flyingbrick

What are your goals with this? Or just muck around until ya bored? 

Digging the new seat! 

On 05/08/2020 at 10:26, Willdat? said:

Next version...

How did this end up working

Actually while at A&E there was woman who had smashed her arm rock and roll dancing! She was off to hospital to have it reset. 

Made me feel pretty lucky lol. 

Dunno the point of the post really.

35 minute charging stops seems fuckin awesome. 

Those cars are pretty lush, not many people are still bothering to bag em these days

30 minutes ago, tortron said:

TBH i assumed you had fallen over while trying to push start it 

Lol, pretty lippy for a guy who owns the world's most unreliable GN 

31 minutes ago, datlow said:

So bikes all good then?

Haven't really looked. There was a strange buzzing from the front end during the return trip which could be front bearings but that's a minor. 

I was a bit worried about the forks being bent backward but haven't checked, people stack these things far harder than this without problem. 

To clarify, this was the 525 dirt bike not the 530 road legal bike. 

2 hours ago, rumrum said:

ohh noooo! run out of talent or bikes fault? hope your ok

Definitely talent. Bike is faultless. 

I was too focused on the immediate challenge and not looking far enough ahead to see where I was going to end up. 

Really lucky I was so close to home and not in the Bush or whops as was able to pull choke to raise idle and get it back one handed. 

Unfortunately the scafoid bone makes a terrible sacrificial link. It's a very shit bone to heal and can have some terrible consequences. Last time I was in a cast for 16 weeks. Nightmare. 

I don't agree with those guys about transferring the damage, I have delicate lady wrists that I reckon are just piss weak.

So fuckin basic it hurts. Just got too excited. 

In other news, the bike fuckin boogies in softer ground with Heaps of traction. 

Never even considered wrist braces! Don't be like Nathan 

I been playing on the 525 every night round the farm and Theres an awesome play area for people better than me... I didn't fully understand what was over a rampy jump thing and landed nose first into a small ditch/bank. Stopped very abruptly, got burns on inside of knees from sliding forward on radiator shrouds lol and pretty bruised chest area from smashing into the un padded stem and bars

Get a ktm it will be fun

20 hours ago, jessemk2 said:

If you can stretch your budget get a crf450L and put motard wheels on it

Release in 2019 so its a modern bike with spot on honda efi,6 speed heaps of low and mid range punch and all the lights are led so can see where you going at night.

Service intervals are quite regular but only takes 15mins and its only 1 litre of oil(ive got 450x with same motor)

Being a honda its gona be reliable easy get parts and resale will be good.

This will be my next bike

Just Imagine if they made the 450 in a rally version like the 250, would be epic as hell. 

I got all excited at Honda in Hamilton (before I got current bike) because they had a 250 rally dressed like a 450.. I was like.. Yusssssssssss then sad face 

Don't have a motard or drz but my 530 is similar. 

Just got to remember that any bike is a compromise in one way or another. You just have to understand what you are willing to live with. 

iv found the 530s stability fine on the open road except for one day with extreme wind- but any bike would have been pretty miserable. 

You'll find open road riding is a bit average. It's FINE, but you will get more vibration, more noise, more buffeting and more of a sore ass than a more commuter oriented design. 

Greg widened the foam on my seat which made a massive difference (damn he's good) and losing a few teeth on the rear would also make it a bit nicer but haven't got there yet. 

ps, do not under estimate the importance of a comfortable seat, and don't fall into the trap of thinking it feels soft enough and you'll be fine. It's the narrow width that does it. 

44 minutes ago, Spencer said:

Its all garbage!

Rust primers suck at rust converting and suck at being a primer. Worst of both worlds.

Same for weld through primer, chuck it in the bin. 2 part epoxy holds heat better and burns off less if you let it cure 24/48h.

Just rename the thread to buy some 2 part epoxy primer and apply to clean abraded/acid washed metal thx.

Does 2k fuck up your weld though? Coz I use crc zinc spray and it's like welding clean steel

Also jumping on the bandwagon here- rust converters are shit. I've had panel beaters tell me this, and I have seen it myself. Its not uncommon for light rust to form UNDER the shitty rust converter finish.. its just plain terrible stuff.

Probably fine to paint it over 99% mechanically de-rusted surfaces to treat any shallow pitting, then sand it all off again before epoxy, but otherwise no.

The problem is trying to explain to people that its simply not a magical wonder fix and the labels on the bottle are a lie. 

Edit.

Everyone can do the test themselves. Take a piece of steel with fairly light surface rust. Paint it with rust converter. Let cure. Scratch off the converter with a knife or flat head screw driver. Under the purply black coating is plain old normal ginger rust every time. it does not penetrate like people will have you believe.

Amazing. Is it going to banana when removed off the plug?

This is getting more and more incredible!how would they have made rails in the factory? Surely they wouldn't have had access to a press large enough to do it in a few stamps like they do these days? 

Damn that looks gooooooood. 

Does the Honda parts nz website work like shit for anyone else? Maybe I need to try on pc

The dream

I can't quite remember but may have taken that rubber thing out when doing filter. I def remember it. 

Punched holes in the muffler yesterday- was hopeful that I could drill out the rivets and slide it apart LOL but nah its just a pointless trim piece on the end for no reason. Definitely sounds better which is important because the rest of the package is so lackluster. 

Best part is now knowing that UP is choke ON and down is off.