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Thread dredge. Me and wife are having a "date weekend" in Auckland (arrived yesterday) and casually said I wouldn't mind visiting a bike gear shop. To my surprise she said yes. I said I only wanted try stuff on.

Walked out with jacket, pants and boots for me, and a jacket for her.

Seems I'm on the lookout for a bike now. I've decided on metric  cruiser v twin. Really like the style of the Yamaha XV1700 Silverado, but haven't found one in my price range.

Honda VTX 1300, Kawasaki VN1500 and C90 Boulevard next contenders 

Yeah keen. 

On 23/06/2022 at 12:31, RXFORD said:

808/3 streety...Legend. 

My most winningest dirt car was a RX3 shell with a UC 1400 in it. Stand on it and never ever lift off

Arcwell Engineering in Whangarei made mine in the rear of my Buick chassis. 200mm shorter, 5 inch drop, reverse eye. 

I have a Warren and Barr. Faultless but doesn't go to some of the bigger torques required in the trucking industry. 

Ive got a Genius from Sulco. Does 339Nm. Rebuild kits easily available. I've smashed the drive off at least 4 times, call Sulco, there within 2 days. 

Yeah. 850s a 2/80 iirc. She is in a sad state, definitely saveable. That Kwaka looks to be quite a tidy bike. After having a GSX400, a VFR400 and the XJ650 Special I'm keen to try a big twin. 

My other half isn't keen on my old XS850 as it's, well, old and needs a metric shit tonne of money throwing at it as well as re rego rah rah rah. I chucked around the idea of buying a 900 Triumph Thunderbird and we had a sit on one and she didn't really like it. 

So, we are considering other options. 

We both like the Harley styling but don't want a Harley because we don't want to sink 15-20k into a bike. So big Jap v twin is the direction we are heading. 

My preference is a post 2000s Vulcan 1500, then a C90/C109 Boulevard, 1500 Intruder(new shape) and then a VTX1300.  I don't like the earlier 1400 Intruder or 1100 Viragos.

Selection are mainly price dependant as most can be bought under 8k, big cc's to haul, quite frankly, 2 big people around in relative comfort and, most importantly, not too fast. 

I'd be keen to hear from anyone who may have had dealings around these three. Pros cons issues. 

Thanks. 

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. 

Another almost Alloy welder attempt. 

Made a mount for the new transducer and slathered it in neutral cure silicon

One step closer 

In my haste I forgot a before pic. The guide had the front completely broken off, and unevenly. Burnt some scrap 3mm onto it and shaped it to suit. If it fails I'll need to make a new one. 

It's as rough as guts but should work

Pic of new (old) sounder. Downloaded a manual for it and it's far superior to the other Garmin. 

Shed will get a clearout soon. 

Well summers upon us, and the annual January holiday is 6 weeks away. Time to drag it out and get it ready. 

Last time I used it I managed to tear a rowlock off, so that's to be done. 

The depth sounder I bought seems to be faulty. Lucky for me workmate just put flash new one in his boat so got his cast off for $25. Need to fit that. 

Really keen to get bimini top for some shade. It's like a fricking frying pan. 

But first need to remove the ton of crap in front of it. 

2 hours ago, Yowzer said:

Photo I took years ago before someone stole the front off it

Looks like a Diamond T. 

Bach next door to ours started it's previous life as one... 

5 hours ago, yoeddynz said:

So is that a dodge branded mitsi starion? 

Nope. Completely different car

Awesome. I've always pined for one of these. I'd imagine the kick start would be as finicky as my 850. 

Like like like the plans for it. That windjammer might be worth something. I've seen so many of those things one stateside 750-850s like mine

Gen 2 spindles, rotors and calipers fitted to 1980 L200 chassis under my '22 Buick Ratrod. Direct bolt on fit. $132 from pick a part

Anytime @cletus. I think it's was a good buy for the price. Stoked you bought it. 

@cypressphil

Ken. 

Got dudes wife. He will be home Saturday. I've arranged to go have a looksee after work Saturday. 

I've text him and awaiting reply @cletus

3 hours ago, cletus said:

Anybody in whangarei knowledgeable on bikes that could have a look at one for me? 

 

Probably not ride it, but just have a look and make sure it's not a dog

 

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/honda/listing/3325518813

I'll offer up my services sir. Listing looks like a nice tidy bike