johnnyfive

I'd be wary of giving someone over the internet advice on tampering with their airbag system. That said, let's see what you've got, maybe a picture of the connectors concerned aswell.

I'm willing to ignore the fact that an XR100 doesn't tang, and that it got ran over after Arnie saves John Connor on his potato bike (the ultimate shame)

Probably not any time soon sorry. I am not stainless capable. I would be sceptical of AliExpress stainless, but for my purposes it'll be fine

Aaannd bought a rough XR100 because reasons. Has had a hard life. Will attempt to tidy up without exceeding the limits of financial sensibility. And probably just use it for very light farm duties or as a loaner to beginners. IMG_20210424_115304 by John Bell, on Flickr Got vaguely correct tank graphics from.... AliExpress! Looks ok but are very thin, and have bubbled something chronic in days prior. Oh well. $$ IMG_20210425_170715 by John Bell, on Flickr Waiting on parts currently.

The blue fork boots on the 185 had disintegrated after being ridden for the first time in 20 odd years. IMG_20210426_140223_1 by John Bell, on Flickr AliExpress to the rescue, they're not quite long enough but will do for now. IMG_20210501_131214 by John Bell, on Flickr Annoyingly the rear shocks that I had rebuilt at somewhat of an expense don't seem to dampen very well again, no oil lost so I'm guessing the gas has left. Might have to look to AliExpress for this also. Would like to keep the blue springs though. Have only travelled about 400km on this since reviving it. The jetting on china carb is still a bit off, so will have to experiment sometime. Is nice enough to ride around on though, not fast by any means but would probably tour around at ~80km/h quite happily, will do 100km/h but tach is at 9k by then. Found a gate open close to home and drove up a hill. IMG_20210426_163748 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20210426_163800_1 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20210426_163817 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20210426_163829_1 by John Bell, on Flickr

So bought a very rough CRF50 near the start of 2020. As is tradition, threw a bunch of AliExpress parts at it, and badly painted rusty bits. It probably wasn't safe sitting around here as I was riding it round the lawn at every opportunity. Have lent it to my nephews until my boy is big enough or they get sick of it. IMG_20200213_183639 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20200426_151544 by John Bell, on Flickr

AliExpress delivered some stainless bends for the fuel filler. If I could tig stainless, I'd make some elaborate bend to get around the motor lid and line everything up. But I'm a talentless hack so just put about 45degree bend in and a slightly lesser kink and is perfectly funtional. Before IMG_20210320_150814 by John Bell, on Flickr Picture IMG_20210424_094726_1 by John Bell, on Flickr Current IMG_20210424_110310_1 by John Bell, on Flickr CUSTOM. Will get some slightly more appropriate length clamps on at some time. Anyway, pulled a few rocks out the grate. IMG_20210424_111847 by John Bell, on Flickr And went out again last weekend with @Vintage Grumble and @keltik riding along. Above Matahina Dam to below Aniwhenua Dam and return. Not really anything to report, still doesn't perform quite as well as I'd like with two people, but is perfectly cromulent for the price point. Map looks the same as the first time we did this earlier in the year (January?). Except with a bit more haste, water and confidence, and a bit less care. Covered about 55km on the return trip, over 3hrs, and was mobile for about 2hrs of that. So covering ground a lot more efficiently on time and fuel with is pleasing. 24-04-21 by John Bell, on Flickr

Anyhoo, went back out today with @Vintage Grumble who had @keltik riding along. Started in the Waimana valley, travelled up a wee bit, enjoyable. Turned around and travelled downstream through the Waimana Gorge, turned and travelled up the Whakatane river again towards Ruatoki. Went a bit further than last time as we had rain earlier in the week. Came back down, then up again to finish. Boat went really well, bashed into a bunch of shallow bits, but could have avoided those areas, didn't really find anything overly challenging but was still enjoyable. A+. Boat is still not hooking up to the water quite as well as I feel like it should. I might try remove the intake grate for some testing, I'm suspicious it isn't big enough, but its just a hunch. 18-4-21 by John Bell, on Flickr Oh yeah, a stag appeared in the river a few hundred meters from where we launched and attempted to flee when we passed him. Didn't look as mobile as perhaps he should have been. Here is some shaky portrait one handed footage of a stag in some bushes, while I get my intake grate blocked with gravel.

Oh yeah, the back of that thing is not very square, or flat, and doesn't have uniform thickness to it, so don't judge too much.

Managed to obtain 1m of the right size fuel rated hose. Was hoping that I'd get away with using straight hose and it wouldn't kink, as I couldn't find bends. IMG_20210320_140755 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20210320_150814 by John Bell, on Flickr Denied, although can just jam your filler nozzle in there and get the job done. It kinda contacts the engine lid and makes it sit up though, so am awaiting some stainless bends from AliExpress to try work something out. I also bodged a pair of hooks on the back, in case I ever try pull anything or anyone. Was worried that if I wasn't careful whatever I bolted to the back of it would pull through the plastic. So got an offcut piece of marine aluminium, 5 or 6 mm or something. And bolted through that as some kind of doubling plate, with a bit of goo to stop the water. Not exactly aesthetically pleasing, but lets remember what the rest looks like. IMG_20210322_165106 by John Bell, on FlickrIMG_20210322_165114 by John Bell, on Flickr

So yeah, buttoned up the refreshed pump, went for an outing last month, was expecting a night and day improvement, I mean, its better, but still struggles get a decent 'bite' on the water till you're nearly up on top of the water. Still quite driveable with 1 person, but more noticeable with 2 + extra fuel etc. Anyway, travelled from Whakatane up to Taneatua, and some distance further up the Whakatane river towards Ruatoki. There was really not a lot of water around at this point in March beyond Taneatua. Travelled about 65km, used heaps of gas going slow near Whakatane. 7-3-21 by John Bell, on Flickr

What's a front wheel worth? (From your stash or otherwise) Know a young teen trying to get a beat up farm bike rideable

My opinion is questionable, and probably not wanted, but I think the media needs more Bart Simpson in its life.

Well done everyone! Looks like a blast, no small feat.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_m074Zf5 Not great, not terrible

Sweet, sounds pretty achievable, was going to sit on it for a couple years but this recent change has sped up my timeline a bit

Yeah vin number isn't in the system, blue wing were a little ambiguous with what they were willing to say. Might still be sufficient but need to hurry up and actually try it sometime. "Blue Wing Honda have imported and distributed new motorcycles into New Zealand since 1973. We cannot confirm that your 1995 XR250RS with the VIN Number JH2ME0697SM000024 was imported by Blue Wing Honda. This VIN number does fit within the VIN range (JH2ME069*SM000001~) imported by Blue Wing Honda. We can confirm at the time of new sale this motorcycle would have met all of the required regulations in order to be able to be registered for on road use, therefore should be able to be re-registered at this time. An inspection of the motorcycle may be required to confirm the vehicle is in near original condition."

As far as I can tell it was an NZ new bike that had all the hardware for road use but was never registered at new.

Oh this was one of the clutch plates, somehow. They were all well outside the minimum thickness but were coated in a black layer and glazed to shit, so I think its been hot, and badly serviced. Seems healthy enough though. IMG_20210221_164025_1 by John Bell, on Flickr

Oh, hey, 1 year. Have not been up to much, though have done a minor amount to the 250. Tyres and wheel bearings, front forks freshened up, front and rear pads, clutch plates and cable, speedo drive replaced, chain and sprockets, replace damaged original headlight with pretty convincing UFO copy, Brazilian seat cover (which kass kindly fitted) and tank cover (to hide the yellowing tank) and fender tool bag, set of white bar guards, aliexpress big footpegs. IMG_20210306_183151 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20210306_183217 by John Bell, on Flickr Things I'd like to do still, purple sticker for above headlight and sidepanels, possibly pull swingarm and rear shock and look at doing bearings. Still trying to figure out if getting it registered is viable, as I understand, due to the new ABS rules, and this being a '1st time' registration it won't be possible after a certain point later in the year (or possibly already isn't). Oh I picked up an XR100 recently also, its a bit of a sack of shit, so will start collecting parts.

Fitted an aliexpress cam cleat on one side to try keep the rope from going in the water and doing a mischef. IMG_20210306_191922 by John Bell, on Flickr Pretty keen on some aliexpress sponsor stickers tbh

Oh here are some aliexpress handrails on the front, and aliexpress mirror mounts, and aliexpress mirror. I had two motorcycle mirrors and it looked very stupid (stupider than usual) so will just try one for now as proof of concept. IMG_20210305_145906_1 by John Bell, on Flickr

These photos are terrible, it was getting dark, fuck you.

So heres a picture looking up the ass. IMG_20210304_181654 by John Bell, on Flickr Notice the hunks of plastic on the mounting bolts, thats to try and recreate the geometry of the back of a jetski. These spacers were probably a little thin, and the mounting bolts were deforming (and cracking in one place) the back of the boat when tight. Add to that a wear ring that sticks out a couple extra mm, and me adding an adhesive neoprene sealing ring thing that would add a couple extra mm, and that made it worse. IMG_20210304_181706 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20210304_181757 by John Bell, on Flickr I wasn't quite sure of the best way to bodge this. Got some big washers and bent them a bit to try match the shape they tighten onto. IMG_20210304_181815 by John Bell, on Flickr Then needed to try get the spacers the correct depth between the pump and the boat. Spotted 1/4 of a plastic drum that was containing some Lister parts. Boat = plastic, so same same =/=? IMG_20210304_191741 by John Bell, on Flickr Test bolt everything to boat, looks OK, I'm a little worried that a might not have the sealing ring compressed enough, and it might suck in. But on removing the pump again it looks pretty well compressed so. Just gonna see what happens. Refit the pump again after this with blobs of sealant all around the water pipes, bolt holes and trim motor holes, plus actually attached the stuff you need to drive. Might find out Sunday if I've done something horribly wrong. IMG_20210305_091040 by John Bell, on Flickr

So turn your attention back to the boat, here is a picture to refresh. IMG_20210303_173657 by John Bell, on Flickr Disconnect and remove the trim motor, disconnect steering cable, plus x2 bilge sucky hoses and x1 cooling pushy hose. IMG_20210303_174201 by John Bell, on Flickr Notice that the wear ring in this one has started to deteriorate somewhat, also, this impellor looks a bit fancy, lets remove it to see. IMG_20210303_175025 by John Bell, on Flickr Drain oil and so on, gross. Not much and not nice. IMG_20210303_180718_1 by John Bell, on Flickr So it turns out the Donor banana-ski had a aftermarket impeller along with the tunepipe. I was tempted to swap over the SKAT-TRAK 17-26 SUPERSLIM, impeller, but it looks to be intended for maximum speed, which I doubt this hull is for. Also the other jet unit was all buttoned up. I'd like to try something like the 17-22 SWIRL for better acceleration, but I'm sure the OE impeller and an intact wear ring will be fine. Also, who the fuck names these products? IMG_20210303_181509_1 by John Bell, on Flickr Screenshot_2021-03-03-18-16-38-671_com.android.chrome~2 by John Bell, on Flickr For reference, the part number on the OE impeller translates to 16-23. IMG_20210222_155207_1 by John Bell, on Flickr And thats where I got to before dinner. Hopefully the refreshed jet unit can offer some increased performance and won't grenade itself after me touching it.