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I had always thought a @yoeddynz spec Mazda K series V6 (I know, not a 4cyl) would be a pretty sweet deal in an Anglia van.

That’s not a colour I was expecting but it looks great!

Double eye rocker type is quieter when it’s banging about over bumps

Absolutely stoked. Now I've got hours of painstakingly screwing all the awning buttons, hooks, lights etc back on, making sure every screw goes into a little dot of sealant to make sure I don't make any new leaks. 2 buckets of water proofing goo arrived in the mail yesterday as well, so I can get onto coating the roof.

Such a roller Coaster thread!

Fuck that was a massive amount of sanding! George was delivered to the painters this morning. Very exciting times. I was thinking this morning, that its been a decade since I finished building my CB650, and this is the first project I've managed to get to this kind of point since then. I also took a few minutes the other night to test fit the new wheels I got for him, they fit and look great so now I can arrange some new commercial tires for them and get onto painting the rim centers. The instructions for the painter: FIZZING

I had hoped to get him into primer on Sunday, but by the time I'd finished the rails, then done all the masking and wax and grease remover, it was midnight on Sunday night. I've been borrowing some floor space in a local workshop, and was supposed to be out of the way before they opened again for the week I hid the caravan in the corner of the workshop under a cloak of un-invisibility (pictured below) to get through Mondays work day... Then come Monday after work I got stuck in. Etch primer: I suspect I laid the etch on a little thicker than its supposed to be. The paint salesman told me it goes on thin, just a dusting... After emptying the gun the first time and the realisation that "holy shit I'm gonna run out of paint fast at this rate" I dialed back the settings on the gun a bit. Followed by the primer. I finished up and got into bed at 1am, and then back at the workshop at 5am to un-mask and put it back together enough to take it outside and get it out of the way before everyone started work for the day. Now I've got an acre of sanding / filling / sanding / spot priming to do before he goes off to the painters. Pretty stoked to be at this milestone though.

Fuck its been a huge weekend with George. Having had paint stripper over the whole thing, I was a bit worried that it would have damaged the sealant around the J-Rails, particularly at the edge of the roof. Apparently this is a notorious area for causing leaks. So with little motivation for this job, the wife and I just got on with it. Pulled off the awning and J-rails, cleaned off all the old sealant. Reinstated with new sealant and new screws.

Looking so good! I still can't believe its the same car.

Raider is basically an FXR 150 is it not? There will be truck loads of info around on FXR stuff in Bucket Racing circles. Ask some questions on the bucket page on Kiwibiker maybe?

The Austin has been in storage for a bit while I've been working on other projects, but I've lost the basement I was using so it had to come home. I thought it was worth a post on here... The trailer I usually use wasn't available, so this happened... It worked well! But I'm not sure I'd do it again

Well that's the Eastcape ride done for another year. The CRM outperformed all my expectations. It couldn't keep up on the road sections. It survived all the water flooding and crossings. (despite filling the airbox with water) It was bloody brilliant on the gravel. It was really good at doing Hot Rod style donuts and silly static wheelstands. It was nearly a faultless ride. On day 2, I was finding it would run a bit shit after seeing lots of water, and if I went over a big bump it would cough. At one point I was being silly and rode it up a wee bank, when I rode back down it died and was a real prick to start. I had a bit of a think about what it might be, and at the next stop I cracked open the airbox cover and it dumped about 100ml of water on the ground. All good after that! The only other issue was on day 3, about 2 km from J5's place, and slightly closer to finishing than where the GT"50" jammed up the year before. It was in full 2 stroke kazoo mode buzzing along as fast as it could go, and then a sudden bang/crunch followed by absolute silence as I clutched in and coasted off the road... Fearing the worst, I hopped off the bike to find the chain off the sprocket and all stuffed up into the stator cover along with the lower chain guide. The chain guide had broken, done a lap of the rear sprocket and then burried everything into the front. I pulled the cover off roadside, untangled the mess of chain, back together and finished the ride.

Don't forget a spare carburettor

A. cos it’s not my money

We have been in Ohope for a few hours. Hit the hydro slides and spa. I don’t recommend being first down the slide, it was a little dry… Fine dining in hicks bay sounds nice to me.

Just did my test ride. Bike ticks along nicely at 75kmh now. Much happier!!

Because nothing is easy... The CDI arrived on Monday, and upon attempting to fit, I discovered it had all the wrong plugs and not enough wires... I managed to dig out a wiring diagram for an NSR 50, which aligned with most of what is on my bike, but didn't show the extra wire I had, and didn't include any of the gear indicator/speed limiter wiring. I'll put some info down here, incase someone else is scouring the internet for instructions like I was. I haven't got a photo, but my CDI had a roundy 4-pin plug, a roundy 2-pin plug and a squarey 6-pin plug. The 6-pin goes to the gear selector. The new CDI is a CF POSH 225064 and looks like this: None of the plugs fit together, so you need to cut them off and attach your own. Here are the instructions that came with the unit, translated to english: Wiring: CDI Side - Bike Side Orange - Coil + Blue - Blue/Yellow (Blue with yellow stripe) (This wire comes from the crank trigger) Black - Green (Ground) Red - Black/Red (Power feed) White - Black/White (Ignition switch) The spare wire on the bike side is Green/White, and needs to be connected to ground. To figure out the green/white took a while, lots of thinking, internetting, and a phonecall to @johnnyfive who is a GC and dismantled his bike to trace wires for me. There was a brief period where I didn't think I'd have it running again for east cape this week. But it seems I've got it sorted. As it happens, it would have been a plug and play solution for J5's bike... There must be some variation between models. Anyway, now its all ready to go.

I think I'm ready to go. There was a brief moment of panic where I thought I'd be riding something else this year. But fingers crossed, and test ride pending, this seems to be ready to go.

I know Paul, he’s a GC. Anything GP or GT100/125 related in Nelson and you can assume he’s got something to do with it haha

Is the GP100 from a fella named Paul?

Hopefully won’t need to, tracking says mine is in Auckland now. Fingers crossed!