Cletus's other projects

[cletus]

Got an exhaust that releases more of the ringaningding 

Had a 94 jet in it, I got a 96 and a 99.  Put the 99 in and it seems to like it. It goes much better now. 

 

Went up a hill at wot for a bit and cut ignition, pulled the plug. Looks ok from what I can find on the internet?  @Raizer what you reckon?

 

 

 

[cletus]

Solo pesting today, went for a tour around whitford,  beachlands, maraetai, clevedon, thru twilight road, some off roading at a new subdivision where I found a vespa kickstart lever will bring you to a sudden stop if it gets caught in gorse. 

 

[cletus]

Had this on trademe but nobody wanted it

Logical thing to do is more mods instead, put a longer rear shock in, jacked up the front with some spacers on top of the springs, and some china pit bike knobbly tyres on it. 

Done some off roading this afternoon,  it's good on grass and gravel, not so good on steep hills. And a bit odd on the road, the rear feels slippery around corners, unsurprisingly 

 

 

[cletus]

Much to @RUNAMUCK s dissapointment I spent more time fiddling with 2 wheeled things instead of working on the plymouth.  

 

A mod that the internet says is good is to drill out 2 extra holes in the air filter, I couldn't see how it would help that much but I did it anyway and went up to a bigger jet. Tried a 104, and a 106, it seems good with the 106 so I left that in it. 

I don't know if it's any faster, my butt dyno can't pick up changes that small...

 

[cletus]

And fitted my aliexpress tubeless rims. Not too bad for china spec parts, little bit of de burring on the valve holes and had to tidy up the threads in the wheel nuts they were supplied with. Swapped the rear tyre to the front, left the spare and cover off, made a thing to hold rego and wof tags. 

 

[Valiant]

I dare you to jump this.

Off here.

You have to do it 

Because I dared you to!

[63Ragtop]

OH NO! ITS ALL GONE HORRIBLY WRONG!!!!

[cletus]

Not really a project cause it's already got the mods I was going to do to a stock one....  just needs tyres

Good fun though. Makes good doort/brraaap noises  

[HighLUX]

Brap Brap

How are you finding seat comfort?

[cletus]

Not too bad, did 80 k on it today and my bum is fine thanks  

[KP_wag]

Nice, I sold my one of dem last year. Does it have the factory carb? Makes a mean commuter for sure, good height/vis and brap from light to light. Not sure I agree re comfort, my butt hurt riding more than about 40mins - very windy at speed too! Wicked fun tho

[cletus]

Yeah the windyness is good for the license I think, it was pretty comfortable getting along at 90-100 

Stock carb, might have had a re jet cause it's already had the common airbox mod and an exhaust 

Put some new tyres on it today, front is stock 120/70/17, rear was a 140/70/17 but I got a 150/60/17, bridgestone S21.

 

Won't be doing any skids on these, bike tyres are a bit more of a muck around to change than car ones. And not cheap. 

 

 

[datlow]

nice!, bike shop to change the tyres? what width/size are the rims?

[cletus]

I dropped the wheels off at the bike shop, it wasnt very expensive for them to fit

Fronts are 3.5",  rears are 4.5", both 17"

 

The biggest pain changing the wheels was those little plastic crash knob things... I said many swear words at those  

[KP_wag]

Ah yes, those, I recall much googling to figure those things out. What year is the DRZ? 

[cletus]

It's a 2011

[cletus]

Prep for paint on van commenced 

Whoever the panelbeater is that did this repair needs a dickpunch. 

[Valiant]

What colour you going for there Cletus?

Harlequin?

Acid rush?

Tiger gold?

[RUNAMUCK]

Crc white zinc m8

[cletus]

Matthew Black.

Because its cheap, requires less prep and I can do it myself. 

I had ideas of painting it some sort of military green or tan but that would require a different set of wheels to go with it . 

Matt black I think the wheels still work, could get them vapour blasted to a matt finish as well