Based on my experience I wouldn't buy Gillies again. Plus one thing to bear in mind is the standard brake switch didn't work with mine as the position was too close to the pivot point. It didn't pull the the spring far enough to activate the switch so I ended up fitting a pressure switch. Having sa...

Hmmmm.....they're in two different countries, and you can't remember?? :^ (fubar) :D I did a lot of stuff whilst travelling and visited many towns and villages. I certainly don't remember them all, nor every single thing that each town had to offer. If you visited Rotorua I reckon you'd remember, i...

D41 wrote:Hmmmm.....they're in two different countries, and you can't remember??

They are both in NZ D41, same country.

D6 wrote:i dont remeber the MTB being there (2006) But I wasn't into my MTB as much then.

Were you at the Queenstown one or the Rotorua one?

http://www.skyline.co.nz/rotorua/Mountain_Biking/

Before the pics loaded (due to my extremely slow internet offshore) I was certain I would vote Titanium. But after seeing them, I reckon black is the go. That second link pipe looks way better than the other one too.

I can tell you it is extremely good fun!! (nod) I haven't done it in Queenstown, but there has been one in Rotorua (North Island, not far from where i grew up) since my early teens. We used to go there regularly, before helmets were required and before they altered the track so you couldn't get 3 ft...

i think they do ,you are relying on a zip to hold a two piece together in a crash,one piece is mainly a single leather panel I've crashed twice in my Berik two piece, the last one was a big'un and there was never an issue with the zip security. In fact, due to the way it overlaps I reckon I've got ...

Kwacky wrote:Someone bought it me for Christmas. I've not picked it up. I'll save it for a holiday.

ditto, but I've already had the holiday

I heard on the radio this morning his autobiography was the second highest seller last year and is still 4th in the charts. He must have quite a few quid from his 'other' jobs (ie other than motor biking and truck mechanic) I really enjoyed it, just finished it mid January, best motorbiker autobiog...

Blade wrote:No chance. Those shocks are £1400

Well you better hurry up and sell that Wilbers 643P Racing Shock...

Blade wrote:Listed updated. Its like working in a warehouse in here at the moment, stuff is flying out of the door and the ZX10 fund grows stronger by the minute

Excellent! You'd have that fancy rear shock paid for by now wouldn't you?

Finally dragged myself to the treadmill after nightshift.. 25 mins with 1 min sprints every 5 mins.. 5.78 km total. Feel a bit tight tonight thou'.

This is mounted on the wing mirror with the handle bar mount, looks like a option worth trying!
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6UHBnbimY0[/video]

Thanks for that info Duke... And cool clips!

I'm definitely not keen on the helmet mount so might have to try the side panel or something similar

All credit to her Spudda, she sounds like a tough spirit, I couldn't even imagine how hard it would be for her. I remember being quite depressed and not wanting to go out when the dressing came off my skin graft on my nose after the skin cancer removal, it was all skunken in and looked horrid. But i...

Kwacky wrote:I'm guessing the stresses on a sprocket nut aren't anything to worry about. If it going on a part of the bike like brakes or forks or if it wa taking a weight then I might be a bit more cautious.

Oh it's just the nut! I miss read and thought you were getting Ti sprockets...

StMarks wrote:Happy 27th Ross, & happy ( 11th ?) Mini Gee. Congratulations to the pair of you.

27? You lucky bugger!

Have a good one mate

Grade 5 is the most common of the Ti Alloys. Its regularly used for machined parts. Most of our Titanium sheet metal in the aircraft world was 90/6/4 Grade 5.

I guess the main worry is cheaper sellers labelling it at grade 5 when the QC around the property of the metal isn't up to scratch.

For a bloke who doesn't like the limelight he seems to spend a lot of time on the tele. But he only does the stuff he's interested in, he's turned down a fair bit he hasn't been into. From his book he said his motivation was to get to do stuff he normally wouldn't get to do. I really like him and h...

Blade wrote:Awesome road, look forward to a video of you flying down there

I'll actually be going "up" (from Wellington to Matinborough)...and hopefully no flying off the side, cause that's a long way "down"