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Kashima Kingswood
What did you do TO / WITH / FOR your bike today!
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Cardy George
Piercing rural members since 1981
I've seen worse!‘Barn find’
Yup. Looks straight and tidy and in Mildura so nice n dry ish.
ausdb
Being who he is
Brings back memories of the HJ vacationer we had as kids growing up, is it a 6 or a 8 unfortunately ours was only a lowly 202 I much preferred my uncles 253 HX. And are those the original seats as the upholstery fabric looks the same as the interior of the VH commy I had for my first car.
Cardy George
Piercing rural members since 1981
253 HZ Vacationer. With the age correct round cam lobes. Doesn't go fast, but sounds nice.
Dad's average attempt at a GTS dash.
And you nailed the seats. VH Commie, currently set in the moon-gaze position.
Just missing the moon roof to go with it.
Cardy George
Piercing rural members since 1981
Shiny and lubed and ready for the Otways!
Flow-Rider
Burner
I all of a sudden feel like a garden gnome looking at that seat post.
wkkie
It's Not Easy Being Green
Sharpie time for those tyres!
ausdb
Being who he is
42 in Perth today, way too hot to be outside or in the shed but the family went to a pool and left me in peace for a few hours. So made some wooden forms then made the old red press earn it's keep.The unbent one is in front and slightly lower, I think I'll call it done.
Now to find the mega long pop rivets I bought a while back to put the wheel clamp parts back together, but I've put them in a very safe place that currently eludes me
Now to find the mega long pop rivets I bought a while back to put the wheel clamp parts back together, but I've put them in a very safe place that currently eludes me
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Stredda
Runs naked through virgin scrub
Yes, was great to catch up for a ride. Good day for it too!
It was quite a humid morning, and we were up in the clouds at the top of Iron Tor. Looked pretty cool with the mist blowing through the trees.
Mattyp
Cows go boing
After last week's damper bleed explosion, I was not convinced I'd got all the air out of the shock trying to cycle it by hand, could have bought a fancy hand dyno, but instead raided the scrap bin at work and slapped this monstrosity together in about 30mins...
Same same but different...Great success!
Same same but different...Great success!
Ultra Lord
Hurts. Requires Money. And is nerdy.
When are you getting your boys blue bikes?
Ya dun fucked up the feng shui when you got the new one.
Launch position.
Cardy George
Piercing rural members since 1981
I did. But I wasn't prepared to pay double for the privilege.
Middle Boy did moan when the blue bike lobbed. Apparently the main reason he went orange was so the three of us matched.
DougalStrachan
Likes Dirt
Last night race, lining up at a balmy 34deg with all 5 of us ready to go. We get a smattering of rain 10 mins before - awesome I says, settle the dust. The look of relief on everyone's face was palpable . The rain continues..... Starting to get damp, then wet. It then proceeded to piss down for the entire 1hr race time (A check later indicated that most other places locally only got a little bit of rain). At the end of the race 5 very muddy bikes! FFS I really wasn't expecting to have to clean up and quickly service 5 bikes last night that's for sure. And given we weren't expecting rain 5 muddy people into my ute was a joy, lucky it's a shitbox Ranger
cammas
Seamstress
As per my confession post last night, after finally getting the rotors sorted, I took the bike out last night for a local burn to bed them in. As per some reviews I read it did take a while for them to get some heat in but some sprints up to 25km/h and some hard breaking got them to temp then I could feel them starting to bite, by the end they were great.
The brakes themselves though, felt a little weird, I noticed it with the rear after changing out the rotors so I popped out the rear pads the other day to give the lever a few flicks and it worked fine with a better feel. May need to do that to front brake as I’m wondering if it’s a sticking piston as they are the Shimano 8120 4 piston jobbies, so they may not like being pushed in or I pushed them in too much.
The brakes themselves though, felt a little weird, I noticed it with the rear after changing out the rotors so I popped out the rear pads the other day to give the lever a few flicks and it worked fine with a better feel. May need to do that to front brake as I’m wondering if it’s a sticking piston as they are the Shimano 8120 4 piston jobbies, so they may not like being pushed in or I pushed them in too much.
Art Vanderlay
Hourly daily
Damn it. Duct tape it back on?
