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  • Hilly
    Hilly
    10 days ago
    Quoting speedzter on 23 Feb 2026 11:55 PM

    That's a good comparison photo.
    The Hippo vs the Giraffe 😁

    Haha, sums it up 👍
  • Retroman
    Retroman
    3 days ago
    Hilly, sent you a PM

    Funnily enough it went to Chilly ?

    Reckon that happened before ?
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    yesterday
    Registered at last, glad I could say that before we all part company, looking east from the loop road south of Grassy, plenty of gravel roads down this way 😁
    PXL_20260305_052231529.RAW-01.COVER.jpg
  • Merv
    Merv
    yesterday
    Quoting Hilly on 05 Mar 2026 05:56 AM

    Registered at last, glad I could say that before we all part company, looking east from the loop road south of Grassy, plenty of gravel roads down this way 😁

    PXL_20260305_052231529.RAW-01.COVER.jpg
    Still time for a ride report Hilly.
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    21 hours ago
    Quoting Hilly on 05 Mar 2026 05:56 AM

    Registered at last, glad I could say that before we all part company, looking east from the loop road south of Grassy, plenty of gravel roads down this way 😁

    PXL_20260305_052231529.RAW-01.COVER.jpg
    Quoting Merv on 05 Mar 2026 06:53 AM

    Still time for a ride report Hilly.

    Not much to tell Merv, it does what it should and nothing it shouldn't in this pretty stock form.
    I've started tuning the rear shocks, think I need to read my suspension bible again, the front is a little firm spring wise for my weight but I've found out you can get lighter springs to suit these special tubes, not cheap off course. 
    I have a CVP high flow carby inlet elbow and the CVP needle for this model heading this way, it's moving through Sydney now so that's a relief as it has been weeks since it was posted.
    My plastic elbow is cracked, it doesn't leak but it is damp, as I was going to replace it anyway and I figured there is no harm in using a future proof item.
    I will play with the carby tuning a bit more once I put the high flow mufflers back on, I also have the screamin eagle 7500RPM ignition module to try in combination with the mufflers and carby mods.
    I'm not real sure if I will see any difference in performance with the module, I don't need the increased rev limit but the ignition curves might give it a lift if they as they were supposed to be a match for mufflers, intake and carby work back in the day.
    The W cams seem decent enough, plenty of low down torque and they seem to rev freely enough, if I do change them out later it would only be for bolt ins, probably N4's as I have no interest in pulling the heads, the N4's are near identical to the bolt in SE cams of the time and easier to find.
    The tyres are shit, they hang on ok at legal speeds but they are hard, feels like its running on wooden wheels, will get some more soon, the gravel will eat them pretty quick.
    That's about it mate.
  • Merv
    Merv
    20 hours ago
    Quoting Hilly on 05 Mar 2026 05:56 AM

    Registered at last, glad I could say that before we all part company, looking east from the loop road south of Grassy, plenty of gravel roads down this way 😁

    PXL_20260305_052231529.RAW-01.COVER.jpg
    Quoting Merv on 05 Mar 2026 06:53 AM

    Still time for a ride report Hilly.

    Quoting Hilly on 05 Mar 2026 11:06 PM

    Not much to tell Merv, it does what it should and nothing it shouldn't in this pretty stock form.

    I've started tuning the rear shocks, think I need to read my suspension bible again, the front is a little firm spring wise for my weight but I've found out you can get lighter springs to suit these special tubes, not cheap off course. 
    I have a CVP high flow carby inlet elbow and the CVP needle for this model heading this way, it's moving through Sydney now so that's a relief as it has been weeks since it was posted.
    My plastic elbow is cracked, it doesn't leak but it is damp, as I was going to replace it anyway and I figured there is no harm in using a future proof item.
    I will play with the carby tuning a bit more once I put the high flow mufflers back on, I also have the screamin eagle 7500RPM ignition module to try in combination with the mufflers and carby mods.
    I'm not real sure if I will see any difference in performance with the module, I don't need the increased rev limit but the ignition curves might give it a lift if they as they were supposed to be a match for mufflers, intake and carby work back in the day.
    The W cams seem decent enough, plenty of low down torque and they seem to rev freely enough, if I do change them out later it would only be for bolt ins, probably N4's as I have no interest in pulling the heads, the N4's are near identical to the bolt in SE cams of the time and easier to find.
    The tyres are shit, they hang on ok at legal speeds but they are hard, feels like its running on wooden wheels, will get some more soon, the gravel will eat them pretty quick.
    That's about it mate.

    It's always good to get a new bike on the road, and I reckon you'll have a ton of fun on it. All the best for the future mate.
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