Tortrons GN

[tortron]

9 minutes ago, MopedNZ said:

Change le oil often. Keep the tyres pumped up. - modification list for GN125.

Oh; polish the chrome every now and then. We get ones with shitty surface rust forming quite early in their ownership. (though for some reason these people have been sold on the GN as a no maintenance bike; therefore never do anything for the first 3 years and get shocked when they fail on tyres etc at the first WOF; thanks local Suzuki shop)

Wats an oil change

 

Yeah nah I swapped about 3 engines into my 250. I'm Gona change the oil every month

 

Was thinking of bombing it with plastidip to protect paint/chrome

But I realised I genuinely don't care enough, IL just water blast it down occasionally

[tortron]

Sad I sold my one piece race leathers. Would be ideal for 125 commuting

[tortron]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Suzuki-GN-125-GN-250-NOS-Nitrous-Oxide-Kit-Boost-Bottle/332670336146?hash=item4d74b27c92:g:Jd4AAOxyn9BRZQ5p

[RUNAMUCK]

Do it now.

[RUNAMUCK]

Also may I enquire how much a brand new motorcycle of this calibre would set a fellow back?  

Also also,  you now have zero excuse not to saddle up and join the elite group of highly specialised social misfits on the Te Urawera undertaking 

[tortron]

Field Day special $2000 plus onroads of $395

 

I have plenty of excuses

Main being I got this cos I have a new job, and thus have no leave

[RUNAMUCK]

Dude it's four  months away.

plenty of time to acrue leave.

[tortron]

Also I don't want to

[flyingbrick]

Dude!!! Next time we do a waikato ride im gonna hound you to come down

[tortron]

#adventureGN

Nowhere near as slow as I was expecting, but It's Gona be a long first 1000km breaking in the engine I'll tell ya

[cletus]

Was there a reason why you didn't get a two fiddy big block one? 

[tortron]

10 minutes ago, cletus said:

Was there a reason why you didn't get a two fiddy big block one? 

I swore off them!

 

Do they still make them? Idk? I got this because it was dirt cheap and brand new. 3 year wof and flick

[tortron]

Yeah don't think they make them /import to NZ any more. Cheapest used one I can find has 10k km on it and costs more than this. So nah

[tortron]

I literally walked into Suzuki 10 mins before closing, walked to the bike and said sell me this.

 

 

 

 

Edit

And then I had McDonald's sitting in the doorway of the lambo dealership

[CaMpylobacter]

What’s a break in procedure 

[tortron]

9 hours ago, Dolan said:

What’s a break in procedure 

Wheelies till the weak link breaks then smooth sailing

 

Handbook recommend procedure  is under 5000rpm for first 800km. Under 8000 till 1600, under 10000 for life of engine

I don't think that's realistic because 5000 rpm is only 60kph and you are never going to fluctuate revs doing that

[Lord Gruntfuttock]

I've got an 11 yr old vespa PX with 700kms on it.

Will have it broken in any year now...

[RUNAMUCK]

Bests engine I ever built was broken in buy doing 6 max speed runs back to back. (Right off the first fire up) 

[tortron]

More #adventure GN

Made this

So I can make these

Because I have lots of bicycle touring stuff, so those go on these

 

Which with some mounts go here somewhere.

 

Indicators are in a lame spot, might need to move them back about 5cm I think. Don't want anything sticking out further than my knees for aero reasons.

 

 

Send me your bike and a wad of cash and you can have some too. Bicycles also ok

 

[kyteler]

I like that you're adopting the British mantra to this.  Take something weak and powerless and make it more cumbersome and burdened down. 

Also, lol, GN. 

The dairy farmer's bike of choice for his Filipino worker to ride. 

No power, no problems.