A Little Tinkerin', A Little Drinkerin'

[Guest]

He must be from Ipswich...

 

[Leigh]

It's worse than that..
Rockhampton.

 

[Guest]

:-#

Bugger, have to type 10 characters...

 

[tkent02]

:-#

Bugger, have to type 10 characters...

I don't.

 

[Guest]

Smart a55

 

[Leigh]

Hail the return of the prodigal son..

Hi guys..
Apparently someone switched my life from "Hectic" to "Ludicrous Speed" while I wasn't watching.

So, what have I missed?
I guess I have some serious trawling through threads to do.

What have you missed?
Well, you missed the launch of the Fat Girl on her debutante ball

Yes! She made it out into the sunlight.
The tank still looks bad. I've had some painting issues to the point where my mate, the painter, has told me if I touch it again he will have a pair of dangly things to decorate his bike with. My dangly things apparently.

The occasion was the 30th birthday party that Ross, a mate, had planned for his Kat.

When he announced it on the other forum I haunt, there were 7 of us that stepped up to say we had 30 year old bikes.

In the end it came down to two complete bikes and a couple of pieces of Mick's MHR. but he brought a reasonable facsimile..

Here's a couple of photos that sum up the evening..

The Fat Girl..

Ross and two not so fat girls..

When they hopped on, the blonde cooed "Mmm, this feels nice". My knees buckled.

Craig turned up with this. It had 68k's on it.. Brand spanking new. Meet Mr. Black.

This..

..and this..

..lead to this..

The young cop in his mid-20s stood in front of a bunch of drunken, giggling 40+ lads and said, hands on hips, "Why don't you lot just grow up a bit!".
It was too much for us and we all burst out laughing.


A successful outing I would say..

 

[Leigh]

The bike started and ran like a dream every time.
The slightest touch on the starter had her barking to life. No winding on of the starter at all.

the one little oddity I noticed was some very slow blinkers.
Very slow. If I put the headlight on they blinked once and figured that was all they needed to do..

I'm staring suspiciously at the rec/reg.
Maybe the battery.
What say you, Oh trusted brains trust?

 

[Guest]

Mate that sounds like you're having a blast! Nice

Gotta say the GS has turned out well even if the tank paint's dodgy, gotta love that quick startup!

As for your slow blinkers, what says the trusted multimeter in the voltage department?

It could be just the 30 year old indicator relay crying enough too...

 

[cowboyup3371]

Wow, what a party. Great looking pictures Leigh.

 

[Leigh]

Thanks fellas..
You should see the photos I can't post up. Haha..

I've spent the last few weeks trying to catch up on stuff I've neglected of late.
Saturday wil lbe spent bringing the shed back to scratch, wheeling the bike back into pride of place and seeing what I can figure about the electrics.

Then I'll be covering everything in the shed with black plastic and waiting for Thommo to arrive with his spray guns..

 

[Skateguy50]

well this crowd enjoys pictures and you do not disappoint.

never hurts to pull out the voltmeter and run through the stator papers but I would suspect the turn signal relay, can get a new one at the auto parts stores for like $5. I got an electronic version that would work with leds as well as stock lights.

 

[Leigh]

Thanks, Skater..
It looks like it'll be wet & cold here on Sunday so I might burn the spider sout of the potbelly in the shed and take to sticking probes all over the bike.
See what I can find..

Tell me more of this elecdtronic version. Do you meanit already has the resistance for LEDs built in?
Nothing funnier than watching a blinged up R1 with it's blinkers going off like a strobe at a disco..

 

[Flaming Chainsaws]

That Katana. Man! Now that Katana is a bike only for serious people! What I'd give to have a bike like that.

 

[Leigh]

Hey FC..
It is indeed a beautiful thing.
It rides like a treat.
Prepped and serviced by Mick Hone. Google that name, the Aussies here already know him.

I'll dig some more photos out tonight for you.

 

[Flaming Chainsaws]

Hey FC..
It is indeed a beautiful thing.
It rides like a treat.
Prepped and serviced by Mick Hone. Google that name, the Aussies here already know him.

I'll dig some more photos out tonight for you.

Never mind the girls, get more pics of the Katana! It is seriously my dream bike. I will look up Mick Hone tonight.

 

[Smokinapankake]

Hey Flaming, didn't you pick up a GSX-R 750 for a screamin deal not too long ago, and then suspected your uncle of pushing it over on its side in the garage?

Leigh,

I've been reading through this whole thread, and I gotta say, you Aussies have the funniest expressions. Keep it up; I'd love to visit the land Homer Simpson calls "opposite world"!

Love the big Kat. I happen to have a soft spot for them, myself.....

 

[Leigh]

Never mind the girls, get more pics of the Katana! It is seriously my dream bike. I will look up Mick Hone tonight.

What girls? Ha!

Everybody was inside at one stage doing the photo thing with the girls..
Stoney went out and smoked up the FZ1 and the room emptied.
I was about the last out and I left two half naked, bewildered girls wondering where everyone had gone..

 

[Leigh]

Leigh,

I've been reading through this whole thread, and I gotta say, you Aussies have the funniest expressions. Keep it up; I'd love to visit the land Homer Simpson calls "opposite world"!

Love the big Kat. I happen to have a soft spot for them, myself.....

Soft spot?
Hmm, whenever Ross let's me go play with the Kat I don't get a soft spot.

Any time one of you Septics wants to visit Melbourne, you have a place to stay, a cold fridge and all the roads your tyres can handle..

 

[Guest]

Soft spot?
Hmm, whenever Ross let's me go play with the Kat I don't get a soft spot.

Any time one of you Septics wants to visit Melbourne, you have a place to stay, a cold fridge and all the roads your tyres can handle..

You missed one thing Leigh... real close to one of the best race tracks in the world

And a bloody good city to boot too, even if it is a tad expensive at the moment...

So why am I living in Brissie again?

 

[Leigh]

Oh yeah.. Phillip Island.. I wasn't thinking.
These blokes better plan a trip for January when the Island Classic is on.

Come and watch former and current champions wring the neck of old warhorses around one of the fastest tracks in the world..

Best you plan some annual leave for the Australia Day weekend next year, Pete..