MACKAZ

Have purchased this lightly damaged tank

Was attacked by a scorned woman with a tomahawk….. Captain Harley bought it from a divorce settlement…..

Found a shit ton more on the side and top of the left side (sitting on the bike). Sharp and deep with the obligatory birdshit MIG welding. I have called time on this tank. It’s too far gone for my abilities. I have ordered the other tank from down south.

Wire wheel tomorrow night and see what’s left…

I think there’s a few more hidden surprises….

Well bit the bullet and pulled the guards and tank. And then I dropped the tank…. Judging by what I found the tomahawk legend is true This tank isn’t totalled but there’s A LOT of work that is needed to repair it. Captain Harley strikes again. Fuel seepage into the bog that’s 15-20mm thick in places. And it’s pretty fresh by the smell of it. Im waiting on pics of a tank with minor side damage that SHOULD take less time to repair. Removed some other redundant wiring that was for the blue leds.

Cosmetic rebuild starting this weekend I think. The bubbling on the tank has got really bad. Got a few holes to weld up after Captain Harleys lowering job on the back guard. Might have a go at making a combined backrest/saddlebag mount out of aluminium

This is going on the market very soon. It's been a great boat but need something a bit bigger to accommodate the entire family. So I'm looking for something around the 15ft+mark to graduate to. Just waiting for a free selling weekend on TradeMe....

I'm away at that time....

Interesting. That's something I haven't encountered on it yet. Seems to have a decent amount of engine brake. Mind you I haven't been on a bike in years

God no. It's already too obnoxious. Those "mufflers" have been gutted and straight pipe shoved in, or so Captain Harley told me when I bought it. Part 8 in picture is the primary muffler. It's had sections of pipe installed to remove it. Has been done very average

So I've covered a whopping 163kms on this in just under a month. I'm getting used to the weight and size of it. Had a front header pipe nut disappear as well as both holding the top muffler on. Thankfully they're just a standard metric nut so after spending an hour at my storage unit I found my stash of hardware as well as my MIG, vice and drill press.

Thanks man! I've found the biggest change was getting used to the forward controls and the toe/heel changing. I've clocked just over 100kms riding on it. I use it to go to work on on fine days. I got caught out second time I rode it and it pissed down. It's an experience in greasy conditions

I've been all blah blah about getting another bike for quite a while On the 4th December I bought this thing 1997 Kawasaki Vulcan VN1500 D2 Classic. I call it the 10 footer. As in It looks mint from 10 feet at 10 miles an hour. Been owned by a "tough biker type not man enough to admit its not a Harley”. He's lowered the back guard. I lifted it up to original but didn't like it. I have lowered it back down. It's got some Aliexpress chrome taillights with dead sections. Bought some more then...  Ones a non worker. Another one coming. While at it I've rectified some mean as twist and tape wiring/whole new loom for the taillights. The brackets for the pillion seat were completely missing which i have sourced and fitted. Plans are a cosmetic rebuild over winter involving a colour change. The paint on it is nicely done (black with green metallic fleck/green pearl over top but the prep on the tank looks like its been bogged and sanded with 36 grit and primed with no rub back. The filler can be seen clear as day. Apparently it was hit by a woman with a tomahawk. It may need a new tank. Cross that bridge when I get to it. I need to tidy the horrendous muffler "delete". They've hacked it out and made a hash of it. Its rowdy and my neighbours hate it. Good... I'm also looking for an original taillight to fit back on. It's not everyone's cup of tea, and I appreciate that. It was cheap (I think) at $6200. I didn't need to travel south and fell well within my budget. My wife likes it and that is the biggest hurdle. It's got torque for Africa but it's not super fast. It is HEAVY!!! Weighs 292kgs. It's like riding a barge. Far cry from all of my other bikes in the past. It turns heads, gets thumbs up and I'm stoked with it

Pretty sure I remember the OG up here while back.

This old Ford supporter approves. I have a soft spot for XYs as my uncle had an HO and a replica built out of a GS Fairmont. He restored both of them at the same time, replicating the HOs extra spot welds into the GS. All other parts were OG Ford and not repro. He did this in the early 90s and sold them about 3 years before his passing about 15 years ago. Got mega coin for them when he sold the pair. Enough to buy a truck, digger and a house in the backwater town of Te Kopuru just out of Dargaville with a fair amount of change

Yeah keen.

Bimini on. The depth sounder (I don't call them fish finders, cos I don't normally catch any) is fully wired and functional. Ive dropped the hull on the back lawn and applying a fresh layer of cold galv where surface rust is showing through. Not so elcheapo now, owes me just over $2800, but I suppose its cheap compared to buying one in similar state.

That looks amazing. Top notch.

Maybe Hudson Terraplane judging by the alloy moulding. Could be (and most probably am) wrong. As to value no idea but if you had a Terraplane grille you could almost name your price to the rat rod fraternity.