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Z50 40th anniversary frame

125cc Loncin(crappiest of the crappy, i am told)seems strong enough, no oil leaks or anything. will save up for a replacement engine next year

4spd

 

10x4.5"rear 10x4" front Metzler tyres all round

+16 genuine rear swingarm

19" ape hangers(from a push bike shop, lol(they will be replaced to real motorcycle ones, asap)

custom rear guard(i also got the mold with her)

China disc brake front end,soft as...needs reco

custom seat(needs some high density foam inserted

gearing is so low... feels like a 16t on the front and a 38-40t on the rear...thing is revving its guts out at 70kh

have ordered a 17/28t combo, as recommended by the MonkeyBikeOz crew

i am after a comfortable cruiser at 80kph for the Murphy's ck runs, etc

 

I finally took delivery of this secksee rig on Tuesday I think it was?

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Gonna call it the Hardly Davidson.

even made up some Decals for her

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used the same font as the genuine Harley bikes, borrowed from Brandsoftheworld.com

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The 2 together.

Last day with the Lil Duke in my possession

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The previous owner's goodbye ride up the street(thought he wasnt going to turn back, TBH, he was sad....)

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The cool thing is, the guy who bought my black one, lives 2 mins from me.

first ride to tear drop at picnic pt

 

 

more to come

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first drama:

Wiring

 

He told me, it had a 'twitchy' right indicator.

he demonstrated this by wiggling it the wire leading into the alloy base of the indicator and it would occasionally work

i think, no probs, easy fix.

 

WRONG....

 

couldnt source an issue in the indicator, it tested ok. so i worked back towards the bike, taking off the tank to find this

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didnt take many pics, but there were at least 4 wires all melted together in the harness at the front tank mounting point.

as i wanted to get it sorted asap for the upcoming RWC, I merely cut out the cancer and replaced them with new wire.

will be ordering a new 40th harness in the new year, they are only $100 last time i looked, for one, complete with switch blocks, etc.

got it all sorted, tested ok, bolted her back together and go to meet Adam, the guy who bought my black one, for a cruise..

 

no right indicator....

 

must be some loose connection in there somewhere

had no time to look at it today, as we had our work breakup pool party, where many drinks were had, and i found my long lost twin

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will be setting my alarm to get up early and try sort it before my 10 am RWC

 

thanks for your time

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sorted out the indicator issue, it was just a poor earth.

passed RWC today, so she goes into my name on monday..!

took Adam for the obligatory Flagstone ck - Murphy's ck pub - Benny's today to celebrate

had a ball, but got sunburnt as hell

 

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just got home from getting her transferred into my name. also got a replacement number plate, as the old one had seen better days, and wanted to give the police one less reason to pull me over

 

then i rock around to Clark Rubber to get some high density foam to do the seat, as it hurt my tail bone on the 50+km cruise i did the other day with Adam.

when i go to the guy at the off cuts and explain what i wanted, he looked at me funny, signals his workmate over, and i'm wondering wtf?

his workmate comes over and says, "so that was you?"

and i sorta take a half step back and say, "sorry, what?"

"The Zed with the ape hangers? that was you at Murphys Ck?"

 

i laugh and say yeah.

long story short, I met Cross's brother, Brett, who works there and looked after me.

the lady in the shop comes out, takes some pics with Brett on it, and on its own, giggling hard at me..lol

 

after a bit of tyre kicking, i shake Brett's hand, say my goodbyes and get into it

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seat with the cover taken off

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the foam. i have enough to do a couple if it stuffed up

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now, after i fit the foam, the old cover didnt quite stretch back to cover it all, so i used it to hold it in place, tightly, and covered it with my old bandana, til i can find something better

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very happy with the comfort, not sure if a fan of the cover yet tho

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huge update:

as i had 3 weeks holiday, i figure i should sort out the wiring, as i noticed a few more melted points along the harness.

time to rip out the cancer and start again

started with this

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my bro-in-law(electronics guru) doing all the work(i was the coke bearer)

more to come

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