Your other "non-Harley" Bike?

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  • Soapbox2627
    Soapbox2627
    3 years ago
    Quoting brucefxdl on 04 Mar 2022 09:18 AM

    looks like a piano accordian.....lol

    Quoting steelo on 04 Mar 2022 10:08 AM

    Is that to “scale”. 😆 

    you get a tuna to scale it with chopsticks Steelo, thats the keys
  • steelo
    steelo
    3 years ago
    I’ll make a note of it. 
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    3 years ago
    Quoting brucefxdl on 04 Mar 2022 09:18 AM

    looks like a piano accordian.....lol

    Well it accordianed right up when they drove the end loader over it, lifted it up and dumped it in the skip.
  • steelo
    steelo
    3 years ago
    Quoting wadewilson on 26 Feb 2022 01:36 AM

    Feck me, Obi. I have lost a couple of nuts and bolts and even a screwdriver once, but I have never lost a whole motorcycle!!!

    Looks like it would make a good farm hack or neat little restoration job to whittle away those afternoons you aren't out riding.

    Quoting obisteve on 03 Mar 2022 12:52 PM

    Come on Wade,  you must have lost a 10mm socket or ring spanner as well. The shed at Obi was pretty full.....

    Took a 1923 piano to the tip during the emptying process.

    Not much chance of ww losing anything. I’ve seen his bikes, cars and workshop. 
  • wadewilson
    wadewilson
    3 years ago
    Obi, the last thing I lost was my virginity.

    Seriously though, I did leave a spanner under the bonnet of a customer's car once. I broke one of my cardinal rules "Do not let the vehicle out of the workshop till everything has been tidied and put away". When I realised I jumped on the sporty and rode to their house about 20kms away to get it back. Actually beat them home...
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    3 years ago
    Quoting paulybronco on 17 Feb 2022 09:50 AM

    Had a quick ride thru the mountains today


    Hi Pauly, in about a month after its dried out a bit, and the locals have sorted out the crossings, want to run one of the roads up the mountains west of Imbil or Kandanga? Bella Ck Rd/Kingaham Rd out of Imbil, or Hart Rd out of Kandanga, can get Streetview of Bella Ck road so you can preview. Think of it practice for the Cape.
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    3 years ago
    Quoting paulybronco on 17 Feb 2022 09:50 AM

    Had a quick ride thru the mountains today


    Quoting obisteve on 10 Mar 2022 10:59 AM

    Hi Pauly, in about a month after its dried out a bit, and the locals have sorted out the crossings, want to run one of the roads up the mountains west of Imbil or Kandanga? Bella Ck Rd/Kingaham Rd out of Imbil, or Hart Rd out of Kandanga, can get Streetview of Bella Ck road so you can preview. Think of it practice for the Cape.

    Steve would love to but about to start a fairly serious reno at home starting next week, not looking forward to days on end on the jackhammer getting the old tiles up. 
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    3 years ago
    Quoting paulybronco on 17 Feb 2022 09:50 AM

    Had a quick ride thru the mountains today


    Quoting obisteve on 10 Mar 2022 10:59 AM

    Hi Pauly, in about a month after its dried out a bit, and the locals have sorted out the crossings, want to run one of the roads up the mountains west of Imbil or Kandanga? Bella Ck Rd/Kingaham Rd out of Imbil, or Hart Rd out of Kandanga, can get Streetview of Bella Ck road so you can preview. Think of it practice for the Cape.

    Quoting paulybronco on 10 Mar 2022 11:19 AM

    Steve would love to but about to start a fairly serious reno at home starting next week, not looking forward to days on end on the jackhammer getting the old tiles up. 

    I do understand, I did a year long reno on both house and property before Obi Obi sold last Easter. Been finding it hard to get into some needed painting at the old school this year, reno fatigue. Obi came up looking pretty good though.
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    3 years ago
    Quoting obisteve on 10 Mar 2022 10:59 AM

    Hi Pauly, in about a month after its dried out a bit, and the locals have sorted out the crossings, want to run one of the roads up the mountains west of Imbil or Kandanga? Bella Ck Rd/Kingaham Rd out of Imbil, or Hart Rd out of Kandanga, can get Streetview of Bella Ck road so you can preview. Think of it practice for the Cape.

    Quoting paulybronco on 10 Mar 2022 11:19 AM

    Steve would love to but about to start a fairly serious reno at home starting next week, not looking forward to days on end on the jackhammer getting the old tiles up. 

    Quoting obisteve on 11 Mar 2022 09:54 AM

    I do understand, I did a year long reno on both house and property before Obi Obi sold last Easter. Been finding it hard to get into some needed painting at the old school this year, reno fatigue. Obi came up looking pretty good though.

    NOT looking forward to it at all!
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    3 years ago
    Well you could always sell it as is before the boom ends and move to The Island.
    Might have to buy a Pan America, although the BM should be suitable.
    Probably good to get an old Lee Enfield for the deer and feral pigs as well. It's 100m from the beach so no crocs in the front yard.
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    3 years ago
    Well starting to get the bike together for upcoming trip to the tip. Wheels away getting new boots on and the trusty locktight being applied to bits that may rattle off. 
  • steelo
    steelo
    3 years ago
  • Baloffski
    Baloffski
    3 years ago
    and people reackon motorcycles are a money trap. Ha!
    Houses suck dollars big time.
    obi ya just in luck, if required.
    Just so happens I have a pristine sportsterised 1917 Lee Enfield .303 that I am selling. Had it for years, well, not since new though.
    Reasonably accurate, has sling, even throw in 'British .303' reloading die, and I dunno, 20 or is it 50 rounds of reloads, can't remember. Anyway it'll keep those pesky Ruskies at bay. 
    Remember better dead than red, and black motorcycles rule.(hate that saying)
  • GGUser260
    GGUser260
    3 years ago
    Quoting steelo on 04 Apr 2022 12:44 AM

    "The sky's the limit?"
    That's pretty cryptic there Steelo
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    3 years ago
    Quoting steelo on 04 Apr 2022 12:44 AM

    Quoting GGUser260 on 04 Apr 2022 05:50 AM

    "The sky's the limit?"

    That's pretty cryptic there Steelo

    That roof went over my head....🤔
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    3 years ago
    Quoting Baloffski on 04 Apr 2022 01:10 AM

    and people reackon motorcycles are a money trap. Ha!

    Houses suck dollars big time.
    obi ya just in luck, if required.
    Just so happens I have a pristine sportsterised 1917 Lee Enfield .303 that I am selling. Had it for years, well, not since new though.
    Reasonably accurate, has sling, even throw in 'British .303' reloading die, and I dunno, 20 or is it 50 rounds of reloads, can't remember. Anyway it'll keep those pesky Ruskies at bay. 
    Remember better dead than red, and black motorcycles rule.(hate that saying)

    Thanks for thinking of me, but I'm all good for Lee Enfields at the moment. Lived for a long time where dingos could be a problem, with feral pigs turning up about 10 years ago and red deer about 5 years ago. Always preferred full wood when dealing with pigs in thick scrub and lantana country like Obi, so you could mount the bayonet in case things got up close and personal. Bought up big on surplus unopened ham cans in the 80s.
  • Far Canal
    Far Canal
    3 years ago
    Quoting paulybronco on 03 Apr 2022 11:45 PM

    Well starting to get the bike together for upcoming trip to the tip. Wheels away getting new boots on and the trusty locktight being applied to bits that may rattle off. 

    Gee Pauly!, why don't you take a car with a trailer or a ute to the tip instead?. You will be able to take much more rubbish with you.
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    3 years ago
    Quoting paulybronco on 03 Apr 2022 11:45 PM

    Well starting to get the bike together for upcoming trip to the tip. Wheels away getting new boots on and the trusty locktight being applied to bits that may rattle off. 

    Quoting Far Canal on 04 Apr 2022 10:22 PM

    Gee Pauly!, why don't you take a car with a trailer or a ute to the tip instead?. You will be able to take much more rubbish with you.

    Ha Ha very good FC. Just ran into the first minor hurdle.....the bike shop that fitted the tyres cant balance the GS rear wheel due to it not running an axle....it bolts directly to the hub like a car. Looks like i am just going to do it like we did as kids. 
  • Far Canal
    Far Canal
    3 years ago
    Well they can balance car tyres so you could take your BMW wheel  to a car tyre place for balancing perhaps?.
    I am not familiar with the non axle BMW wheels, do they have a wheel bearing in the wheel or is there one in the swingarm if there is one at all?


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