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in reply to: Re: Arai Freeway open face helmet #12121
Real bikers expose flesh !
The more flesh you expose, the safer you are. As evidenced by this safety ad.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH34xzIdY58
Well that will save some cash. I'll just take the open face 👿 Phil
in reply to: Re: Arai Freeway open face helmet #12119Real bikers expose flesh !Would you by any chance have for sale any Lycra shorts, like push bike riders wear as safety gear ? I think I would look good in a pair of those on the R1100. With the open face Helmet and Jandals. 🙄 Saw some down hill peddle bike racing on TV the other day speeds 60KMP + Only safety gear in site was open face helmets. And while I'm that subject how come cyclists can hold races on open roads?
in reply to: Re: Arai Freeway open face helmet #12113Now thats a coincident that you like Bwucie and myself. We both own R1100s's PhilWell, Phil, that's not quite correct just at the moment. The eleven-hundy started pumping oil out of the final drive bevel box on the way through Te Anga, heading home from Kawhia two weekends ago. Fortunately it was already booked into the ever busy Experience BMW hospital for a 40K service before that happened, unfortunately I need to replace the pinion bearing (only available from Chermany, at mondo $$$$) and the paralever needle bearings (already replaced at 20K, so this looks like routine maintenance!)I was looking forward to leading another run for a group of friends Sunday coming, and dammit!, I will. That I know of, so far, strung out behind my wife's 250 Burgman that I will use will be (an eclectic mix), my sister's brand spanking GSX650F, a Yam GTS1000, a K1200GT, a 1200 Sportie (complete with original dirtbag, Steve), and a Yam XJR1300. I hope they can all keep up with me. 😀 Sounds like a lot of trouble for only 40,000km I'm up to 60,000km plus with on trouble (should I be saying this?) enjoy the ride anyway. I'm working Phil
in reply to: Re: Arai Freeway open face helmet #12109You have just so missed the point 🙄
And so have you 🙄I like you to !Now thats a coincident that you like Bwucie and myself. We both own R1100s's Phil
in reply to: Re: Arai Freeway open face helmet #12096You have just so missed the point 🙄And so have you 🙄
in reply to: Bronz Riding Course #12013😀 Let's call it a sense for survival.
I have done the course. It is very good. But you know you do not shoot till you see the the whites of their eyes 👿 Phil
in reply to: Bronz Riding Course #12010I think the exercise is brilliant, I just question the need to stand in front of the cone, closest to the oncoming rider. I would have 3-4 cones in front of me, to get me a fighting chance for the person who can't make up their mind.
Chicken!!!!!!!!!!!!
in reply to: DTY’s Northern Motorway Motorcycle only Preview #11547Finally edited the video and uploaded to YouTube! 😆2.1 GB video was cut down to 287 MB. 🙁I found that YouTube does not accept any video longer than 10 minutes after I spent several hours to upload it, when it finally decided to reject it 😥We don't have a fancy handy cam and the video was recorded with a digital camera (you can see it from the back mirror of the motorcycle).I used Windows Movie Maker to edit the video and uploaded the resulting wmv file. The quality of the video was automatically down graded by YouTube.Anyway, here you go.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIRimOl4FqAWell done Peter Jackson lookout 🙂
in reply to: Intermittent ignition – R850R 1999 #11524Thanks Phil. No smart remarks from me about Ducati's. I like them and have considered one - an ST4, but the boxer engine seems to have that nostalgia about them, until of course I bought an oilhead!Maybe I should return to my true origins of motorcycling a James Captian 197cc villiers - now that was a bike or at least I thought so at a mere 15 years old!Mike
At 15 a 125cc BSA Bantam, flat out everywere, top speed 45mph, but oh the freedom. 😎 😎 😎 😎
in reply to: Intermittent ignition – R850R 1999 #11522Hi Bogser and Phil,Phil - which one of the relays is the fuel pump relay? My bike manual only mentions what the fuses are for, but makes no mention of the fuel pump relay? I hope it is something as simple as the relay, as the pump would be an expensive item for sure.Thanks for your help anyway and I will keep you posted.Cheers,Mike
Mike sorry I can't help you with that one. What I do know is that you have described the very symptoms that I had with a Ducati that would just cut out, but then start again and run ok for some times months, 3 workshops were unable to fix it till one day it gave up the ghost altogether, that was when they found the relay was at fault. Replaced it with a after market one and it never missed a beat again. Oh please no smart remarks about Ducati's had it for over 14 years and over 100,000kms. and apart from the relay trouble it never missed a beat. Regards Phil
in reply to: Intermittent ignition – R850R 1999 #11520Hi Guys,Well, unfortunately for me, the saga is ongoing 🙁 I have used the bike for 160Kms after the road side rescue and subsequent fuel filter change, and in leaving work on Saturday to go home, I had gone about 0.3Kms and the bike cut out - bugger! I started it again and it cut out again, I talked to the bike in an encouraging way, started it again and it went OK - I rode home, some 32 Kms.Next day, went to have a look to see if there is anything obvious, lifted the tank up to see all the connections were made and all looked OK, so tried to start it and the damned fuel pump does not run now 😕 Everything else seems to be OK so now is the problem a faulty fuel pump or a faullty fuel pump relay? Which of the relays under the seat is the one for the fuel pump? There is nothing in the manual to say which one is which. I checked the fuse of course and that was fine, but now I am totally stumped.One of the links posted Bogser (thanks mate) talks about one guy having a faulty fuel pump, so I am hoping it is that, as replacing the engine management system would be $$$ for sure. Not that a replacment fuel pump will be cheap I am sure!!Maybe this is the start of my return to trusty old airheads!I will keep you posted on progress.Cheers,Mike
My money is on the fuel pump relay. You should be able to replace it with an after market one for a much better price than the existing
in reply to: Summer road conditions. #11412Who do we send our questions to then.There must be a New Zealand standard which contractors have to follow, as well the contractors would have to provide a producer statement saying all there works complies with the relevant NZ Standards. We have to in the building trade.
try this linkhttp://www.transit.govt.nz/technical/specifications.jsp
in reply to: Summer road conditions. #11401There has to be a problem with the tar. I have never send tar melt like this any where else in the world 😕
"Tar" is a substance primarily derived from coal. It was formerly one of the products of a gasworks. coke was also a byproduct. ( not the sort that you sniff up your nose) 👿Tar made from coal or petroleum is considered toxic and carcinogenic because of its high benzene content, however, coal tar in low concentrations is used as a topical medicine. Coal and petroleum tar has a pungent odor. . Coal tar is listed at number 1999 in the United Nations list of dangerous goods.I think that in clean green New Zealand it is not used on the roads any more. Regards Phil
in reply to: Summer road conditions. #11398DTY said that Dean would said..............."It's only cheaper to do it the first time when the roading contractors use substandard materials and cut corners."They use substandard materials, but apparently WE cut the corners, especially in the Coromandel. 😀
A year or two ago I phoned Transit NZ about the melting roads on the Coromandel. and was told that it would be fine once the solvents had evaporated from the surface.I asked how long this would take and was told it would depend on the temperature of the road surfaces. At this point I will not tell you my reply because it was very very rude.Transit nz uses contractors who put in the lowest tender to maintain our roads. So until the system changes I do not think we can expect to see an improvement in our road surfaces. One just has to keep ones eyes open and stay alert. Safe riding over the summer and indeed the winter keep our wits about us and we may all live to a ripe old age. Regards Phil
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