Jase Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 huh well after some dealings and a mission into the backwoods i have managed to procure me a classic trailbike, is now running after i spent $44 dollars on it 20 2nd hand flatslide 20 25:1 premix 98 and some oil 4 sparkplug no real plans other than finding a fresh front tire straightening diddies bars he gave me, replacing the snapped clutch and brake levers and adapting a modern exhaust and going trailriding in 80s garb when i find some post some pics some time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Pics please. Sounds Rad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 ts185s are cool. ts250 must be hardcone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 had a few ts185s when i was farming,but the er185 version.. were alright,i wouldnt rave about them...but as a cheapy furk yeah.. take the rear half of the pipe off and they sound good hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share Posted April 20, 2009 haha already done that was furken loud blatting suburbia, its an er version of the ts too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 sweeeeeeeeet....so much better than the ts version...dont know why,they just are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filthy one Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 thats choice bro I have a 1979 rm400 twin shocker air cooled mean as machine old zukas rock hard out.. My ol man brought it brand new keep it ever sinse its fuken mint I'll slamm up some pics sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danger Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Haha I leant to ride on a TS185. Some cunt has a video of me riding one through a church when i was about 14. Things we thought were funny when we were young... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 i would still find that funny.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblegoose Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 ive got a mint one of these sitting in my old mans garage back home, just missing a side panel to be completely minted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted July 11, 2009 Author Share Posted July 11, 2009 got it sorted today new fuel line ,filter,levers and air filter runs surprisingly well, smokes like a train as oil injection tank still feeding it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 that looks mint... not many of these still have the stock seat cover... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 hah its mint as for a procrastinator like me, good distraction for a blatt at the shed and for weekend trail rides it should be a laugh, pity any one following me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Francis Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 lol these nuts guys threw one on the bonfire in the midle of the night at the coldkiwi last year. I lol'd. big flames. everybody was drunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/225/017nue.jpg http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/245/018qqs.jpg http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8325/019u.jpg http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/1720/020quw.jpg http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/7136/021w.jpg http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/8173/022qgr.jpg http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/848/026wga.jpg http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5916/026c.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Awesome, I went for a ride with a mate of mine today with his white and pink DT175, old bikes are mean, better if they're not 100% fucked... I shall have to come up for a ride with you and diddy sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 suppose i'll do a write up, the masher got a tickle up last week in preparation for a trail ride that didn't occur. So Max and i decided to do something last week to get the old girls maiden trip over and done with. Thompson Track was the call which runs from the Te Aroha side of the Kaimai Ranges to Katikati on the Tauranga side. Its an open to the public 4wd track that any vehicle can use(given you can find it). After 4 hours sleep after night shift Max called me to wake me up and we were loaded up in hamilton and heading to the servo to fuel the bikes by 9.30am. We got to the bottom of Thompsons by 10.00am and my old girl fired up second kick which was totally surprising to me so she got a good two smoke warm up with the throttle jammed open a lil bit on a fence post. You drive from where you park about a kilometre then you're into the fun stuff, about 300m of rocky clay track and then the first 50m mud bog, Max dialled in what sounded like 3rd gear and full throttle and rode through some very deep ruts and popped out the top end, trial and error i thought so second gear balls out with a bald front tire and an exhaust leak and managed to scratch out the top end to max's laughter. Theres about another 3 big bogs on the way up and with some slipping and sliding we got through to the top pretty easily then off down the other side towards Katikati. Well i drowned her attacking a deep water hole about 10km down the other side , so after some friendly help from a 4wd enthusiast and a 10km ride back to the summit and much encouragement, we managed to get her running again just. And with a mixture of walking pushing and run starts she cleared her throat before the bogs and got me back home. Then off to the pub with the 4wd guys that helped to shout them a beer, Overall was an awesome day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Sweet, I'd heard a bit about that track, How'd you get back from the other end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 i drowned it down the katikat side got a ride back up the hill on the 4wd, and got it sort of going to bring it home, the katikat side has some 1metre to 1.5m deep holes so we had pretty much got as far as we could go with out draggin the bikes up into the bush or hanging them over the side of the track on a rope, next time i'm going to be a little more prepared and try and build an un drownable ts airbox, as it was just running a sidedraught sock well oiled up. keen for more rides though while its still wet and muddy as max gave me a new tire for the front when we got back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 We've got good rides down these ways if you're at all interested. I look at http://silverbullet.co.nz/events.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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