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in reply to: Oil changes #6444
have you ever tried squeezing under an SLK 2300 to get to the sump plug? 😐
Nup - drive a HOLDEN (when I'm not on my bike). I'd be happy to pay someone else to do that sort of thing - unless Mercedes service intervals have got a hell of a lot shorter 😀
in reply to: Oil changes #6434I'm thinking about buying an 12 volt oil pump to do oil changes in the car
And the problem with you sump plug is...?? 😀
Good move Alex – the DR200 was a good look but Gerda will really enjoy the XR 😎
PS to take a look at the little 'chook chaser' i recently acquired, go here http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=174648&page=2 and scroll down to last entry on this page
Looks like a good score, nice bike - no doubt you've viewed this - http://forum.bmwor.org.nz/index.php?topic=369.0, if not, now in our stable - need to get an action shot at some stage
Good stuff Aslan, annoyed with myself a bit for not making this ride but other things to take care of. Did you have a think about tackling Ridge North Road again?P.S. I know that 10 December is the Wellington Christmas lunch over in Masterton, but for personal reasons we won't go to lunch at that particular venue. Jo and I are considering an alternative gravel option with Mr and Mrs Warewolf to a picnic lunch out at Pahaoa Station. You and Peers are welcome along if you wish.
in reply to: First pics of HPN HP2 tank #6401Why all the fuss?? Â 😆 😆 😆 Is New Zealand running out of fuel like Zimbabwe?
That's rich - coming from a man on a tanker 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
in reply to: First pics of HPN HP2 tank #6398Not yet I get 200ks and most rides in NZ are short. The tank does look good and the price is as well
Get this one - you'll come across a ride with a 210Km day one day, you know it - and it'll look heaps better than a Touratech optioned HP2 - and nobody will buy it off you second hand with an ugly tank or a standard 13L - just buy this one - then lend the bike to me for a weekend when I come up North. I'll take care of it, I promise 😀 😀 😀 😀
in reply to: touratech big tank #6315range of about 500 kilometers
Don't care - that's just ugly 😡
in reply to: First pics of HPN HP2 tank #6396Much nicer than the shabby Touratech thing you posted previously 😀 You getting one then?
in reply to: Caterton Paua World Ride Sunday 13 August – or not #6160Hopefully there was BMW stickers on the Honda?? ( That is to give it a little attitude 😀 )
Nope, Merv and his XR both have ample attitude AT - and we're not that fussed with what anyone chooses to bring along on a ride  😎Check your PMs
This cracks me up; we seem to have this type of discussion after every AGM, in the old days it was by phone 😀As Alex rightly points out the Register depends on the few who are willing to do some work. There will always be those who just pay a membership and expect that things will just hum along nicely forever. There are people that arrive at the AGM every year with their own little agendas and nine times out of ten it'll be the only time you see them. It disappoints me though that there are two people who have posted here saying they will not be going back to another AGM after this experience.Malcolm makes the point that there are those who have held positions in the club before and they, along with many others, have been instrumental in guiding the club to it's present situation. Of course they (and I count myself as one of them) have a long-lasting and keen interest in the Register and want to see it prosper and grow.First off people need to decide that the Register is the right place to be before going off half cocked and slamming the executive or wanting to make changes that perhaps don't sit within the aims and objectives of the Register. Note the use of the word "Register" here and not "club".Back in 1998/99 Noel and I, and the other members of the Executive of the day, spent a significant amount of time and effort, voluntary as you well know, determining a strategy that would enable us to continue the good work of the previous exec teams. Part of this strategy involved business planning sessions with members from all regions (including specific meetings with Area Reps) to determine just what it was that the Register would provide to its members and how best to structure the register to deliver this. All this work, and work that was done previously, led to the incorporation of the Register in July 1999.Just for the record, an Incorporated Society is defined as an "institution and culture of a distinct self-perpetuating group, organisation or association of persons engaged in a common profession, activity, or interest where a legal state of existence signifies that the entity has been recognized". That is, a legal entity has been authorized by a state or other political authority to operate according to the entity's approved articles of incorporation or charter.Our business plan of the day identified as the key aims and objectives of the executive the following: 1) to link together in a sense of friendship, all persons with a common interest in BMW motorcycles;2) to arrange "Register" runs and discussion evening to encourage and stimulate a common interest; and3) to establish correspondence with other interested Members throughout New Zealand and abroadThese objectives fit well with the decision to incorporate the Register and are actually set out in the Constitution.I'm not knocking the Exec teams post 2002, especially the Exec 2005/06. There's been some good innovation that fits within the current aims and objectives of the Register, this website been a great example of what can be achieved. What I will say though is that I've gone a year or so now without feeling that I, as a Member of the organisation, have any idea about the direction in which the Exec wanted to move the organisation. There's no sense that there is a current business plan nor has there been much consultation with the wider membership base on ideas put forward by Members. In the most recent newsletter John Wutts has put forward an idea to change the Exec and Committee structure required to make decisions though the year and I've also heard murmurings about changes to constitutional rules and the like. I have no problem with any of this stuff - it's called progress - but the Exec team need to deal with it and deal with it within the current rules of the Register. Otherwise - you do tend to get ambushed at AGMs.Adv Theron - let's hear your ideas on "how the meeting can really be jacket(sic) up to attract more people to the meeting and to be more interesting to members". Did you put your hand up for an Exec spot?Nuff said - nice down down here, think I'll go for a ride 😀
in reply to: BRONZ Ride to work day #6391Now is the question. Why is there not more organization involved? 😕 Like a service station? Stop for fuel and get a cuppa on the day if your are on your bike 8-).
Make it happen then, rather than waiting for someone else to do it.
in reply to: BRONZ Ride to work day #6387Just one day 😮There's a few of us out here that ride to work everyday, sometimes even the long way home - just for the hell of it 😀 I still can't figure out why, if you live in Auckland (or Wellington for that matter) and you have a bike and a car in the garage, you'd even need to think twice about which to take to work 😕Still, I hope that on the 22nd there's heaps of bikes out 😀
in reply to: Tyres for r1100s? #6364Hey Phil, notwithstanding the million or so threads on tyre choice and the relative merits of each distributed around various forums – IMHO, sounds to me like you'd be wanting to take a look at fitting a set of Conti Road Attacks. If its good enough that BMW helped further develop the Conti range (including the adventure bikes) and fit these standard to the new 1200s you can't really go wrong.The ContiRoad Attack – Sports Touring:· Puts 12% more rubber on the road than any competitor's tyre due to Dynamic Footprint Technology.· Takes sport-touring bike cornering performance & safety to a higher level.· Sticky compound with 7mm deep tread gives supersports performance and sport-touring tread life.· A serious all year round tyre choice· Optimised multiple curvature design (MCD) gives light, responsive steering and handlingWhatever you decide on, don't just look for cheap - it ain't worth it.CheersGarry
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