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The rig is local to where I am staying so have reached out and asked if I can come and check it out. If I get the chance will take more photos of the mountings for you if he agrees.
Anything specific you would like to see?
Looking at listings while on vacation here in Australia came across the following
Rig for sale in Australia.
I am not sure the price is in line with the listings for low mileage solo bikes. Surprised at how low the prices are here in Australia.
Even more interesting it was the last of the carburetor models. And I did a custom exhaust with custom air filter, basically removed the plastic box and made a mesh screen and used it to hold scrubbing pads in place, then custom tune with rejetted carbs. Couldn’t buy new jets so custom made my...
Looking forward to seeing the result and hearing your thoughts.
Almost 40 years ago I had an outfit coupled to a Kawasaki Z1300. ^ cylinder water cooldown shaft drive beast!
Still remember my first ride after fitting it.
Lets just say the I don't know who was more surprised the car coming the...
Would depend on the minimum temperature you experience. If below freezing I would charge to 80% then store inside. I still have the original so just on the optimate as above. we got to -11 centigrade the other night so happy to keep it on trickle.
I made the mistake with a Lifepo4 leaving it...
That is another point in favour of Ali. I ordered a rear carrier bag for dog transport. the seller misrepresented that it was shipped and it did not arrive as expected. complained to the seller lots of excuses. complained direct to Ali-express. resolved in my favor. full credit and big...
Thanks.
Was playing around making some small keychain gifts out of 1.3mm bicolor plastic and tried the red on black.
Will try it on the bike over the coming days when a bit warmer. with wind chill -7 centigrade at the moment. And have to mess about to get to the left side of the bike to try...
Recently purchased a desktop CNC machine and still on a steep learning curve but thought Hey I could make something for that. Trying to decide on what to add in the center wither a BMW roundel or something a bit R18 unique.
So found the engine image which I think is iconic R18 and engraved...