guzzler

Saucy indeed.....

Mate He's on the Suzuki T250/350 with the white helmet... Ha ha, yep I've got Stone on Bluray too! Cheers

Indeed, the hills do look a little er sheepless.....

G'day folk's I just checked my Hyperpro and it's exactly like ChrisPDX only mine sits flat like LP's where it attaches to the frame closest to the camera... Cheers

Ha ha, what a hoot! Sorry to interrupt this broadcast but we Kiwi's never got it ( Matlock Police ) in NZ back in the day and seemed to have missed any re-runs when I lobbed into Oz at the end of 85. I had heard of it though. Recognised one of the er... outlaws (?) as matey who starred as the Norton riding undercover cop in Stone and of course Paul Cronin aka Mr Sullivan from The Sullivans. Actually,the pub scenes in the Sullivans were filmed at a wee local in Abbotsford called the Retreat.In the eighties I used to work a few hundred metres away from it and we'd have Xmas drinks in there...Great wee place. Cheers Ps My wife had a Monaro just like the one in the clip ( long before we met though ) and we laugh about it sometimes and wish she still had it tucked away in a shed.... Pps apologies for adding to the thread drift but I'm sure normal transmission will be resumed shortly.....

I can't send any photo's of mine I'm afraid. My emails were hacked earlier in the year and although the geeks sorted the issue I have the side effect of not being able to transfer or send photos.... I need to get them back to address this but unfortunately have other things to do beforehand. Also have 3 x tonne of wood that's just been dumped in my carport which needs to be moved and stacked this arvo before I can do anything but will take a closer look at my set-up and report back later. Cheers Guzzler

Pretty happy with my Hyperpro damper too mate... Been about 70,000 kays and no issues. Cheers

Yeah, I'm with leaving it black too...

I have the Hyperpro damper on mine and it's fitted same as Phil's Ohlins jobbie... Cheers

Thanks for sharing this mate! It's what it's all about eh,sharing what we've done and the results in the hope it helps others! The standard non- existent comp damping then everything in the last 25mm was downright scary in certain bumpy corners, jeez it used to deflect and bounce hitting them in a straight line! Fixing this is the BEST thing you can do to the bike. Cheers

You're right on the money there mate.... We've had the fire on every day since early April and reckon like last year it'll be on till Oct/Nov..... Bugger. Bonus though about 9.30 ish this morning it warmed up as the sun came out so after taking the wife shopping I dragged the bike out from under her coat and rode down to Langwarrin to see my Father. It's about a 200k round trip with about 70k of interesting twisties. It was a bright sunny morning of about 8 or 9 degrees when I left with the smell of cut grass plowed fields gum trees and was that a faint hint of spring...? Bonus # 2 was I had the GOOD part of the road to myself both ways and by God did it feel good! Ha ha both the bike and I revelled in it! Bring on Spring!! Cheers

I loved ( still do ) the Magni fairing and lusted after one years ago... However, the cost to have one down here is prohibitive but luckily for me I guess I finally realised that if I went with one I'd have been forever swapping between it and the wee Stucchi! Then I got to the point where I actually prefer the look of the Stucchi! I believe the bars have to be lower with the Magni as well and my buggered neck wouldn't cope with that anyways.... Also adding the marital harmony that sticking with the Stucchi ensues I reckon I've dodged a bullet there! Cheers Ps having saved so much on a Magni, I wonder if the minister of finance might consider this a plausible excuse for a set of wire wheels....? Pps Sadly, no nor me.

Ha ha, it does sound very James Bondish doesn't it... At the other end of the spectrum, we've had the coldest /wettest 2 months of winter in 30 years here, so only 3 rides and commutes at that in 2 and a half months! I can't even look at her as she's all wrapped up in her coat ( bike cover )....arghhh. I'm beginning to understand the cabin fever of the northern hemisphere a bit more now. Cheers Ps Spring's coming at the end o this month so fingers crossed!

Good to see she's properly dressed with her wee fairing too Doc....

Haha, just finished a load o wood and I reckon a pie sounds like a bloody great idea mate! Shiraz o clock in t minus 2 hour 15 mins..... Cheers

Cheers Mick. Might need a few sips o the magic Shiraz to get my head around that formula, but your description makes it understandable!

At the risk of mentioning this and upsetting the cantankerous god of magic smoke..... I haven't had an issue with fuses since having a Shendengan Reg/Rec and extra ground installed many years ago! Cheers Guzzler Ps what's the betting now I've mentioned it....?

Thanks again folk's.... Great info as usual and what a fantastic resource this place is! I reckon I'll add a wee bit more rear preload ( 4mm ) to cover my weight gain and see how that goes. Then a bit further down the track have the shock lengthened by 5mm. Cheers

Thanks for that Doc... I knew there was good info on this on here but couldn't find it! Cheers

Welcome back to the madness mate. Looks like you got a hell of a deal there as you said! Cheers

G'day mate Yep it is in millimetres... Sorry was going from memory 0.6 or 0.7mm but did check my receipts before confirming it was set to 0.7mm.... As mentioned, mine was at 1.4 mm and way out of spec but I also had a few other issues at the time. That bloody stumble/splutter used to shit me in the early days and damn glad to see the arse end of it! Cheers

Still deciding what to do mate... I agree though as I would try it with 5mm shock extension and forks as is first. I'm sorta thinking this might be the way to go... Cheers

That's good to know mate. I'll need to replace mine soon too, as currently at 4.2mm thickness. Cheers

I just heard back from Hyperpro Australia. They can lengthen the shock by 5mm for me for $300 plus postage to/from Sth Australia. Turnaround is 3 x days.. I wonder if this might be the best solution to put some more weight on the front as the shock still feels good as supplied with 10mm preload. To the others who have the Ohlins shock which is 5mm longer than standard....how do you find this? Did it weight the front any more? If I did this, would you do anything with the forks ie put them back flush or leave as is at 8mm up thru triples?? Cheers Guzzler

Fella's. I just checked back through my records... My Phase sensor was at 1.4 mm (way out) and reduced to 0.7 mm back in 2011. From memory the gap should be 0.6 or 0.7! I also had a crap standard timing chain tensioner replaced at the time which probably contributed to my issues.. but make sure the Phase sensor has correct gap as above. Cheers