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70 on the flat will be fine but if you wanna go bigblock then why not

More welder issues Have a Cebora Bravo 155 and after doing a bit of welding to make up a leveling bar its decided that the wire is constantly live/gas flow doesnt turn off. Wire still feeds when trigger is pulled but its constantly live. Looks like this with the cover off, gas flow stops when I take a terminal off the gas solenoid. Where should I start looking for an issue?

Edited date due to a clash with Mr. Warnock 28/29 March Lesssshgooo

POSTPONED TIL ALL THIS VIRUS SHIT IS OVER WITH Hello and Welcome Mr L. Warnock and myself would like to invite interested parties to a weekend of riding small bikes through the backroads of the Bay of Plenty sometime in March, the plan is as follows.... Dates set as 28/29 March Saturday - Meet in Mount Maunganui in the morning where there will be space to park vehicles for the weekend and head off via the harbour bridge and through Tauranga town to Welcome Bay where we will head into the rural hinterland and cut through to Te Puke via a scenic backroad that is mostly sealed with a small section of gravel in the middle of it, from Te Puke there will be 2 small sections of highway to traverse as we jump inbetween sealed backroads which will take us to the seaside township of Maketu for a bit of a relax by the ocean. From Maketu we will head back inland to Paengaroa where there is fuel to top up the thirsty steeds before a decent stretch of backroads(a mix of sealed and gravel) through farmland/forestry and native bush to end up at Lake Rotoma where after another small but scenic section of highway around the lake there is a nice reserve to enjoy a bit of a rest and a swim in the lake for those that are keen, from Rotoma its up Manawahe Road past the infamous helicopter corner of WRC fame to McIvor road which is a steep gravel goat track off the Manawahe hills to the Rangitaiki plains where we will hoon down Braemar road, have a quick look at the springs at Otakiri(where china is stealing our water from) and head back along a stretch of main road to Edgecumbe. Turning off at Edgecumbe we will follow the Rangitaiki river along more back roads to where it meets the sea at Thornton where there is the option to hoon along the beach for a few kms(or cut back along the road and meet up with the beach riders) just before Matata. In Matata there is booze/food/fish n chips/petrol etc right across the road from the camp where we are staying which is the Matata DOC camp. Its only $8 for the night and still has showers/proper toilets but is camping or roughing it for the night spec, the camp caretaker is going to fence off a corner of the camp for us all to take over. Beach is right there for a swim and can walk to get supplies if you run out of beer. There are other indoor accommodation options available indoor for those that want them but is up to you to sort this. Day 1 Main Stats: About 180kms of riding Mix of gravel and tarmac- roughly 50/50 3/4 gas stations to fuel up Food/beer/fuel 5 mins ride from accommodation Accomdation for the night at Matata DOC Camp $8 for the night pp https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/bay-of-plenty/places/matata-area/matata-campsite/ Sunday - After a strong coffee and a cigrit for breakfast we will head off from the camping ground and straight back into the hills via Herepuru Road which starts off sealed then a section of gravel and back to sealed as we reach Manawahe Road again, back up Manawahe Road we will turn off at helicopter corner and head around the back side of Rotoma onto more gravel and native bush. Once in the native there is a side track called Porters Road which is basically some sweet pumice tracks with ruts/hill climbs where we can hoon around for a while do some jumps and test hill climbing skills. After that back onto Manawahe road which will take us out to Pongakawa and back on to sealed roads with some short sections of gravel then across SH2 and out to Pukehina where Lee has offered his place as stop for a BBQ lunch. After lunch and a cruise up Pukehina Parade its back onto Old Coach Road and follow a similar route via Maketu and Te Puke back towards Tauranga. A detour off the route down will take us through a short paper road and back into Papamoa where we will cut thru suburbia for a lap of mount main beach to pest the boomers and back to where we started on Saturday morning to conclude the ride. Day 2 Stats: 180ish kms of riding again 60/40 mix of sealed and gravel riding 4/5 places to get fuel BBQ lunch at Pukehina Backroad hoons and a cruise of the Mt to conclude the weekend Not to steal @johnnyfives thunder but the ride will be of a similar pace and conditions of the east cape rides for those that have done them Expect lots of narrow roads of the sealed and gravel nature, limited cellphone coverage in places but sweet scenery, lush swimming spots and great times on small motorbikes in the backblocks of this beautiful country. At this stage there wont be a support vehicle so you will have to be 100% self sufficient with carrying your camping gear but all the supplies you need the night are 5 mins down the road from the camp and having a reliable bike is a must because if you cant fix it roadside you will be on your own sorry. Entry Form https://www.emailmeform.com/builder/form/5YSMcG918TE13j Koha/donation to attend will cover the lunch on Sunday and incidentals

Garmin or navman gps for all those gravel roads that still have signs for directions

I look forward to many sharns about the best bluetooth intercom to purchase and the correct posture for standing on the footpegs when your boomer spec knees seize up

That should draw good with the decent length of flue you put on it, be easy to get it blazing to pre heat it before a cook

I havent seen any GPS speedos on ali that are "period' looking for such a bike but there are plenty that run off a sensor and magnets rigged to the front wheel

I vote some sort of coupler between both the v twins and build a twin turbo v4

Lpg bottles are fine just gotta vent them take the valve out leave upside down for week in the sun followed by a week or 2 upright full of water to disolve all lpg out of the welds

That is the only letdown of a hammock/flysetup but theres always a couple of trees somewhere on the side of the road

Man for ease of motocamping id recommend an aliexpress parachute hammock and a fly sheet for minimal space and enough comfort. My fly sheet hammock and sleeping bag packs down to half the size of a 2 person tent and is 100% more comfortable than sleeping on the ground

Sounds like a sweet project and i like the idea of divining for water, giz a yell if you need a surface dude to pull up the buckets of clay while you shovel them out

Thats some sweet primitive engineers Max but 2 questions, how you know where the water table is and how you gunna sort out water ingress once you hit the water table and still have 3 meters to dig?

And perfect to add pulley setup for hanging animals to gut/skin

After hooning the forza all day on @MopedNZs mount ride I cant wait to hoon it on gravel for hours on end next year

Used to love hooning this on the primary school computers

Ha sweet is that the olde @Geophy whip?

Thats such a good vid, makes me pine for next years shenanigans

I better rustle up some quality sharns for next year Please select from the following Driving piles with a crane from the 70s and a 3T hammer Thermit welding train tracks Detroit powered jetboats The complexities of driving a shipping tug

I hope Beavers dam chat was a suitable substitute for late night durry punching and explaining the complexities of loading a log ship @sentra

Also a relevant LRB for such an endeavor

Foamer spec condom for all the safe butt aids but none of the bad ones

@Rookie needs to do some highsides again next year plz

80 pages of paces notes is hectic reading for the co-driver, better up your direction notes game for next year @johnnyfive Also shows how to attack the Motu ford properly Pin it to win it