seats. PM me if you need any of it.

Yes, if man-puppy counts. Boy that sounds terrible.

Ignition timing? Start off by giving it a service according to the factory specs and see how you go. If you learn how to do this stuff yourself you'll save yourself a fortune.

my mate has an x7 under his house. bought it in chch in 2005 but burned a piston just outside picton. parts were hard to find so he picked up another motor for it, but stripped the cylinder stud threads or something. I'm still trying to get him to get it back on the road.

have u tested the coil that powers the cdi? could also be the pickup that triggers it.

Is the ignition separate from the charging system? ie does it run without a battery? If so, that's a good start.

I've used medium strength loctite on butterfly screws before and never lost one.

awesome, thanks. unfortunately the gt500 has a separate high voltage igniter coil in the magneto for the cdi. my bike only had 12v for ignition so I think I'll have to make something else. I might use an arduino so I can retard the spark at high rpm.

Fuck that's a totally good score. Did they not see what prices vespas get on TM now? You can put your polini jug on my vbc motor. It has a polini exhaust I got off cam so it would be happy there. Besides, you need to get your Zundapp going.

Oh sweet I'll give that a hooon. Cheers guys

IC, the GTs had electronic ignition with wasted spark, I have 2 sets of points. I was thinking of trying to convert to an electronic setup cos I'm not a fan of points so that could be good.

$360 at Wigan, but Jack Daniels in Ptown said he'd do it for 250 so he might be the go. Will I need a BJ separator to get it off the knuckle, or can I just BFH the side of the knuckle like Jeeves says?

Enjoy guys, My leg i hurt a while back is all swollen from the heat today so I'm on the couch having a malt painkiller.

There are two, they look like this: Not much news on this, funds for pouring into bike are low. The frame and a bunch of other parts are sandblasted and primered though.

I know the Wigan St place, I'll give them a try.

Bit tricky, if you look at the top pic there's 3 layers. I don't think I could get it done properly without spending way too much time on it. Steve said he could do it for around $300. Depending on how much the ball joint and bushes cost and how cunty the bj is to replace it might just be worth fixing up.

cheers kk I'll check him out

My WOF guy I've been using for the last 10 years suddenly got stricter and decided the dent behind the rear wheel of my townace is now a fail. Between that and the rear sway bar bushes and the front left upper ball joint I'm tossing up whether to scrap this van. If someone reckons they can do it cheap (doesn't have to be pretty, just need to straighten the 'chassis') that would be awesome. Cash is king. I've attached a couple of pics but can bring it in also for a proper look. Shouldn't be too hard for someone with the right BFH. I live in Welly but go out to Ptown most days so between there would be ideal, but Hutt would be ok too. Cheers.

get the por15 kit, follow the instructions to a t.

Awesome, thanks for the write-up. Looks pretty straightforward to make, and much nicer than getting all that welding splatter in your hair.

sweet. more details on the rotisserie please.

would be keen for this but I fell off my ladder and fucked my leg. I always thought it was only fools that fell off ladders, never realised that was me. fully sober too.l

nice job. just curious - what's the advantage of this over an a-frame?